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Ambedkarnagar
Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carving out parts of the erstwhile Faizabad district (now Ayodhya district). It was created by the then Chief Minister Mayawati and named in memory of Bhimrao Ambedkar, who worked for the advancement of the deprived classes, women and other weaker sections of society. The total area of Ambedkar Nagar district is 2350 Sq. Km. Geography Topography Ambedkar Nagar is located on the north-eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. It lies between 26° 09' N to 26° 40' N latitudes and 82° 12' E to 83° 05' E longitudes. It is bounded on the north by Basti and Sant Kabir Nagar districts, on the north-east by Gorakhpur district, on the south by Sultanpur district, on the west by Faizabad district, on the east by Azamgarh district, and on the south east by Shahg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar
Akbarpur is a city, municipal corporation, tehsil, and the administrative headquarters of Ambedkar Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a part of Ayodhya division. Mythology According to the ''Ramayana'', Akbarpur is where King Dashratha shot Dhanush Shravan Kumar, at the place called Shravan Kshetra. The ashram of the sage Shringi Rishi was situated here. According to the ''Ramayana'', Rama's son Kusha rules Shravasti. The Rajbhar King rules its eastern part. In the ''Ramayana'' Rama battled with many Rajbhar kings. Geography Akbarpur, is situated on the banks of the Tamsa River (also known as the Tons River). The Tamasa River divides the city of Ambedkarnagar into two parts, Akbarpur and Shahzadpur, with the latter being the commercial centre of the city. Lorepur, part of Akbarpur City, is noted as the location of the old palace and imambargah of Lorepur. Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Akbarpur had a total population of 111,447, of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of Uttar Pradesh ...
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts. These districts, most of which have populations above 10 lakhs, and are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience. Division wise listing of districts Area-wise listing of districts Demand for new Districts Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and MLA from Aonla, Dharampal Singh demanded new Aonla District to be carved out of Bareilly District. See also * Divisions of Uttar Pradesh * List of RTO districts in Uttar Pradesh * List of urban local bodies in Uttar Pradesh References {{DEFAULTSORT:Districts of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh-related lists Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanda, Ambedaker Nagar
Tanda is a town in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh situated on the banks of Ghaghara River. It is a ''nagar palika parishad'' and is part of Faizabad division (officially Ayodhya division) in Uttar Pradesh. The town is situated north east from district headquarter Akbarpur. Tanda is also a ''tehsil'' in the district. It has one of the largest handloom weaving industries for manufacturing varietis like ''gamchha'', ''lungi'', polyester clothing, check-shirt clothes material in state of Uttar Pradesh. History Tanda has a rich historical background. It used to be a barren land until the Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar asked Raja Syed Mohammad Hayat to make a civilization on the bank of the Ghaghara river in 1714 A.D. The royal estate of Tanda stretched from the borders of old Awadh State to the borders of Bihar. Before the famous 1857 mutiny, Tanda’s then Raja Syed Hussain Ali, with his brother Raja Syed Abbas Ali, stood against British army troop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awadh
Awadh (), known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a region in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It is synonymous with the Kośāla region of Hindu, Bauddh, and Jain scriptures. Awadh is bounded by the Ganges Doab to the southwest, Rohilkhand to the northwest, Nepal to the north, and Bhojpur-Purvanchal to the east. Its inhabitants are referred to as Awadhis. It was established as one of the twelve original subahs (top-level imperial provinces) under 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar and became a hereditary tributary polity around 1722, with Faizabad as its initial capital and Saadat Ali Khan as its first Subadar Nawab and progenitor of a dynasty of Nawabs of Awadh (often styled Nawab Wazir al-Mamalik). The traditional capital of Awadh is Lucknow, also the station of the British Resident, which now is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Etymology The word Awadh is supposed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalalpur
Jalalpur is a town, tehsil and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Jalalpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . The city is directly connected to Azamgarh, Akbarpur, Shahganj, Rajesultanpur, Varansi, Faizabad, Ayodhya, Lucknow, Kanpur by private bus. Demographics India census, Jalalpur had a population of 29,634. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jalalpur has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 64%. In Jalalpur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Notable people * Anwar Jalalpuri (1947–2018), Indian poet and writer who translated the Geeta to Urdu, entitled "Urdu Shairi Mein Geeta", also worked in the film, ''Dedh Ishqiya''. * Hashim Raza Jalalpuri, Indian poet and writer who translated 16th century Poetess Meerabai's Poetry to Urdu Urdu (; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayawati
Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social change for ''Bahujans'', more commonly known as Other Backward Castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as converted minorities from these castes. She was chief minister briefly in 1995 and again in 1997, then from 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012. Mayawati's rise from humble beginnings has been called a "miracle of democracy" by P. V. Narasimha Rao, former prime minister of India. In 1993 Kanshi Ram formed a coalition with the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1995. She was the first female Scheduled Caste chief minister in India. In 1997 and in 2002 she was chief minister with outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the second time only for a year up to 26 August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faizabad District
Faizabad district, officially Ayodhya district, is one of the 75 districts of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ayodhya, which is believed to be the birth place of Hindu deity Rama, is the administrative headquarters of the district. The official name of the district was changed from Faizabad to Ayodhya in November 2018 by Yogi Adityanath-led Government of Uttar Pradesh. The district occupies an area of , and had a population of 2,470,996 in the 2011 census. Awadhi is the common language of the people of Faizabad district. Demographics According to the 2011 Indian census, the district had a population of 2,470,996, of which males were 1,259,628 and females were 1,211,368. Population in the age group of 0–6 years was 360,082. This gave it a ranking of 178th in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.16%. The district had a sex ratio of 961 females for every 1000 males. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarayu
The Sarayu is a river that originates at a ridge south of Nanda Kot mountain in Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand, India. It flows through Kapkot, Bageshwar, and Seraghat towns before discharging into the Sharda River at Pancheshwar at the India—Nepal border. Sharda river (also known as Kali river) then flows into Ghaghara river in Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Lower Ghaghara is also popularly known as Sarayu in India. Especially while it flows through the city of Ayodhya, the birth place of the Hindu deity Rama. The river is mentioned various times in the ancient Indian epic of Ramayana. Course The Sarayu rises at Sarmul (or Sarmool), which is located in the extreme north of the district Bageshwar of Uttarakhand on the southern slope of a ridge of the Nanda Kot. It flows through the Kumaon Himalayas, passes by the towns of Kapkot, Bageshwar and Seraghat before flowing into the Sharda River at Pancheshwar. Etymology The name is the feminine derivative of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalalpur Assembly Constituency
Jalalpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Jalalpur in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Jalalpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 280 amongst 403 constituencies. Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2022 2019 Bypoll 2017 Ritesh Pandey won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ... candidate Rajesh Singh by a margin of 13,030 votes. References External links * Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Ambedkar Nagar district {{Utta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamsa River
The Tamsa River (also called as Tons river) is a tributary of the Ganges flowing through the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Course The Tamsa rises in a tank at Tamakund in the Kaimur Range at an elevation of . It flows through the fertile districts of Satna and Rewa. At the edge of the Purwa plateau, the Tamsa and its tributaries form many waterfalls. The river receives the Belan in UP and joins the Ganges at Sirsa, about downstream of the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna. The total length of the river is . It has a total drainage area of . The Tamsa River while descending through the Rewa Plateau and draining northwards makes a vertical fall of 70m known as Purwa Falls. Some of the more notable waterfalls on the tributaries of the ''Tamsa'' river, as they come down from the Rewa Plateau, are: Chachai Falls (127m) on the Beehar River, a tributary of the Tamsa, the Keoti Falls (98m) on the Mahana River, a tributary of the Tamsa, and Odda Falls (145m) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 233B (India)
: National Highway 233B is a National Highway in India that links Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh to Siddharath Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. See also * List of National Highways in India by highway number * National Highways Development Project The National Highways Development Project (NHDP) is a project to upgrade, rehabilitate and widen major highways in India to a higher standard. The project was started in 1998 under the leadership of Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Nation ... References {{Indian Highways Network 233B National highways in India (old numbering) Rajesultanpur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 233A (India)
National Highway 233A is a National Highway in India that links Rajesultanpur nasirpur Chhitauna,gangasagar,Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.up Start National Highway 233A starts in Ayodhya City Outed in Near NH 27(Ayodhya to Gorkhapur). Formally We are know Faizabad City(Ayodhya City) In Devakali Chowk Route * Ayodhya City(Ring Road To Saketpuri) * Devkali * Darshan Nagar * Maya Bazzar * Iltifatganj Bazar * Tanda(NH 28 Bypass) * Hanswar * Aropur * Ramnagar, Alapur * Jahangirganj(Mampur to Nahar road)Road) * Deoria * POORANPUR *Nasirpur Chhitauna *Ganganagar * Tenduvaikalan * Padumpur * Rajesultanpur(Near Gopalbaag Chowk in NH233B ) See also * List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number) * National Highways Development Project The National Highways Development Project (NHDP) is a project to upgrade, rehabilitate and widen major highways in India to a higher standard. The project was started in 1998 under the leadership of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
