Meerut is the secound largest city in the national capital region as of 2011 the 33rd most populous urban agglomeration and the 26th most populous city in india it ranked 292 in 2006 and is prohected to rank 242 in 2020 in list of largest cities and urban areas in the world the muncipal area ( as of 2001) is 141.89 km the city is one of the largest producer of sports good and largest producer of musical instruments in india the city is also an education hub in western uttar pradesh meerut is also kniwn as sports city of india the city is famous for being the 1857 rebellion against british colonial rule after the archeological excavations at vidura ka tila a collection of several mounds named after vidura in 1950-52 a site 37 km 53 miles north east of meerut it was concluded to remains the amcient city of hastinapur the capital of kauravas and pandavas of mahabharata which washes away by gangs flood meerut is also contained a harapan settelment known as halamgipur I visited and write this review after learning its history thanks