Moradabad is a city in Uttar Pradesh state of India. The city takes its name from Prince Murad Bux who was the youngest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, the emperor who commissioned Taj. It was Murad Bux who re-christened it to Moradabad from Rustom Nagar in mid 17th century. The prince was later deceived and murdered in his battle for succession with Prince Aurangzeb. The city has grown manifold since then and has firmly established itself as flourishing commercial town.

The city also known as Brass City is famous for its handcrafts. Decoratives of brass, aluminium, glass are extremely popular and charm all the visitors here. One can check out the different outlets decorated with vast range of products from a small cone to very tall vases. Being a business centre, there is not much to do and see here, other than visit fabulous showrooms.

Moradabad is one of the most important commercial towns not only in Uttar Pradesh but also in the whole of North India. In fact, Moradabad is the largest producer of Copper and its alloys in Asia and is counted among the top five Copper-stuff exporting centers in the world. The city is famous throughout the world for its subtle copper and bronze works that are exported to hundreds of countries through out the world. This is reason, precisely, why Moradabad is also known as 'Peetal Nagari' or Copper Town.

Air: Moradabad is close to New Delhi, the capital city of India. Delhi Airport is 160 odd Kilometers from Moradabad. Delhi is in turn well connected to rest of India and world through a range of flights operated by various private and public carriers. From Delhi, one can hire a cab and reach Moradabad in less than 3 hours via National Highways No. 24.

Rail:Moradabad is situated on the one of the busiest lines in India that joins Delhi with Kolkata. Therefore there are hosts of option as far as railways are concerned in Moradabad. The city is well connected to towns like New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Agra and Varanasi. Various Expresses as well as Super fast trains ply to and from Moradabad.

Road: Moradabad is well connected to the cities like Mathura, Delhi, Chandigarh, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Jhansi and Agra etc. Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation plies several buses to these cities. Various privately run luxury buses are also available.

• Temperature: Summer- Max 43°C, Min 30°C
                        Winter- Max 25°C, Min 5°C
  
• Moradabad District Area: 2285 sq km
• Moradabad Altitude: 123 meters above sea level
• Moradabad Rainfall: 900 mm. average yearly
• Language: Hindi, Urdu, and English
• Moradabad STD Code (Area Code): 0591