Through no longer the headquarters of the district, Nagina is still one of its principal towns. It lies in Lat. 290 26’ N. and Long. 780 26’ E. on the metalled road from Moradabad to Najibabad, about 30 km. to the east of Bijnor, while other roads radiate from it in various direction leading to Kiratpur, Nihtaur, Sherkot, Afzalgarh, Kashipur and Darhapura. The main line of the railway passed the through the town on the west, the railway station being about a km. from the main town to the south-west and approache by a metalled feeder road.

Nothing is known about the origin or the foundation of the town but it appears that it remained for the most part a muslim area as the very name ‘Nagina’ is a Persian word, meaning jewel. It also appears to have had very little share in history till about the days of Akbar, when it gave its name to a pargana. It loomed into prominence during the Rohilla supremacy when its old fort and several of the elegant though small mosques were built.