Kadarpur Nanu is a village that was established by two people (Master Praveen Singh, the core founder and Sataypal Rana, a journalist with the Times of India) around 1930s.
Well known Sahu Jain Family of nearby Najibabad town also built a school for girls called Asharfi Devi Vidyalaya that was later handed over to the local mosque Noor Masjid and was converted to a Madarsa.
As the legend goes, Vidur, the Prime Minister of the Kauravas during Mahabharata spent rest of his life after dispute with Duryodhan.
He had insufficient space for them so he found an area for women and children, which is now known as Daranagar.
According to the legend "Abhigyan Shakuntalam", Hastinapur's King Dushyant came here while on a hunting trip and fell in love with Shakuntala at first sight.