A British district of Hindostan, in the Northwest Provinces, division of Meerut; area, 1,823 sq. m.; pop. about 800,000, more than three fourths Hindoos. It has a level surface, slo-ping gradually to the southeast, with a slight ridge rising between the courses of the Jumna and the Ganges, which, with the Hindon and the East Kali-Nuddee, are the principal rivers of the district. The climate is subject to extremes unusual in that latitude. Domestic quadrupeds attain scarcely half the size of those in Bengal and Bahar. Cotton grows well, and constitutes the staple production. The other products are indigo, sugar, tobacco, wheat, barley, millet, and several kinds of pulse. Boolundshahur formed part of the territory acquired by the French adventurer Perron. He was routed by the British in 1803, when this district and other possessions were ceded to the East India company. II. Or Burron, the chief town of the district, situated on the Kali-Nuddee, 40 m. S. E. of Delhi; pop. 12,000. It has a bazaar and considerable traffic.

It was one of the centres of the sepoy rebellion of 1857.