[6][7] Hapur is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, producing a revenue of 2,103,589 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 4 cavalry.

[8] It was granted by Daulat Scindia to his French general Pierre Cuillier-Perron at the end of the 18th century.

Under the British Raj, Hapur was within Meerut District, was surrounded by several fine groves, and carried on considerable trade in sugar, jaggery (gur), grain, cotton, timber, bamboo, and brass and steel utensils.

[6] Hapur participated heavily in the 1857 Rebellion lead by the local Gurjar Zamindars[9] The important cavalry remount depot and farm of Babugarh adjoined the town.

Hapur has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by very hot summers and cool winters.

Summers last from early April to late June and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching 43 °C (109 °F).