“But later the name was changed to Deoband, after the Darul Uloom Deoband school was set up here. Why should the town be known only by the school when its history related to the Mahabharata is age-old? I will press this issue in the state assembly,” he said.“It is not a Hindu-Muslim issue,” Singh said, citing three villages around Deoband as historical proof. “Pandu sarovar (pond) is located nearby in village Jarodapabnda,” he said.Deoband, about 15o km from the national capital, is both a city and a municipality. “Darul Uloom Deoband is a simple university like the BHU.

Source: Economic Times March 16, 2017 16:41 UTC