Ailum:Introduction

Ailum is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shamli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ailum is a town situated at a distance of 68 km from Shahdara on the Shahdara Saharanpur BG Rly and 72 km from Delhi on Delhi-Yamunotri State highway 57 via Saharan Pur.Ailum.Even before it became famed village, provided place for hiding to King Bahu who disappeared after the defeat in the third battle of Panipat. He later suicided there by burning himself under a peepal tree. The remains of his palace, known as Bahu ka Mahal were available here up to late nineteen fifties.Ailum is the native place of the famous Hindi poet Shamsher Bahadur Singh who was called poet's poet by Sachidananda Heeranand Vatsysyan Ajnyaiy. It is also the birth and native place of national poet Vishrant Vasisth, who has written more than fifty books.

Ailum Nagar Panchayat was established in 1995 when it first became a Town. Rajbir Singh was the first Chairman, and Udaiveer Singh Panwar, elected in 2012, is the current Chairman of Ailum.For more info about our beloved town you can visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailum