Hi,
There's something just not "right" about this error...
[root@e root]# mysql -u kaushal -h bdc31096e.in.office.aol.com -p drupal < /home/kaushal/drupal/backup.sql Enter password: ERROR 1064 at line 55817: You have an error in your SQL syntax
near '<br />
The above suggests you are using the MySQL command line utility...
<b>Fatal error</b>: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in <b>' at line 1
but then this suggests a running php script (or something with a run timeout parameter)? Afaik, the mysql command line utility is not subject to any timeout parameters.
What's actually in the file "backup.sql"? SQL code or PHP code?
By the looks of things you are trying to restore a backup but it bombs out at line 55817, that right? If so, look in the backup.sql file, specifically line 55817, and you will probably see the error is "bad/mis-placed quote(s)". May be the backup was taken with something incompatible with the MySQL command line util (odd but possible).
regards, --AjK