Firozabad History

Firozabad is a city in India, in the state of Uttar Pradesh also known as City of Bangle.

The ancient name of this town was Chandwar nagar; it is said that once in reign of Akbar the great, revenue was being brought through the city. it was looted by the people who lived here. Akbar when came across it sent his army comprising an unch named "firoz" to make the city a cantonment to improve thieves who lived here. The tomb of this firoz is still present near bus stand, today also. From the earliest it was famous for glass and bangle works, and its related small scale industry is famous throughout the world. Due to underdeveloped industry, literacy rates are very low. The city suffers[clarification needed] from low literacy and pollution.the landowner of firozabad sayed,manihar, pathan and Hindu rajpoot castes......Wikipedia