Why visit Khurja
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About Khurja
Khurja is a city (and a municipal board) in Bulandshahr district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated around 20 km from Bulandshahr and 85 km from Delhi. Khurja supplies a large portion of the ceramics used in the country, hence it is sometimes called The Ceramics City. The city is also famous for a special sweet, known as "khurchan".
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History
The history of Khurja pottery goes back to around 14th century, when some retreating (wounded) soldiers and commanders from Timur's army decided to remain. They had officially established Khurja as a town. These men were mainly from the imperial Kheshgi Dynasty of the Mughal Empire, descendants of the Kheshigs, who were senior officials throughout the Empire.
A number of these soldiers were potters and they brought this craft with them. Starting with red clay pottery they moved on to blue glaze and on red clay articles with a white engobe, painted floral designs with cupric oxide and applying a soft glaze containing glass and borax etc.
During World War II, ban was imposed on various metals for making household utensils and import of ceramic goods was drastically curtailed. To meet the demand of ceramic wares mainly for war hospitals, the Government of Uttar Pradesh established a ceramic unit. After the war, the factory was closed in 1946 due to lack of demand of its products. The factory was equipped with three small kilns, two chimneys and three ball mills. Instead of closing the factory completely the Government of Uttar Pradesh converted it into a Pottery Development Centre.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Noida International Airport (DXN) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 26 km away.
- Bulandshahr 17 km north, about 17 min by car
- Shikārpūr 16 km east, about 16 min by car
- Faridabad 56 km west, about 56 min by car
- Ghāziābād 61 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- New Delhi 75 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Delhi 75 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Delhi Cantonment 80 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Meerut 82 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Gurugram 84 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Mathura 85 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
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