Kalpi

Kalpi is a city and a municipal board in Jalaun district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is on the right bank of the Yamuna.

History

It is believed that the city was known as Kalap dev ki kalpi in the ancient times, later abbreviated to Kalpi. Kalpi is said to have been founded by King Vasudeva at the end of the 4th century. In 1196 it fell to Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the viceroy of Mohammed Ghori, and during the subsequent Muslim period it played a significant part in the history of central India. During Akbar's reign, Kalpi was a governor's seat and had a mint for copper coinage.

About the middle of the 18th century it passed into the hands of the Marathas. It was captured by the British in 1803, and after 1806 remained in British possession until India's independence in 1947. Kalpi was a part of Bundelkhand Agency, formed in 1811, and also housed its headquarters from 1818 to 1824. During this period the political agent to Governor General of India was appointed and headquartered in Kalpi. The British East India Company made it one of their principal stations for providing "commercial investment". In May 1858 Hugh Rose (Lord Strathnairn) defeated here a force of Indian freedom fighters led by the Rani of Jhansi. The fortified post of Kalpi, the former residence of the rulers of Jalaun State, was dismantled in 1860 by the British and its place was taken by a market known as Whiteganj. There are many places for visiting like Vyas temple, Lanka Meenar, 84 Gumbaj and lots of Dargah like Khankah the Dargah of Hazrat Sayyad Meer Tirmiji (RA). Kalpi is also birthplace of Ved Vyas ji.. There is a Kali Haveli and Rang Mahal of Beerbal that called Rang Mahal.

Kalpi (fruit)

Kalpi (Citrus x webberii) is a natural citrus hybrid native to Philippines and is today one of the most common lemons in Hawaii, and is sometimes called Malayan lemon.

Taxonomy

Genetically, Kalpi belongs to the Citrus subg. Papeda. It looks somewhat like the common Philippine mandarin orange and the native citrus macroptera.

It is named Webberii after Herbert John Webber, by his disciple, abbreviation author Peter Jansen Wester. The common name Kalpi is from the Bicolano dialect.

Kalpi grows in Luzon and Mindanao.

Description

The handsome tree is medium-sized, 5 to 10 meters tall. The acidic fruit is very juicy; they are used like lemons. Size is variable, depressed and globose, with 9 to 11 segments and very thin skin, yellowish when ripe.

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Kalpi, Ambala

Kalpi is the notified area in municipal committee of Ambala, Haryana, India. It is situated on Ambala-Jagadhri highway (i.e. National highway 73) in Saha tehsil about 19.3 km from Ambala Cantt. The coordinates of the region are latitude=30.3781838 and longitude= 76.7766924. The postal code of the area is 133104. The area is home for big air force base of India. This unit of air force is known as Kalpi Air Force and has taken active in all indo-pak wars. The air force camp also runs the school by the name of Air Force School, Kalpi to provide quality education to the local residents. Kalpi Institute of engineering and technology is the institute of higher education situated in the area. Moreover, there are many educational institutes situated in vicinity which include Maharishi Markandeshwar University and Education Maximum School of Engineering and Applied Research. The residential population of the area highly depend upon crop cultivation for their daily earnings. People mostly cultivate rice, wheat, barley, sugar cane and vegetables throughout the year.