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Izzatnagar
Izzatnagar is a locality in Bareilly in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The railway station it houses is one of the three Divisional Headquarters of North Eastern Railways. Izzatnagar is also the location of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Central Avian Research Institute (CARI), Railway Mechanical Workshop stablished in year 1913 Diesel Loco Shed and Hartmann College. Izzatnagar also houses the famous Trishul Air-base of Indian Air Force. History It is named after Sir Alexander Izat (1844–920), a Scottish engineer and director of the Bengal and North Western Railway. He specialized in Bridge Engineering and came to Izzatnagar in 1896. Famous attractions * Dhopeshwar Nath temple * Trivti Nathan temple *Railway Officers Colony – Road no. 2, Izzatnagar. (It contains 12 Bungalows, on a 1 Kilometre long road, that age back to 1900s and are still in use by current bureaucrats and highly reputed Indian government officers.) * Indian Veterinary Research I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bareilly
Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city lies in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, about north west of the state capital, Lucknow, and east of the national capital, New Delhi. With a population of 898,167 in 2011, it is the eighth most populous city in the state, seventeenth in northern India and fifty-fourth in India. It is located on the bank of Ramganga River and is the site of the Ramganga Barrage built for canal irrigation. The earliest settlement in what is now Bareilly was established in 1537 by Jagat Singh Katehriya who named it 'Bans-Bareli' after his two sons Bansaldev and Bareldev. The town came under the rule of Mughals in 1569 and had become the capital of a local pargana by 1596. The foundation of the modern city of Bareilly was laid by Mughal governor Mukrand Rai in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Eastern Railway (India)
The North Eastern Railway (abbreviated NER) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways in India. It is headquartered at Gorakhpur. Zonal Rail Training Institute (ZRTI) is established in district Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. North Eastern Railway is one of the most important transit zones, that is, it is used to take in loaded wagons, especially food grains, from Northern Railway divisions like Firozpur, and move it towards Eastern belt and the Northern Frontier region (Seven Sister States). Thus, it acts as an essential cog in the food security of the country. Apart from being an important transit zone, it is also at the center-stage for much inward traffic from the neighboring zones. The inward traffic comprises food grains, fertiliser, stone chips, cement, petroleum, coal, etc. As North Eastern Railway caters to a large area spread from the western part of Uttar Pradesh towards eastern Uttar Pradesh and area comprising western Bihar, it runs many passenger trains for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartmann College
Hartmann College is a co-educational convent institution in Izzatnagar, Bareilly, India, run by the Christian Catholic Minority and recognized by the Department of Education ( U.P). It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. The institution is managed and governed by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin through a registered body, Hartmann Educational Society, Bareilly. History Bishop Anastatius Hartmann (the Patron) was born in Atwis, in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland on 24 February 1803. He came to India as a missionary and worked in places like Gwalior, Patna and Mumbai. He founded schools and dispensaries and carried out charitable works for the poor and weaker sections of society. Inspired by his life and to carry on his work of educational work the Capuchin fathers founded Hartmann College in 1967, and chose him to be the patron of the college. The motto is "He Who Loves Knowledge Loves Discipline" which was the guiding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilibhit
Pilibhit is a city and a municipal board of Pilibhit district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Pilibhit is the north-easternmost district of Bareilly division, situated in the Rohilkhand region of the sub-Himalayan Plateau belt next to foothills of Sivalik Range on the boundary of Nepal, known for the origin of river Gomati and one of the most forest-rich areas in North India. Pilibhit was also known as ''Bansuri Nagari'' – the land of flutes, for making and exporting roughly 95% of India's flutes. According to a report issued by the Government of India, Pilibhit is one of the ''Minority Concentrated Areas in India'' based on the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators, and basic amenities indicators. Though separated only by a short distance from the outer ranges of the Himalayas, Pilibhit consists entirely of a level plain, containing depressions but no hills and is intersected by several streams. Pilibhit is one of the forest-rich areas of Uttar P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trishul Air-base
Bareilly Airport is a domestic airport serving Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India at Indian Air Force's Trishul Air Base in Izzatnagar, located north from the city centre. Terminal 1 Bareilly Airport was inaugurated by state civil aviation minister Nand Gopal Nandi and Union minister Santosh Gangwar on 10 March 2019 at the civil enclave of Trishul Air Base. The terminal building is 2500 square meters, and can handle 150 passengers (75 arrival, 75 departure) during the peak hour. Its new apron measuring 95×100 metres provides parking space for two ATR aircraft at a time as per IMG norms, and has a car park for 150 cars.. File:9I ATR-72.jpg, Bareilly Airport apron Terminal 2 A new terminal building was inaugurated on 8 March 2021 as part of the airport expansion project. The building is spread over 3,020 square metres and has a capacity to accommodate over 300 passengers. It has two baggage conveyor belts and six check-in counters. It has an apron for parking of ATR 72 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) is located at Izatnagar, Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh state. It is an advanced research facility in the field of veterinary medicine and allied branches. It has regional campuses at Mukteshwar, Bangalore, Palampur, Pune, Kolkata and Srinagar. Formerly known as Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory, it was renamed in 1925 as Imperial Veterinary Research Institute. The name of the institute was changed following independence to Indian Veterinary Research Institute. Administrative control of the institute is currently under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. The Ministry of Education, Govt. of India on the recommendation of University Grants Commission conferred the status of the Deemed to be University on 16 November 1983 under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956. It has recently started its UG education in 2015 with 20 seats. The number of seats in ug is 40 in the year 2021. Notable alumni *Kanneboyina Nagaraju, Professor; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faridpur, Uttar Pradesh
Faridpur is a town and a small Nagar Palika and tehsil in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Faridpur is known for zari work. It comes under 122 Legislative assembly. Current M.L.A. is Professor Shyam Bihari Lal and M.P. is Mr. Dharmendra Kashyap. Nagarpalika Chairman of Faridpur is Mrs. Poonam Gupta History Faridpur was originally called Pura and is traditionally said to have been founded by a branch of the Katehria Rajputs who had been driven out from Bareilly sometime between 1657 and 1679. The name was changed to ''Faridpur'' by Sheikh Farid, governor of Bareilly in the period immediately before the Rohillas came to power. It was originally part of the pargana of Karor, but that pargana was split in two during the 1700s, with the southern part becoming the pargana of Tisua while the remaining northern part, originally called ''tappa'' Khalilpur, became known as the pargana of Faridpur. Sometime in the early 1800s, Faridpur was made the seat of a new teh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budaun
Budaun is commonly pronounced Badayun is a city and a seat of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near the Ganges river in the centre of Western Uttar Pradesh. Budaun was the capital of Delhi Sultanate for four years from 1210 CE to 1214 CE during Sultan Iltutmish rule. It was the most important post of Northern Frontier during Mughal reign. Budaun is a big market, historically famous and religiously important city. It is the heart of Rohilkhand. Budaun is 229 km from New Delhi and it takes about 5 to 7 hours to reach the city depending on mode of transport i.e. car or roadways bus service. The town is near the left bank of the river Sot. Etymology and archaeology Prof. Goti John referred this city was named ''Bedamooth'' in an ancient inscription based on stone scripts at the Lucknow Museum. Later this region was called Panchal. According to the lines on stone scripts there was a village ''Bhadaunlak'' near the city. The Muslim historian Roz Khan Lodhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moradabad
Moradabad () is a city, commissionary and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Moradabad is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Delhi and 344 km north-west of the state capital Lucknow. Founded by Rustam Khan, the governor of Katehar under the Mughal emperor Shahjahan, Moradabad is named after prince Murad Bakhsh, the youngest son of the emperor. Soon after its establishment, the city replaced Sambhal as the seat of the governor of Katehar. Moradabad was subsequently annexed into the Kingdom of Rohilkhand by Ali Mohammed Khan in 1740. The city came under the control of Oudh State in 1774 after the fall of Rohillas in the First Rohilla War and was then ceded to the British East India Company by the Nawab of Oudh in 1801. In the early nineteenth century, the Rohilkhand area was divided among the Rampur State and two districts - Bareilly and Moradabad; Moradabad becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almora
Almora ( Kumaoni: ''Almāḍ'') is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the Himalaya range. Koshi (Kaushiki) and Suyal (Salmale) rivers flow along the city and snow-capped Himalayas can be seen in the background. Almora was founded in 1568 by King Kalyan Chand; however, there are accounts of human settlements in the hills and surrounding region in the Hindu epic Mahabharata (8th and 9th century BCE). Almora was the seat of Chand kings that ruled over the Kumaon Kingdom. It is considered the cultural heart of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. According to the provisional results of the 2019 national census of India Almora had a population of 179,000. Nestled within higher peaks of the Himalaya, Almora enjoys a year-round mild temperate climate. The town is visited by thousands of tourists annually from all ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantnagar
Pantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Rudrapur and Kiccha, Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar. The town is home to the first agricultural university of India which was established on 17 November 1960.Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology website. Previously the university was called the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University or Pantnagar University. It was renamed G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nainital
Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters of an eponymous district. It also houses the Governor of Uttarakhand, who resides in the Raj Bhavan. Nainital was the summer capital of the United Provinces. Nainital is located in the Kumaon foothills of the Jagbeer Himalayas at a distance of from the state capital Dehradun and from New Delhi, the capital of India. Situated at an altitude of above sea level, the city is set in a valley containing an eye-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina Peak () on the north, Deopatha () on the west, and Ayarpatha () on the south. From the tops of the higher peaks, "magnificent views can be obtained of the vast plain to the south, or of the mass of tangled ridges lying no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
