Bulandshahr is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr District. This city is part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). According to Government of India, the district Bulandshahr is one of the Minority Concentrated District in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators. The distance between Bulandshahr and New Delhi is 77.5 km and it takes 1 hour 26 mins to reach there.
This region is close to the capital of the Pandavas - Indraprastha and Hastinapur. After the decline of Hastinapur, Ahar, which is situated in the north-east part of Bulandshahr District, became an important place for the Pandavas.
Later the King Parma made a fort in this part of the region. A Tomar king named Ahibaran laid the foundation of a fort called Baran here and established his capital. It was traditionally called Baran city and only recently came to be called Bulandshahr in official usages. Since it was perched on a highland it came to be known as "high city" (Persian: بلند شهر), which translates as Bulandshahr in Persian language. There is a present day place called Upper Court (Hindi: ओपरकोट) which is believed to be the Fort of Raja Ahibarna and old Baran was limited to this area.
Bulandshahr Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: बुलन्दशहर लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
After delimitation (2008), this Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha seggments:
Coordinates: 28°24′N 77°51′E / 28.4°N 77.85°E / 28.4; 77.85
Bulandshahr Assembly constituency (Hindi: बुलंदशहर) is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bulandshahar district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bulandshahr (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1952 after the "DPACO (1951)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1951. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 65.
Extant of Bulandshahr Assembly constituency is KC Baran, PCs Luharli, Joligarh, Akhtayarpur, Sharifpur Bhainsroli, Lohgra, Ginora Shekh, Nimchana, Agouta, Sihi, Khangawali, Karimnagar Banboi, Partabpur, Salavatnagar Gangawali, Aulena of Agouta KC & Bulandshahr MB of Bulandshahr Tehsil.