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'''Balochpura''', also known as '''Bilochpura''', is a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[India|Indian]] [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Yahoo2018" /> It is home to approximately 8,000 people of the [[Baloch people|Baloch]] ethnic group.<ref name="NI2018">{{cite web |title=India's Balochistan Freedom Movement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZBGYH1M3Fk |publisher=[[News18 India]] |accessdate=1 February 2019 |date=27 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Balochpura is home to approximately 8,000 people of the [[Baloch people|Baloch]] ethnic group.<ref name="NI2018"/> The ancestors of these individuals were from [[Baluchistan Agency|Balochistan]] and were employed as artillerymen in the army of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Indian]] [[List of emperors of the Mughal Empire|emperor]] [[Babur]] during the time of the [[First Battle of Panipat|first battle of Panipat]] in 1526.<ref name="Yahoo2018"/> They decided to remain in the area, which was named after their homeland, after: "the Balochs [''sic''] fell in love with the plush landscape of the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain|Gangetic plain]] and chose to settle down on the banks of the [[Yamuna]]".<ref name="Yahoo2018">{{cite web |title=Living in Oblivion Since Independence, How a 'Baloch' Village Cropped up on India's Map |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/living-oblivion-since-independence-apos-071041221.html |publisher=[[Yahoo News]] |accessdate=1 February 2019 |language=English |date=28 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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The city of Balochpura has been awarded the title of ''Kranti Gram'' by the [[government of India]] as its residents: "fought in the army of the last Mughal Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]] against the British".<ref name="Rai2016">{{cite web |last1=Rai |first1=Sandeep |title=Baloch freedom activist meets members of his community in UP to drum up support - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Baloch-freedom-activist-meets-members-of-his-community-in-UP-to-drum-up-support/articleshow/54257136.cms |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, [[Baloch nationalism|Baloch separatist]] leader Mazdak Dilshad Baloch visited Balochpura with his wife to gather support from the [[Baloch people in India|Baloch-Indian]] residents of the village.<ref name="Rai2016"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Baloch diaspora]]<br />
* [[Baloch people in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Bagpat district]]<br />
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