[4] An early history of Bulandshahr and the origin of its name is given by British District magistrate and collector for the Indian Civil Service, Frederic Salmon Growse, in a paper titled "Bulandshahr Antiquities" published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1879.

After the decline of Hastinapur, Ahar which is situated in the north east of district Bulandshahr became an important place for Pnadavas.

With the passage of time, the king Parmal's descendant Maharaja Ahibaran[9] made a fort on this part of region and laid the foundation of a tower called Baran(Bulandshahr).

There are several other important places in the District from where statues of medieval age and objects of ancient temples had been founded.

In 1192 CE when Muhammad Ghauri conquered parts of India, his general Qutubuddin Aibak conquered Fort Baran; Raja Chandrasen Baran died fighting but not before killing Khwaja, the commander of the Aibak army, in whose memory a maqbara was built.

There are several other important places in the District from where statues belonging to the medieval age and objects of ancient temples have been found.

[17] A large number of Gurjar and Rajput rulers, called zamindars, rebelled and attacked Bulandshahr itself on 21 May 1857.

The presence of Nawab Walidad Khan in Bulandshahr had completely paralysed the British about this time.

[19] Walidad Khan recruited a large number of Indian Muslims who had been serving in the Irregular Cavalry, such as Skinner's Horse.

Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall was subsequently appointed assistant magistrate of Bulandshahr, and Lord Roberts was also present in the district.

[22] As per provisional data of 2011 census, Bulandshahr urban agglomeration had a population of 235,310, out of which males were 125,549 and females were 111,761.

[35] Mikoyan MiG-27, a supersonic swing-wing fighter aircraft is placed on static display at Veteran's Air Force School in Ganganagar, Bulandshahr.