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City in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Aligarh (अलीगढ़ Alīgaṛh), a city in the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh, is famous for its locks as well as the Aligarh Muslim University.
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Amir Nishan Market is a residential and commercial area in Aligarh. it's a top place for cheap but high-quality traditional Indian clothes for women. It's closed on Friday.
Quite clumsy and lack parking space but you can find practically anything of daily use and industrial purpose in this market.
Aligarh is famous for its lock industry and one can spend some time buying and searching some new and attractive lock models in the local city market.
Centre Point is a shopping center in Aligarh, it's a large area and not just a big mall, there are outlets of most luxury fashion brands. You can buy clothing, electronics, sweets, fast food & gold. There are also luxury salons, temples, mobile repair shops, and medical stores. It's the most posh area of Aligarh.
Aligarh is on a well-connected railway line from New Delhi. One can get trains almost at a frequency of an hour after afternoon.
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