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Sandal oil - Mysore.

Newspaper print - Nepanagar.

Moradabad city was established as the head office of Chaupala Pargana during Emperor AKBAR's regime. In 1624, Rustom Khan, the governor of Sambhal, captured it and set up a fort at this place and named it as Rustom Nagar. Later on it was named as MORADABAD after the name of SHAHJAHAN 's son MURAD BUX and this name still persists. Physical development of the city was started after the construction of JAMA MASJID by Rustom Khan in 1632.

Moradabad is renowned for brass work and has carved a niche for itself in the handicraft industry through out the world.

Murad an Mughal emperor on which name the Moradabad is named.

Moradabad is well known as Peetalnagri also.