Hapur

Hapur lies east of Delhi in the upper Doab, the country between the Ganges and Yamuna. Tradition places its foundation in the tenth century. The Ain-i Akbari records it as a pargana of Delhi, contributing revenue and a contingent of infantry and cavalry to the Mughal state. At the end of the eighteenth century the Maratha ruler Daulat Scindia granted Hapur to his French general Pierre Cuillier-Perron, as power around Delhi passed into new hands.