The District Gautam Buddh Nagar was formed on 6th September 1997 with effect from Govt. order no 1249/97/82/97 by carving out the portions of Ghaziabad and Bulandshahar. District Gautam Buddh Nagar includes Dadri and Bisrakh blocks carved out of Ghaziabad, while Dankaur and Jewar blocks have been carved out of Bulandshahar District. 18 other villages from Bulandshahar have also been carved out and have been included in Dankaur and Jewar.

Historically, Dankaur, Bisarkh, Rampur Jagir, and Nalgadha have many souvenirs from the cities. The ancient temples of Dronacharya at Dankaur and Ravana’s father at Bisarkha, Vishwashrava Rishi, still exist today. In Dwapar Yug (Mahabharat Kaal)- Dankore was the Dronacharya s Ashram, where Kaurav n Pandav took their training in Astra n Shastra. Eklavaya-the disciple of Dronacharya also hails from this place.

Ram Prasad, the famous revolutionary who was abducted from the Mainpuri plot in 1919, stayed underground for a while during the struggle for independence in Rampur Jagir village in Noida and translated books. In the city of Nalgarh on the Noida Greater Noida Highway, Bhagat Singh conducted several bomb tests while underground. Even today a huge stone is preserved.

Formerly under British rule, on September 11, 1803, the construction of the golf course complex of Noida, in memory of the decisive battle between the British Army and the Maratha army, the British architect F. was performed by Lisman, showing the memory of the British general Gerard Lake. The “Jeetgarh Pillar” is still visible from a distance.

Souces: Noida Master Plan & gbnagar.nic.in