Baghpat, historically known as Vyaghraprastha, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

[4] It is also mentioned as Vyaghraprastha in the Indian epic Mahabharata, one of the five villages that Krishna demanded from Hastinapur on behalf of the Pandavas, so as to avert the war.

[6] Baghpat is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, as producing a revenue of 3,532,368 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 200 infantry and 20 cavalry.

[7] Baghpat is located in western Uttar Pradesh, on the east bank of the Yamuna river.

[3] As of the 2011 Census of India[update], Baghpat's 7880 households included a population of 50,310 of which 26,435 were males and 23,875 were females.