What is Meerut?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Meerut | official_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Metropolitan City]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Six cities to get metropolitan status|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Six-cities-to-get-metropolitan-status/articleshow/2210886.cms|work=Times of India|accessdate=8 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223071608/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Six-cities-to-get-metropolitan-status/articleshow/2210886.cms|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | image_skyline = Meerut Montage 01.jpg | image_caption = Clockwise from Top: Martyr Memorial, Meerut Clock Tower, [[Mustafa Castle]], Basilica of Our Lady of Graces | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India#India Uttar Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|28.99|77.70|display=inline, title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[India]] | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Uttar Pradesh|Division]] | subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Meerut Division|Meerut]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Meerut district|Meerut]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = {{Date|12th May 1867}} | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body