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unusual facts about Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh


Siege of Ranthambore

Akbar had first besieged Ranthambore Fort in the year 1558, but decided instead to capture Gwalior, northern Rajputana and Jaunpur.


Abdul Karim Khan

Abdul Karim Khan was born in Kairana village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh into a musical family which traced its roots to musician brothers Ghulam Ali and Ghulam Maula.

Aciravati

The Acirvati was an ancient river flowing through what is now Nepal and the northern portion of Uttar Pradesh.

Amina Shah

Her paternal grandfather, Sayyid Amjad Ali Shah, was the nawab of Sardhana, in the North-Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Anand Bhawan School

Anand Bhawan is a minority (catholic) educational institution situated in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 1949 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow and run by the Institute of the Maids of the Poor, a religious and charitable society.

Ayudhapurusha

Common examples are the Sudarshana Chakra, the Shankha-purusha and Kaumodaki, mostly found in Uttar Pradesh and Bengal art.

Babu Banarasi Das University

Babu Banarasi Das University is a state private university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Banarasi saris

Most importantly this means that no sari or brocade made outside the six identified districts of Uttar Pradesh, that is Varanasi, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts, can be legally sold under the name of Banaras sari and brocade.

The sari making is more of a cottage industry for about 12 lakh people associated directly or indirectly with the handloom silk industry of the region around Varanasi encompassing Gorakhpur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts.

Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines

The Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines are a set of three lines connecting Barauni in the Indian state of Bihar with Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Central Academy Lucknow

It is part of large chain of Central Academy Senior Secondary School established by Late Shri T.N.Mishra mainly in states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Chambal

Chambal area is at the confluence of 3 states Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan.

Dikhit

The Dikhit, also known as Kinwar, are a Hindu Rajput clan found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Dildarnagar Fatehpur Bazar

The city of Dildarnagar is located in the border of uttar pradesh India, in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, along the left is bank of the karamnasa river.Its neighbouring cities are Varanasi, Jaunpur, Buxar in Bihar, Ballia, Mau, Chandauli and Azamgarh.

While Graduate and Post Graduate Degree Colleges like SKBM DEGREE COLLEGE, Women PG College are affiliated to Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (U.P), Shahzada Industrial Training Institute,*Nobel Senior Secondary School, G.G.I.C. Dildar Nagar, R.I.C. Dildar Nagar,Fatima Girls Inter College, Dildar Nagar. etc.

Dundwa Range

It separates the Outer Terai of Balarampur and Shravasti districts in Uttar Pradesh from Deukhuri Valley in Nepal's Dang-Deukhuri and eastern Banke districts.

ELegalix

eLegalix is Allahabad High Court Judgment Information System developed by Computer Centre, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Farhat Ehsas

His real name is Farhatullah Khan and was born at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1952.

G. R. Sharma

Professor G.R.Sharma had also discovered (in 1967) a prehistoric site near Khajuri on the river Belan, a tributary of the river Tons, in the Meja sub-division of Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

Gautam Rajputs

According to a very widely accepted tradition, the Gautam Rajputs once owned the whole of the present Fatehpur district(Uttar Pradesh), together with much adjoining territory on both sides of the Ganges.

Gavli

According to their tradition following a communal riot between Hindus and Muslims, they left their ancestral village of Kharpa in Kannauj District of Uttar Pradesh.

Gopalganj, Bihar

Gopalganj is adjoined to the West Champaran district in the north, the place where Mahatma Gandhi started his revolution for independence, the Satyagrah Andolan,  East Champaran district in east, Chhapra district in south-east,  Siwan district in South, Deoria district( Uttar Pradesh) in West and Kushinagar district(Uttar Pradesh) in North-west.The district is adjacent to the famous Valmiki National Park.

Halwa poori

The food originated in northern India mainly in Uttar Pradesh and in modern day Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab and usually in Uttar Pradesh and Pakistani Punjab it is eaten as a breakfast on weekends in cities like Lahore, Faisalabad and in many other cities.

Jeevan Marg Sophia Secondary

Jeevan Marg Sophia Secondary School is a high school located in the city of Deoria, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Jhojha

In terms of religion, they are fairly orthodox Sunni Muslims, and have customs similar to other neighbouring Muslim peasant castes, such as the Kamboh, Garha, and Muley Jat.

Kabaria

The Kabaria, sometimes pronounced as Kabariya are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, mainly in the Awadh region.

Kalanderpur

A sufi saint Shah Qualander to whom this village was dedicated rescued Dara's army from Cholera epidemic during returning from one of his expedition.The culture of this village is mix.The village is situated in between Jaunpur-Azamgarh and Varanasi-Azamgarh main road.Both main road is two km away from this village.

Khap

These Khaps are found to be spread all the way from Northwest India down to Madhya Pradesh, Malwa, Rajasthan, Sindh, Multan, Punjab, Haryana, and modern Uttar Pradesh.

Kulin Brahmins

Kulin Brahmins are those Brahmins in Bengal who can trace themselves to the five families of Kanauj (Kanyakubja), Uttar Pradesh who migrated to Bengal.They were given immense power during the reign of the Sena/Sen kings who were staunch Hindus and did not encourage the practice of any other religion.

Legal opium production in India

Some place where opium is grown are Chittourgarh in Rajasthan; Mandsaur, Ratlam, Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh; and Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.

Legislative council

India: The Vidhan Parishad (or Legislative Council) in seven of the twenty-eight Indian states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh), the Vidhan Parishad serves as the upper house of a bicameral legislature

Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication

It also has campuses in Noida,Meerut Uttar Pradesh (adjoining Delhi) and at Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh supported by a network of 529 study institutes (as on March 31, 2005) throughout India and Nepal.

Nav Sadhana Kala Kendra

The college was founded in July 1996 by the catholic Bishops of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan, to promote Indian culture and music.

Nikhat Kazmi

Nikhat Kazmi (c. 1958 – 20 January 2012), born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, was a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from India, who had been writing for The Times of India since 1987.

Parihar

Populations are found in Rajasthan, Saurashtra - Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

Qassab

They have three sub-divisions, the Chikwa who are found in the Rohilkhand and Awadh regions of Uttar Pradesh, and are connected with the slaughtering animals such as sheep and goats, and the Qureshi Qassab who slaughter cows and buffaloes.

Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana

The project has been partnered with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and SERP for promotion of credit linkage and federation of SHGs in select districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Ram Chandra Vikal

Ram Chandra Vikal (8 November 1916, Nayagaon Basantpur, Ghaziabad district – 26 June 2011) was a Gurjar leader, freedom fighter and deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Ram Singh Thakur

Ram Singh was recruited in the 3rd Battalion PAC at Lucknow Uttar Pradesh in 1948 by Shri Jagdish Prasad Bajpai Commandant - 3rd Bn. PAC, and later was promoted as the Band Master in the Rank of Inspector.

Raza Jaunpuri

His actual name was Mohsin Raza and he was born in the city of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) is a medical institute of India located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Sharma Bandhu

The four brothers were born in Muzaffarnagar town in state of western Uttar Pradesh, India, to Pandit Ramanand, son of Pandit Munshiram, in the family of Hindi-Urdu poet and Sanskrit translator Pandit Jyoti Prasad.

Sheikh Sarvari

Sheikh Sarwari are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Sher Bahadur Singh

Sher Bahadur Singh is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Ambedkar Nagar district, sometimes written Ambedkarnagar, in Jalalpur.

Sibakatullah Ansari

Sibakatullah Ansari or Sibagtulla Ansari is a Samajwadi Party politician from Mohammadabad in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.

Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary

Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary is in Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh.

Syed Ehtisham Ahmed Nadvi

Dr Nadvi was born in the village of Makhdoompur in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India, into a well known family of Indian Muslim intelligentsia belonging to the Syed-Qidwai clan.


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