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Line 91: According to another version, Maya(sura), being a distinguished architect, received from King [[Yudhishthira]] the land on which the city of Meerut now stands and he called this place Maharashtra, a name which in the course of time became shortened to Meerut. Tradition also has it that the city formed a part of the dominions of Mahipala, the king of [[Indraprastha]], and the word Meerut is associated with his name.<ref name="pundir">{{cite book\|title=Banking, Bureaucracy, and Social Networks: Scheduled Castes in the Process of Development\|author=Jagdish Kumar Pundir\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=svyVzV0n8DQC\|publisher=Sarup & Sons\|year=1998\|isbn=9788176250245\|pages=49–50}}</ref> The meaning of मय is alcohol. It is a production centre of alcohol with factories (sugar Mills) producing alcohol, hence the name मय is added from a alcohol production city. ([https://www.mawanasugars.com/distillary.php Mawana Sugar Distillary]). Maykhana is also a word which means Bar in Hindi. All alcohol was sent to capital Delhi and exported all over India. In India, cities are named on their popular produce. Hence Meerut as a production house of alcohol (मय) is called Meerut.{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}} ==History==

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