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| Roorkee is said to derive its name from Ruri, the wife of a Rajput chieftain. It was the capital of Pargana during the time of Akbar as is reffered in Ain-e-Akbari. It was a mere mud village on the banks of hill torrent, named Solani. Roorkee is a small town in northern India and is a part of the state of Uttaranchal. It is about 180 kilometers north of the Indian capital New Delhi and located between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna. Roorkee is best know for University of Roorkee, now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. It is also the home of government research institutes, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) and the National Institute Of Hydrology (NIH). The city has produced engineers of the finest quality | |||||
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