It was subsequently ruled by the bigger kingdoms including the Mauryas, Guptas, Indo-Scythians, Kushans, Indo-Greeks, Harsha before falling into the hands of Brahmin Peshwa, Rajput rulers.

Chandwar, a stronghold of the Chauhan Rajputs from an early date, was founded by a ruler named Chandrasen according to tradition.

According to family traditions of the Bhadaurias, another conquest of Chandwar happened in 1246AD , which may be corroborated by the records kept by the Sultanate, which mention the capture of an unnamed Hindu stronghold in that same year.

In 1452, Chandwar was the site of a major battle between the Delhi and Jaunpur Sultanates, which led to a three-year truce between the two empires.

The villagers insulted him, and when the emperor Akbar heard of this, he sent the eunuch Firoz Khwaja to demolish the town and build a new one.

The city was built on lands belonging to several neighboring villages, including Akbarabad, Sukhmalpur, Muhammadpur-Gajmalpur, Rasulpur, and Pempur-Raipur, and it was named Firozabad in honor of its founder.

[3] Mr. Peter, a businessman working for the Dutch East India Company visited Firozabad on 9 August 1632, and found the town in good condition.

Jats of Mahawan attacked Faujdar Hakim Kajim ali bahadur jang at Firozabad and killed him on 9 May 1739.

Urdu poet Munir Shikohabadi was sentenced to Kala pani by the British East India Company.

In 1929, Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, in 1935 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, in 1937 Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and in 1940 Subhas Chandra Bose visited Pandit Banarasi Das Chaturvedi, a two time member of Parliament - said to be the father of Hindi Journalism and the recipient of Padma Bushan.

[5][3]: 276  On the southern outskirts of town, there is a small stream called the Ganda Nala, which flows south to the Yamuna.

Several large country roads also fan out from the north side of town, including one going northwest to Jalesar and another going northeast to Kotla.

[5] Besides Kakrau and Asafabad, Firozabad's built-up area includes localities such as Lalpur (north of Asafabad), Dakhal and Tapa Kalan (on the north side of town, between the Jalesar and Kotla roads), Nagla Bhao and Rahna (on the northwest side of town), and Humayunpur (on the west along the old NH 2).

Several major factories are located on the northwest side of town, along the highway west of Nagla Bhao and Humayunpur.

As of 1986, it was reported that the combination of heat, dust, and noise led to tuberculosis being widespread, and the average lifespan of glassworkers was reduced by 10 to 15 years.

Child labour is also very common, with Neera Burra estimating that almost 50,000 children under the age of 14 were working in glass production in Firozabad as of 1986.

Several trains serve the city connecting it to long and short distanced destinations including New Delhi, Howrah, Mumbai, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Amritsar, Jamshedpur, Patna, Aligarh, Agra, Hathras, Puri, Ajmer, Ambala, Bareilly, Mathura, Etawah, Basti, Gorakhpur and Tundla.

Firozabad hence is connected to several bus services to the Western and Eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh state.