Nagina

Nagina lies in the northern plain near the Himalayan foothills. The rise of Rohilla power in the eighteenth century left a fort in the town, a reminder of the Afghan chiefs who ruled much of the surrounding country. In 1805 Pashtun forces under Amir Khan sacked Nagina. The town later served as the headquarters of a district centred on northern Moradabad between 1817 and 1824, during the early years of British rule.