Barabanki District
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The Barabanki district is one of four districts
of Faizabad division
, lies at the very heart of Awadh
region of Uttar Pradesh
state
of India
, and forms as it were a centre from which no less than seven other districts radiate. It is situated between 27°19' and 26°30' north latitude, and 80°05' and 81°51’ east longitude; it runs in a south-easterly direction, confined by the nearly parallel streams of the Ghagra and Gomti. With its most northern point it impinges on the Sitapur district
, while its north-eastern boundary is washed by the waters of the Ghagra, beyond which lie the districts of Bahraich district
and Gonda district
. Its eastern frontier marches with Faizabad district
, and the Gomti forms a natural boundary to the south, dividing it from the Sultanpur district
. On the west it adjoins the Lucknow district
. The extreme length of the district from east to west may be taken at 57 mi (91.7 km), and the extreme breadth at 58 mi (93.3 km); the total area is about 1504 sq mi (3,895.3 km²): its population amounts to 2,673,581, being at the rate of 686.50 to the square km. The Barabanki city is the district headquarters. Barabanki district has been known to be a favourite haunt of saints and ascetics, literatteurs and intellectuals, besides being a battlefield for freedom fighters.
The district under British rule had an area of 1769 sq mi (4,581.7 km²). In 1856 it came, with the rest of Oudh, under British rule. During the Sepoy war of 1857-1858 the whole of the Bara Banki talukdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance after the capture of Lucknow.
It stretches out in a level plain interspersed with numerous jhils or marshes. In the upper part of the district the soil is sandy, while in the lower part it is clayey and produces finer crops. The district is well fed by rivers Ghaghra (forming the northern boundary), Gomti (flowing through the middle of the district) and Kalyani and their tributaries, for the major part of the year. Some rivers dry out in the summer, and get flooded during the rainy season, creating havoc. The changing course of the river Ghagra changes the land area in the district, year to year.
The principal crops are rice, wheat, pulse and other food-grains and sugarcane. Trade in agricultural produce is active. Both the bordering rivers are navigable; and the district is traversed by two lines of the Northern Railway and North-Eastern Railway, with branches having total length of 131 km. It has good road connectivity also including National Highways (NH 24A
, NH 28
, NH 28C
& NH 56A
), State Highways and various link roads.
The minority population in the district is over 24 per cent.
The district of Barabanki also known as the Entrance to Poorvanchal, has the privilege of being the penance ground to numerous saints and ascetics. This is a place of great antiquity.
There are several ancient sayings to the naming of this district. It was known before the Muslim
conquest as Jasnaul, from Jas, a raja of the Bhar tribe, who is said to have founded it before 1000 AD. With a change of proprietors came a change of name. The Muslim owners divided the lands into twelve shares, over which the respective proprietors quarrelled so incessantly that they were called the Barah Banke, or twelve quarrelsome men. Banka, in Awadhi, meaning a bully or brave. Others derive the name from ban, meaning wood or jungle, and interpret Barabanki as the twelve shares of jungle.
District Barabanki was known as Dariyabad with its headquarters at Dariyabad town established by an officer in the army of Mohammed Shah Shariqi by the name Dariab Khan. It remained the district headquarters till 1858 AD, The headquarters were later moved to Nawabganj
in 1859 AD. the other popular name of Barabanki.
were of this dynasty. Guru Vashisht was their Kulguru, and he preached and taught the young royal princes of the dynasty at Satrikh, initially known as Saptrishi.
Parijaat tree a sacred baobab
tree in the village of Kintoor
on the banks of Ghaghra. Near a temple (known as Kunteshwar Mahadev temple) established by Kunti, is a special tree called Parijaat which is said to grow from Kunti's ashes. Historically, though these saying may have some bearing or not, but it is true that this tree is from a very ancient background.
Bazaar Dharam Mandi (Dhamedi) and the famous Lodheshwar Mahadeva's Shivling are other proof that this region had an important place even five thousand years ago during the Mahabharat period.
country (the territory between rivers Ghaghra and Gomti), one of the five divisions of the kingdom of Rama.
Before 1000 AD. Jas, a raja of the Bhar tribe is said to have founded the locality of Jasnaul which later, after the Muslim
conquest of the region came to be known as Bara Banki or Barabanki.
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The Muslims had made their first permanent settlement in this district at Satrikh, in 421 AH. / 1030 AD.
Sihali, was conquered, and its sovereign, a Siharia Chhattri, was killed. Kintur was captured, and its Bhar queen, Kintama slain.
As per the historical documentation available, in 1030 AD. this region was attacked by Sayyed Salar Masood, nephew of Mahmood of Ghazni. In 1032 AD. Salar died.
The battle in which Somvanshi Rajput chief Sohil Deo (or Sohel Dal) of Sahet-Mahet a small northern kingdom (he was the conqueror of Sayyed Salar Masood
) was subversed by Sri Chandradeo, the Rathor monarch of Kannauj was fought in Satrikh village of the district.
In 1049 AD. / 441 AH, the Kings of Kanauj and Manikpur were defeated and driven from Oudh by Qutub-ud-din of Medina. The Muslim invasion was more successful in Bara Banki than elsewhere. In 586 AH. / 1189 AD, Sihali was conquered by Shekh Nizam-ud-din of Herat, Ansari. Zaidpur was occupied by them in 636 AH, when Sayyad Abd-ul-Wahid turned out the Bhars, altering the name of the town from Suhalpur. The colony of Musalman Bhattis is reported to have arrived about the same time, although some place it as early as 596 AH. / 1199 AD. They came from Bhatnair or Bhattiana, in the Punjab and Rajputana
and settled at Mawai Maholara.
After 1350 AD. Muslim immigrants started to settle in great number in the district until nearly to middle of eighteenth century. At the Muslims first permanently settled in Oudh.
Rudauli was occupied about 700 AH, in the reign of Alla-ud-din Khilji, whose forces had just about the same time destroyed Anhalwara, Chittor, Dcogir, Mandor, Jessulmere, Gagraun, Bundi, in fact nearly every remaining seat of Chhattri power. Rasulpur was conquered about 1350 AD. / 756 AH. Daryabad was founded about 850 AH. / 1444 AD, by Dariab Khan Subahdar. Fatehpur was colonized by Fateh Khan, a brother of Dariab Khan, and about the same time. The villages of Barauli and Barai, near Rudauli, were occupied, and gave their name to large estates about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Simultaneously, however, with this latter immigration of the Muslims there was one of Chhattris. The mysterious tribe of Kalhans, which numbers some twenty thousand persons, are said to be descended from Achal Singh, who came in as a soldier of fortune with Dariab Khan about 1450 AD. Raja Achal Singh is a great name in the Middle Ages of Oudh; he had large property—some state that his capital was Bado Sarai, on the old bank of the Ghagra.
At this time Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, reigned at Jaunpur. Oudh was the battle ground—the border land between Sharqis of Jaunpur and the Lodis of Delhi—and their princes, as the tide of conquest surged backwards and forwards. Dariab Khan settled Hindu soldiers as garrisons,—the war being now one between Muslims, and no longer one of religion. The Kalhans are said to have come from Gujarat, the same nursery of Chhattris from which the Ahban, the Pan war, the Gahlot, the Gaur, the Bais, and many other Oudh clans, are believed to have emigrated.
The isolated Suryajvanshi estate of Haraha and the Somvanshi Bahrelia estate of Surajpur were established by small colonies of Chhattri soldiers, who had been dismissed from service about eighteen generations ago(in 1877).
emperor Akbar this district was divided under the sirkars of Oudh, Lucknow and Manikpur. The following parganas are mentioned in Akbar's time vide Ain-i-Akbari
:
Safdar Jang, the wazir, had been absent at Delhi; his naib, Newal Rae, had been defeated and killed at the Kali nadi three years before by the Bangash Afghans of Farukhabad, who then overran the whole province except a few of the fortified towns. In 1749 AD, Safdar Jang himself, with an army of 60,000 men, was defeated by them ; and if at this time the Oudh Chhattris had risen, the Mughal authority might have been overthrown, but they waited till after Safdar Jang, in 1750 AD. / 1164 AH, had bribed or beaten the Rohillas out of the country.
Then the tribes gathered themselves together under the leadership of Anup Singh, the Raja of Ramnagar Dhameri; the Janwar of Balrampur, the Bisens of Gonda, and numerous other lords assembled their forces for an attack on Lucknow, now denuded of the troops which had gone into Rohilkhand. The Shekhzadas of Lucknow came out to meet the enemy, they were joined by the Khanziidas of Mahmudabad and Bilahra, who were connected with them by marriage.
The battle was fought at Chheola Ghat on the Kalyani, on the road to Lucknow. The Musalmans, headed by Nawab Muizz-ud-din Khan of Mahmudabad, won the day. The Balrainpur raja was killed it is said, and an immense number of the allied host, some 15,000 were killed or wounded on both sides. Nor would this number be at all remarkable when large armies, inflamed against each other by religious hatred in addition to the ordinary motives, fought at close quarters. From this event dates the rise of the Khanzadas. The Raikwars were proportionately depressed; the estates of both Baundi and Ramnagar were broken up, and but a few villages left with the raja. The process of agglomeration commenced again, seventy years afterwards, about 1816, on the death of the sagacious Saadat Ali Khan, and before annexation, in 1856, the Ramnagar raja had recovered the whole family estate and added to it largely, while his brother of Baundi had similarly added 172 villages to his domain.
The principal chiefs of Bara Banki during the last years of Nawabi were:—
Taluqa of Ramnagar — The large property consisted of 253 villages belongs to Raja Sarabjit Singh. The Raja was the head of the Raikwar clan, who immigrated to Oudh from the hill country about Kashmir in about 1400 A. D. It is a curious fact that whereas all Rajputs place a special value on the wood of the neem tree, the Raikwars alone are forbidden to use it.
Taluqa of Haraha —The proprietor of this taluqa was Raja Narindr Bahadur, the head of the Surajbans Thakurs. His father, Raja Chbatarpat Singh, is yet alive. Both father and son were afflicted with mental incapacity. The estate, which consisted of sixty-six villages, paid a revenue of Rs. 55,000, was under the management of the local authorities. Certain members of the Raja's family held the estates of Ranimau Qiampur in a separate qubuliat in the Nawabi, and they have thus escaped being placed under the taluqdar's sanad.
Taluqa of Surajpur —This estate comprised fifty-six villages. The proprietor was Raja Udatt Partab Singh, the head of Bahrelia Bais Thakurs. The Raja was mentally and physically unfit to manage his estate ; but so long as his maternal grandfather, Udatt Narain, lived there was no fear of under-proprietors, tenants or patwaris defrauding the family.
The late Raja Singji was a most formidable and violent landholder until he was attacked by Maharaja Man Singh, captured and taken prisoner to Lucknow, where he died in jail. It was mainly owing to the bad example set by Singji that the Daryabad district was so turbulent under the native Government, that amils and chakladars were to use a native expression unable to breathe in it—(Nak men dam charhta tha.)
Taluqa of Jahangirabad —The taluqdar of Jahangirabad was a Qidwai Sheikh, Raja Farzand Ali Khan. He owed his position to two circumstances: (1) his marriage with the daughter of Raja Razzaq Bakhsh, the late proprietor of the taluqa ; (2) to a fortuitous incident which occurred about three years before annexation. Farzand Ali was the darogah in charge of the Sikandarbagh at Lucknow. On one occasion of the last king of Oudh visiting the garden, he was struck with the appearance of this young man, and presenting him with a khilat, directed him to attend at the palace.
Taluqa of Barai —Chaudhri Ghulam Farid, a Siddiqi Shekh, was the largest landholder of the Rudauli tahsil. He owned thirty-nine villages. At the summary settlement before annexation, he contemplated depriving the children of his cousin, Mumtaz Ahmad, of their share in the estate, unmindful of the past long possession of his cousin; but at the earnest representations of Sayyad Abdul Hakim, an extra assistant commissioner, who was respected throughout the district, he made a fair division; in fact, he gave them half the estate.
Taluqa of Usmanpur -The Taluqdar of Usmanpur were Bisen rajput.This is the most famous Bisen Khanzada family. This estate was founded by one Kaunsal Singh(Raja Khushhal singh), who obtained an estate as a reward for military service under the Mughal Emperor Humayun. One of his sons Lakhan Singh conveted to Islam, and took the name Lakhu Khan. The estate of Usmanpur was founded by Ghanzafar Khan, who was confirmed ownership of Usmanpur and neighbouring villages by the Nawabs of Awadh. He owned fourty villages.
Taluqas of Rudauli —there were in all forty-three.
Many kings and princes opposed the expansion of British rule into this district by waging wars against them. During the British Raj, several kings fought for their independence and laid down their lives doing so, the great revolutionaries. Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari along with about 1000 revolutionaries sacrificed their lives for independence from the British rule.
In 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated revolutioneries. During the middle of the nineteenth century the revolutionaries put up their last front at Bhitauli which proved unsuccessful in comparison to the strong British forces. Leaving behind the Bhitauli front the aids along with Begum Hazrat Mahal
, Nana Saheb entered into the territory of Nepal to continue their freedom struggle from there. The last battle of the First War of Indian Independence was fought in December 1858 AD here in this district.
In 1870 before addition of two parganas from Lucknow (i.e. Kursi & Dewa) and one pargana each from Rae Bareli (i.e. Haidergarh) & Sultanpur (i.e. Subeha), Bara Banki district had area of 1285 sq mi (3,328.1 km²) and had following subdivisions:
In 1871 talukdars held about half the district and number 53, village zemindars number 5,397, and under-proprietors 1,354. Following is details of talukas:
In 1877 Barabanki was one of the three districts of the then Lucknow division. Its area was 1768 sq mi (4,579.1 km²) and population was 1,113,430.
As per 1877 Gazetteer of the province of Oudh there were:
the Capital of Uttar Pradesh
. This district being one of the four districts of Faizabad division
, is located in the heart of Awadh
region and it lies between Latitudes 26° 30' North and 27° 19' North and Longitudes 80° 58' East and 81° 55' East. District Barabanki is surrounded by district Faizabad
in the East, districts Gonda
and Bahraich
in the North East, district Sitapur
in the North West, district Lucknow
in the West, district Rae Bareli
in the South and district Sultanpur
in the South East. The river Ghaghra forms the North Eastern Boundary separating Barabanki from Bahraich and Gonda.
of this district was merged with district Faizabad, thereby reducing the land area of the district. Now the area of the district stands reduced to 3895.4 km². The area is liable to vary from year to year due to the slightest change in the coarse of the river Ghaghra, because this slight variation makes a noticeable change in the overall area of the district.
falls on its banks.
The Ghaghraflows for forty-eight miles on the border of the district; the dry weather discharge is 19000 cubic feet (538 m³). The principal ferries are at Kaithi, Kamiar, and Paska Ghat; there is a boat-bridge during the cold season at Bahramghat.
The Gomti flows for 105 miles (169 km) through, or on the border of the district, but its course is so circuitous that the direct distance from the point of entrance to that of exit is only forty-two miles; it is not therefore so useful for navigation, and it lies too low for irrigation; its dry weather discharge is 500 cubic feet (14,158.4 l). Its water is actually at a lowet level than that of the Ghagra. At the junction of the Kalyani the former is only 301 feet (91.7 m) above the sea; at Rudauli, the watershed between it and the Ghagra the altitude is 340 feet (103.6 m); and at Kaithi Ghat the Ghagra is 314 feet (95.7 m).
In the rains of 1872, the river Kalyani presented a vast volume of water 269 feet (82 m) broad, 337 feet (102.7 m) deep, rushing along with a velocity of 5.74 miles per hour and with a discharge of 51540 cuft/s. In ordinary monsoons the highest discharge is about a quarter less than this.
The river is crossed by the railway with a girder bridge with (6) six openings, each of 60 feet (18.3 m).
, both in the Nawabganj tahsil, are the only other streams in this district worthy of notice. Their general characteristics are the same: steep and rugged banks broken by innumerable ravines, mere drains in dry weather but becoming angry torrents during the rains; they flow into the Gomti. Haidergarh
, Deviganj, Choury and Alapur are settlements worth mentioning on the banks of the river Raith, while Jamuriha passes through Barabanki city(Barabanki reveneue village on one side & Nawabganj Thasil hq on other)
. The basin land of the rivers is mostly sandy soil, and the land adjacent to the rivers is sandy loam
. The only mineral of any note found in the district is sand
, which is available in sufficient quantity on river banks, and is used in construction works. The district is also noted for its deposits of brick
earth.
Wheat
, rice
and maize
are chief food crops of the district.
Opium
, menthol oil
, sugarcane
, fruits (mango
, banana
, Mushroom
, etc.), vegetables (potato
, tomato
, etc.) floweres (Gladiolus
, etc.), spices, etc. are chief cash crop
s of district.
Farmers rotate up to five crops round the year.
Livestock
based farming system is also found in the district
Broiler
farming is also done in the district.
Bee keeping is also practiced in the Dewa block of the district.
Fish cultivation
is also prevalent in the district.
Barabanki district is leading the country in menthol farming. Barabanki’s menthol cultivation is spread over 20000 acres (80.9 km²). Barabanki houses an industry that makes menthol crystals and also has a mandi for the oil.
District also exports Mangoes and vegetables.
District has Regional Agriculture Seed Testing & Demonstration Station of Department of Agriculture of government of India
.
In 2004 Indian Council of Agricultural Research
's National Academy of Agricultural Research Management
has established a Krishi Vigyan Kendra under Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology
in the district.
Institute for Integrated Society Development has established one Rural Technology Development and Dissemination Centre in the year 2002 at Nindura Block of Barabanki District.
National Fertilizers Limited has established a Soil Testing Lab in the district.
Information and Communication Technologies has a centre in the district.
District Barabanki was known as Dariyabad with its headquarters at Dariyabad town established by an officer in the army of Mohammed Shah Shariqi by the name Dariab Khan. It remained the district headquarter till 1858 AD. The district headquarter was shifted to Nawabganj
in 1859 AD now known as Barabanki. This was done during the expansion of the district by the British, when Kursi from district Lucknow and Haidergarh
from district Rae Bareli were added to the, then Dariyabad district.
Barabanki is one of the four constituent districts of Faizabad Division
. The other districts being Faizabad district
, Sultanpur district
and Ambedkar Nagar district
. The Division is headed by the Divisional Commissioner.
As of 2003-04 district contains 7 Tehsils, 17 Development Blocks, 154 Nyay Panchayat and 1140 Gram Sabhas.
As per 1991 data there were 1812 habitated villages and 31 inhabitated villages.
In 2001 there were 14 towns and cities, 2 Nagar Palika Parishads, 1 Cantonment area, 10 Nagar Panchayats and 1 Census Town.
The district level offices for monitoring the developmental activities of Blocks at Barabanki are located at Vikas Bhawan.
constituencies which fall under two parliamentary
constituencies, they are:
. Sitting members are:
- Barabanki route by the erstwhile U.P. Government Roadways.
Barabanki district has a population
of 3,257,983, roughly equal to the nation of Mauritania
or the US state of Iowa
. This gives it a ranking of 107th in India (out of a total of 640
). The district has a population density of 740 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.86 %. Barabanki has a sex ratio
of 908 females
for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
of 63.76 %.
Minority population is about 23% of the total population of the district. Barabanki is a category "A" district i.e. having socio-economic and basic amenities parameters below the national average.
, a vernacular in the Hindi-Urdu continuum
spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh
region.
Dr Rai Rajeshwar Bali (13th Taluqdar of Rampur-Daryabad Estate) was instrumental in bringing the Hindustani classical music which was earlier confined to temples, to the public when he opened one of the first music colleges of India called the Bhatkhande College of Hindustani Music in Lucknow. For this he invited Pundit V. N. Bhatkhande to his court and requested him to write the grammar of Hindustani Classical Music.
, Kanji
, Khair
, Saagaun, Subabul, Neem
, Eucalyptus
, Babul
, Kanju, Gold Mohar, Kesia, Akesia, Mango
and Jamun are found in sufficient numbers.
), Barasingha
(Swamp deer), Padha (Blackbuck
), Chital
(Spotted deer), fox
, jackal
, porcupine
. The Neel Gai has become a menace to the farmers in the district due to their rising numbers. However, all the above animals are on the protected list.
s of the district are similar to those of the adjoining districts. The chief game of birds found are several varieties of duck
s, King Fisher
, partridge
s, pigeons, peacock and several other water birds.
s and other reptile
s are found almost everywhere in the district especially in the rural areas. Some of the poisonous snakes found there are Cobra
, Krait and Rat snake
. Several non-poisonous snakes have also been noticed and python being the main among them. The other reptiles found in the district are the chameleon
and Bichhkhopra.
are found in the river
s, stream
s, pond
s, canal
s, catchment areas and artificial reservoirs of the district. There are a number of species of fish which have been found in this district so far, the chief being the rohu
(Labeo rohita), nain (cirrhina mrigala), mangur (clarius batrachus), saul (ophiocephelus spp.), katla
.
*Chaudhary Charan Singh Mahavidyalay, Bardari, Barabanki.Founder and Chief Patron-. Babu Beni Prasad Verma.=**MANAGER 'Smt.Sudha' Rani Verma**/ Principal-Dr.H.R.Tripathi, Teachers in Arts Faculty-Dr.Kanchan Lata Verma Ph.D. Vice Principal, Dr.Poonam Yadav Ph.D., Dr.Brijesh Tiwari Ph.D., Sh.Bhupendra Singh M.Phil.NET,Smt Kanchan Pandey NET,(Home Science),Km.Savita Yadav M.Phil.(English).......Ag.Faculty-Dr.Amarish Shrivastav,Dr.Chandra Shekhar.........'Office Superintendent-Sh.Anupam Jaiswal.
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of Faizabad division
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, lies at the very heart of Awadh
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, and forms as it were a centre from which no less than seven other districts radiate. It is situated between 27°19' and 26°30' north latitude, and 80°05' and 81°51’ east longitude; it runs in a south-easterly direction, confined by the nearly parallel streams of the Ghagra and Gomti. With its most northern point it impinges on the Sitapur district
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, while its north-eastern boundary is washed by the waters of the Ghagra, beyond which lie the districts of Bahraich district
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and Gonda district
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. Its eastern frontier marches with Faizabad district
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, and the Gomti forms a natural boundary to the south, dividing it from the Sultanpur district
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. On the west it adjoins the Lucknow district
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. The extreme length of the district from east to west may be taken at 57 mi (91.7 km), and the extreme breadth at 58 mi (93.3 km); the total area is about 1504 sq mi (3,895.3 km²): its population amounts to 2,673,581, being at the rate of 686.50 to the square km. The Barabanki city is the district headquarters. Barabanki district has been known to be a favourite haunt of saints and ascetics, literatteurs and intellectuals, besides being a battlefield for freedom fighters.
The district under British rule had an area of 1769 sq mi (4,581.7 km²). In 1856 it came, with the rest of Oudh, under British rule. During the Sepoy war of 1857-1858 the whole of the Bara Banki talukdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance after the capture of Lucknow.
It stretches out in a level plain interspersed with numerous jhils or marshes. In the upper part of the district the soil is sandy, while in the lower part it is clayey and produces finer crops. The district is well fed by rivers Ghaghra (forming the northern boundary), Gomti (flowing through the middle of the district) and Kalyani and their tributaries, for the major part of the year. Some rivers dry out in the summer, and get flooded during the rainy season, creating havoc. The changing course of the river Ghagra changes the land area in the district, year to year.
The principal crops are rice, wheat, pulse and other food-grains and sugarcane. Trade in agricultural produce is active. Both the bordering rivers are navigable; and the district is traversed by two lines of the Northern Railway and North-Eastern Railway, with branches having total length of 131 km. It has good road connectivity also including National Highways (NH 24A
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, NH 28C
National Highway 28C (India)
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& NH 56A
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), State Highways and various link roads.
The minority population in the district is over 24 per cent.
History
There are several ancient sayings to the naming of this district. It was known before the Muslim
Muslim
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conquest as Jasnaul, from Jas, a raja of the Bhar tribe, who is said to have founded it before 1000 AD. With a change of proprietors came a change of name. The Muslim owners divided the lands into twelve shares, over which the respective proprietors quarrelled so incessantly that they were called the Barah Banke, or twelve quarrelsome men. Banka, in Awadhi, meaning a bully or brave. Others derive the name from ban, meaning wood or jungle, and interpret Barabanki as the twelve shares of jungle.
District Barabanki was known as Dariyabad with its headquarters at Dariyabad town established by an officer in the army of Mohammed Shah Shariqi by the name Dariab Khan. It remained the district headquarters till 1858 AD, The headquarters were later moved to Nawabganj
Nawabganj, Barabanki
Nawabganj is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is a tehsil and nagar parishad for Barabanki town. It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.-Geography:...
in 1859 AD. the other popular name of Barabanki.
Ramayan era
It is said that in ancient times this district was part of the kingdom ruled by Suryavanshi kings, whose capital was Ayodhya. King Dashrath and his famous son, RamRama
Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
were of this dynasty. Guru Vashisht was their Kulguru, and he preached and taught the young royal princes of the dynasty at Satrikh, initially known as Saptrishi.
Mahabahrat era
This district was under the rule of the Chandravanshi kings for a very long period. During the Mahabharat era, it was part of the 'Gaurav Rajya' and this part of land was known by the name Kurukshetra. Pandav along with their mother Kunti had spent some time on the banks of river Ghaghra during their exile.Parijaat tree a sacred baobab
Baobab
Adansonia is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to Madagascar, one native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and one to Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island....
tree in the village of Kintoor
Kintoor
Kintoor or Kintur is a village distant 10 miles north-east of Badosarai in Barabanki district famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during Indian Mutiny.-History:...
on the banks of Ghaghra. Near a temple (known as Kunteshwar Mahadev temple) established by Kunti, is a special tree called Parijaat which is said to grow from Kunti's ashes. Historically, though these saying may have some bearing or not, but it is true that this tree is from a very ancient background.
Bazaar Dharam Mandi (Dhamedi) and the famous Lodheshwar Mahadeva's Shivling are other proof that this region had an important place even five thousand years ago during the Mahabharat period.
Pre-historic
Greater part of Barabanki was included in PachhimrathPachhimrath
Pachhimrath was one of the five main divisions of the kingdom of Rama in prehestoric Awadh.Pachhimrath may be roughly described as the country between Ghaghra and Gomti west to the line from Ayodhya to Sultanpur...
country (the territory between rivers Ghaghra and Gomti), one of the five divisions of the kingdom of Rama.
Before 1000 AD. Jas, a raja of the Bhar tribe is said to have founded the locality of Jasnaul which later, after the Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
conquest of the region came to be known as Bara Banki or Barabanki.
After 1000 till 1525
Sihali, was conquered, and its sovereign, a Siharia Chhattri, was killed. Kintur was captured, and its Bhar queen, Kintama slain.
As per the historical documentation available, in 1030 AD. this region was attacked by Sayyed Salar Masood, nephew of Mahmood of Ghazni. In 1032 AD. Salar died.
The battle in which Somvanshi Rajput chief Sohil Deo (or Sohel Dal) of Sahet-Mahet a small northern kingdom (he was the conqueror of Sayyed Salar Masood
Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud
Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masud was nephew of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi and a Muslim missionary. Salar Masud was a Islamic scholar who came along with his uncle Jalaluddin Bukhari and teacher Syed Ibrahim Mashadi Bara Hazari in early 11th century to the South Asia for propagation of Islam...
) was subversed by Sri Chandradeo, the Rathor monarch of Kannauj was fought in Satrikh village of the district.
In 1049 AD. / 441 AH, the Kings of Kanauj and Manikpur were defeated and driven from Oudh by Qutub-ud-din of Medina. The Muslim invasion was more successful in Bara Banki than elsewhere. In 586 AH. / 1189 AD, Sihali was conquered by Shekh Nizam-ud-din of Herat, Ansari. Zaidpur was occupied by them in 636 AH, when Sayyad Abd-ul-Wahid turned out the Bhars, altering the name of the town from Suhalpur. The colony of Musalman Bhattis is reported to have arrived about the same time, although some place it as early as 596 AH. / 1199 AD. They came from Bhatnair or Bhattiana, in the Punjab and Rajputana
Rajputana
Rājputāna was the pre-1949 name of the present-day Indian state of Rājasthān, the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. George Thomas was the first in 1800 A.D., to term this region as Rajputana...
and settled at Mawai Maholara.
After 1350 AD. Muslim immigrants started to settle in great number in the district until nearly to middle of eighteenth century. At the Muslims first permanently settled in Oudh.
Rudauli was occupied about 700 AH, in the reign of Alla-ud-din Khilji, whose forces had just about the same time destroyed Anhalwara, Chittor, Dcogir, Mandor, Jessulmere, Gagraun, Bundi, in fact nearly every remaining seat of Chhattri power. Rasulpur was conquered about 1350 AD. / 756 AH. Daryabad was founded about 850 AH. / 1444 AD, by Dariab Khan Subahdar. Fatehpur was colonized by Fateh Khan, a brother of Dariab Khan, and about the same time. The villages of Barauli and Barai, near Rudauli, were occupied, and gave their name to large estates about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Simultaneously, however, with this latter immigration of the Muslims there was one of Chhattris. The mysterious tribe of Kalhans, which numbers some twenty thousand persons, are said to be descended from Achal Singh, who came in as a soldier of fortune with Dariab Khan about 1450 AD. Raja Achal Singh is a great name in the Middle Ages of Oudh; he had large property—some state that his capital was Bado Sarai, on the old bank of the Ghagra.
At this time Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, reigned at Jaunpur. Oudh was the battle ground—the border land between Sharqis of Jaunpur and the Lodis of Delhi—and their princes, as the tide of conquest surged backwards and forwards. Dariab Khan settled Hindu soldiers as garrisons,—the war being now one between Muslims, and no longer one of religion. The Kalhans are said to have come from Gujarat, the same nursery of Chhattris from which the Ahban, the Pan war, the Gahlot, the Gaur, the Bais, and many other Oudh clans, are believed to have emigrated.
The isolated Suryajvanshi estate of Haraha and the Somvanshi Bahrelia estate of Surajpur were established by small colonies of Chhattri soldiers, who had been dismissed from service about eighteen generations ago(in 1877).
Mughal era (1526–1732)
During the reign of the great MughalMughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
emperor Akbar this district was divided under the sirkars of Oudh, Lucknow and Manikpur. The following parganas are mentioned in Akbar's time vide Ain-i-Akbari
Ain-i-Akbari
The Ain-i-Akbari or the "Institutes of Akbar", is a 16th century, detailed document recording the administration of emperor Akbar's empire, written by his vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak...
:
| Number | Muhals of Ain-i-Akbari | Parganas as of 1878 | Sarkars of Ain-i-Akbari |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibrahimabad | Ibrahimabad | Oudh |
| 2 | Basorhi | Basorhi | Oudh |
| 3 | Bakteha | Baksaha | Oudh |
| 4 | Daryabad | Daryabad | Oudh |
| 5 | Rudauli | Rudauli | Oudh |
| 6 | Sailuk | Sailuk | Oudh |
| 7 | Subeha | Subeha | Oudh |
| 8 | Satrikh | Satrikh | Oudh |
| 9 | Bhitauli | Bhitauli | Lucknow |
| 10 | Dewa | Dewa | Lucknow |
| 11 | Kumbhi | Dewa | Lucknow |
| 12 | Kursi | Kursi | Lucknow |
| 13 | Kahanjra | Kursi | Lucknow |
| 14 | Siddhaur | Siddhaur | Lucknow |
| 15 | Sidhipur | Siddhaur | Lucknow |
| 16 | Sihali | Khiron | Lucknow |
| 17 | Bhilwal | Haidergarh | Manikpur |
| Ref:Gazetteer of the province of Oudh, By Oudh, William Charles Benett Printed at the Oudh government press, 1878, #451,452,454 | |||
Nawabs of Awadh (1732-1856)
In 1165 AH. / 1751 AD, the Raikwars seem to have headed a great Hindu movement to shake off the Musalman Government.Safdar Jang, the wazir, had been absent at Delhi; his naib, Newal Rae, had been defeated and killed at the Kali nadi three years before by the Bangash Afghans of Farukhabad, who then overran the whole province except a few of the fortified towns. In 1749 AD, Safdar Jang himself, with an army of 60,000 men, was defeated by them ; and if at this time the Oudh Chhattris had risen, the Mughal authority might have been overthrown, but they waited till after Safdar Jang, in 1750 AD. / 1164 AH, had bribed or beaten the Rohillas out of the country.
Then the tribes gathered themselves together under the leadership of Anup Singh, the Raja of Ramnagar Dhameri; the Janwar of Balrampur, the Bisens of Gonda, and numerous other lords assembled their forces for an attack on Lucknow, now denuded of the troops which had gone into Rohilkhand. The Shekhzadas of Lucknow came out to meet the enemy, they were joined by the Khanziidas of Mahmudabad and Bilahra, who were connected with them by marriage.
The battle was fought at Chheola Ghat on the Kalyani, on the road to Lucknow. The Musalmans, headed by Nawab Muizz-ud-din Khan of Mahmudabad, won the day. The Balrainpur raja was killed it is said, and an immense number of the allied host, some 15,000 were killed or wounded on both sides. Nor would this number be at all remarkable when large armies, inflamed against each other by religious hatred in addition to the ordinary motives, fought at close quarters. From this event dates the rise of the Khanzadas. The Raikwars were proportionately depressed; the estates of both Baundi and Ramnagar were broken up, and but a few villages left with the raja. The process of agglomeration commenced again, seventy years afterwards, about 1816, on the death of the sagacious Saadat Ali Khan, and before annexation, in 1856, the Ramnagar raja had recovered the whole family estate and added to it largely, while his brother of Baundi had similarly added 172 villages to his domain.
The principal chiefs of Bara Banki during the last years of Nawabi were:—
Taluqa of Ramnagar — The large property consisted of 253 villages belongs to Raja Sarabjit Singh. The Raja was the head of the Raikwar clan, who immigrated to Oudh from the hill country about Kashmir in about 1400 A. D. It is a curious fact that whereas all Rajputs place a special value on the wood of the neem tree, the Raikwars alone are forbidden to use it.
Taluqa of Haraha —The proprietor of this taluqa was Raja Narindr Bahadur, the head of the Surajbans Thakurs. His father, Raja Chbatarpat Singh, is yet alive. Both father and son were afflicted with mental incapacity. The estate, which consisted of sixty-six villages, paid a revenue of Rs. 55,000, was under the management of the local authorities. Certain members of the Raja's family held the estates of Ranimau Qiampur in a separate qubuliat in the Nawabi, and they have thus escaped being placed under the taluqdar's sanad.
Taluqa of Surajpur —This estate comprised fifty-six villages. The proprietor was Raja Udatt Partab Singh, the head of Bahrelia Bais Thakurs. The Raja was mentally and physically unfit to manage his estate ; but so long as his maternal grandfather, Udatt Narain, lived there was no fear of under-proprietors, tenants or patwaris defrauding the family.
The late Raja Singji was a most formidable and violent landholder until he was attacked by Maharaja Man Singh, captured and taken prisoner to Lucknow, where he died in jail. It was mainly owing to the bad example set by Singji that the Daryabad district was so turbulent under the native Government, that amils and chakladars were to use a native expression unable to breathe in it—(Nak men dam charhta tha.)
Taluqa of Jahangirabad —The taluqdar of Jahangirabad was a Qidwai Sheikh, Raja Farzand Ali Khan. He owed his position to two circumstances: (1) his marriage with the daughter of Raja Razzaq Bakhsh, the late proprietor of the taluqa ; (2) to a fortuitous incident which occurred about three years before annexation. Farzand Ali was the darogah in charge of the Sikandarbagh at Lucknow. On one occasion of the last king of Oudh visiting the garden, he was struck with the appearance of this young man, and presenting him with a khilat, directed him to attend at the palace.
Taluqa of Barai —Chaudhri Ghulam Farid, a Siddiqi Shekh, was the largest landholder of the Rudauli tahsil. He owned thirty-nine villages. At the summary settlement before annexation, he contemplated depriving the children of his cousin, Mumtaz Ahmad, of their share in the estate, unmindful of the past long possession of his cousin; but at the earnest representations of Sayyad Abdul Hakim, an extra assistant commissioner, who was respected throughout the district, he made a fair division; in fact, he gave them half the estate.
Taluqa of Usmanpur -The Taluqdar of Usmanpur were Bisen rajput.This is the most famous Bisen Khanzada family. This estate was founded by one Kaunsal Singh(Raja Khushhal singh), who obtained an estate as a reward for military service under the Mughal Emperor Humayun. One of his sons Lakhan Singh conveted to Islam, and took the name Lakhu Khan. The estate of Usmanpur was founded by Ghanzafar Khan, who was confirmed ownership of Usmanpur and neighbouring villages by the Nawabs of Awadh. He owned fourty villages.
Taluqas of Rudauli —there were in all forty-three.
1857 war of independence
Unlike what occurred in the districts of Hardoi, Gonda, and Lucknow, the whole body of the taluqdars in this district joined the cause of the deposed king and the mutineers. They offered no resistance however, of any moment to the advance of the British troops after the capture of Lucknow ; in the battle of Nawabganj.Many kings and princes opposed the expansion of British rule into this district by waging wars against them. During the British Raj, several kings fought for their independence and laid down their lives doing so, the great revolutionaries. Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari along with about 1000 revolutionaries sacrificed their lives for independence from the British rule.
In 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated revolutioneries. During the middle of the nineteenth century the revolutionaries put up their last front at Bhitauli which proved unsuccessful in comparison to the strong British forces. Leaving behind the Bhitauli front the aids along with Begum Hazrat Mahal
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Begum Hazrat Mahal , also known as Begum of Awadh, was the first wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.-Queen of Awadh:Her maiden name was Muhammadi Khanum and she was born at Faizabad, Awadh, India. She was a courtesan by profession and had been taken into the royal harem as a Khawasin, after being sold by...
, Nana Saheb entered into the territory of Nepal to continue their freedom struggle from there. The last battle of the First War of Indian Independence was fought in December 1858 AD here in this district.
British (1858-1947)
The Sadr station (district headquarter) was placed at annexation and also after the mutinies at Daryabad, but owing to the stagnation of water in the immediate vicinity of the town, and to the prevalence of fever, the head quarters were removed in 1859 to Nawabganj, Bara Banki.In 1870 before addition of two parganas from Lucknow (i.e. Kursi & Dewa) and one pargana each from Rae Bareli (i.e. Haidergarh) & Sultanpur (i.e. Subeha), Bara Banki district had area of 1285 sq mi (3,328.1 km²) and had following subdivisions:
| Tahsil | Pargana | No. of Villages | Area (in acres) | Major Talukas & Talukdars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nawabaganj | Nawabganj | 50,484 | I.— Jehangirabad, Raja Farzand Ali Khan II.— Sohailpur Bhanmau, Mir Buniad Husen and Amjad Husen. III.— Satrikh, Kazi Sirfraz Ali. IV.— Simrawan, Bissein Thakur Sheo Sahai. V.— Shahpur, Ghulam Abbas and Mahomed Amir. VI.— Gaddia, Shekh Zainulabdin. VII.— Usmanpur, Thakurain Zahur-ul-nissa. |
|
| Partabganj | 35,834 | |||
| Satrikh | 29,358 | |||
| Siddhaur | 90,377 | |||
| Daryabad-Rudauli (later named to Ram Sanehi Ghat) |
Daryabad | 136,931 | I.— Surajpur Raja Udatpertab Singh, Burhelia Thakur. II.— Haraha, Raja Narindur Bahadur, Surajbans Thakur. III.— Kamiar, Shere Bahadur, Kalhans Thakur. IV.— Rampur, Rai Ibram Bali, Kaisth. V.— Saidanpur, Latafat-ullah and Inayat-ullah. VI.— Nirauli, Chaudhri Husen Baksh. VII.— Amirpur, Inayat Rassul. VIII.— Purai, Mahomed Abid. IX.- Daryabad, Rai Rajeshwar Bali. |
|
| Surajpur | 61,645 | |||
| Rudauli | 110,553 | |||
| Mawai | 45,469 | |||
| Barsorhi | 21,958 | |||
| Ramnagar | Ramnagar | 71,756 | I.— Ramnagar, Raja Sarabjit Singh, Raikwar Thakur. II.— Bilheri, Raja Ibad Ali. III.— Mahmudabad, Raja Amir Hussan Khan. IV.— Bhatwamau, Badshah Husen Khanzada. V.— Muhammadpur, Ganga Singh, Raikwar. |
|
| Fatehpur | 98,532 | |||
| Muhammadpur | 39,568 | |||
| Bado Sarai | 30,541 | |||
| Total | 323,011 | |||
In 1871 talukdars held about half the district and number 53, village zemindars number 5,397, and under-proprietors 1,354. Following is details of talukas:
| Name of Taluka | Name of Talukdar | No. of Villages | Area (in acres) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramnagar | Raja Sarabjit Singh | 358 | 108,286 |
| Huraha | Raja Nurindur Bahadur Singh | 66 | 29,960 |
| Bhanmau | Mir Umjad Hosein | 10 | 5,233 |
| Jehagerabad | Raja Farzand Ali Khan | 72 | 22,751 |
| Surajpur | Raja Talaywand Koer | 64 | 36,388 |
| Mahmudabad | Raja Amir Hassan Khan | 89 | 28,680 |
| Man Singh | Maharaja Man Singh | 16 | 13,009 |
| Malaraiganj | Nawab Ali Khan | 11 | 3,235 |
| Shahabpur | Mahomed Amir and Gholam Abbas | 8 | 3,578 |
| Simrawan | Thakur Sheosahai | 8 | 4,188 |
| Sohailpur | Mir Umjad Hosein | 8 | 2,458 |
| Ushdamow | Panday Bahadur Singh | 16 | 3,684 |
| Asmanpur | Roshunjama Khan | 25 | 7,238 |
| Kharkha | Mahomed Hosein | 10 | 4,593 |
| Guddia | Shaikh Zainulabdin | 12 | 1,933 |
| Satrikh | Kazee Ikram Ahmed | 12 | 9,420 |
| Gootiah | Hakim Kurrum Ali | 13 | 5,549 |
| Subeha | Surfaraz Ahmed | 1 | 564 |
| Sulaunpur | Nawab Ali Khan | 6 | 3,892 |
| Kotwa | Abid Ali | 1 | 331 |
| Motree | Bhugwant singh | 1 | 1,040 |
| Tribadiganj | Raja Thakurpershad Tribadi | 2 | 813 |
| Lillowly | Buxshee Harpershad | 11 | 2,510 |
| Nurhowl | Shaik Boo Ali | 3 | 1,465 |
| Mirpur | Nusserudeen | 4 | 2,416 |
| Baytowly | Maharaja Runbir Singh | 5 | 3,535 |
| Rampur | Thakur Gooman Singh | 1 | 357 |
| Jubrahpur | Thakur Ruder Pratab Singh | 2 | 700 |
| Bilharrah | Raja Ibad Ali Khan | 41 | 15,838 |
| Muhammadpur | Thakur Ganga Singh | 26 | 4,981 |
| Bhatwamau | Badsha Hasan Khan | 23 | 8,459 |
| Rampur | Rai Ibram Balli | 35 | 13,571 |
| Kumyar | Shere Bahadur | 10 | 13,430 |
| Sydanpur | Latafat-ul-lah and Mayet-ul-lah | 13 | 5,428 |
| Pushka | Naipal Singh | 4 | 2,129 |
| Raneemau | Outar Singh | 14 | 5,687 |
| Nurrowly | Chaudhri Razah Husain | 45 | 23,157 |
| Barrai | Chaudhri Gholam Farid and Mahboob-ul-Rahamn | 46 | 16,039 |
| Purai | Meer mahomaed Abid | 14 | 6,722 |
| Amirpur | Chaudhri Ishan Russul | 13 | 4,557 |
| Burrowly | Chaudhri Wazeer Ali | 25 | 3,871 |
| Nearah | Shere Khan | 13 | 2,993 |
| Retch | Raghunath Singh | 1 | 2,183 |
| Total | 1,158 | 4,36,574 | |
In 1877 Barabanki was one of the three districts of the then Lucknow division. Its area was 1768 sq mi (4,579.1 km²) and population was 1,113,430.
As per 1877 Gazetteer of the province of Oudh there were:
- Four tehsils-
- Nawabganj
- Ram Sanehi Ghat
- Fatehpur
- Haidergarh
- Nine thanas-
- Nawabganj
- Zaidpur
- Tikaitnagar
- Sanehi Ghat
- Bhilsar
- Fatehpur
- Kursi
- Ramnagar
- Haidergarh
- Courts, following were officers with civil, criminal and revenue powers:
- a deputy commissioner
- two assistant commissioner
- three extra assistant commissioner
- four tehsildars
- four honorary magistrates
Independence movement
In 1921 AD Gandhiji started the Non-cooperation Movement, thereby igniting the flame of independence once again. Here too, the district leading from the front, opposed the arrival of Prince of Wales to India. As a result, protests were organised and large number of freedom fighter courted arrests at the Government High School, Nawabganj, Shri Rafi Ahmad Kidwai was also arrested. During 1922 AD Khilafat Movement, 1930 AD Salt Movement, and in 1942 AD the Quit India Movement, the people of this district actively participated in these movements thereby giving sleepless nights to the British Raj. As a result, the District Congress Office was sealed. But, the local leaders continued their protests remaining underground. The Haidergarh Post office was looted on 24 August 1942 as a mark of protest by the revolutionaries. Similar incidents took place at the HPO Barabanki and Satrikh. The people of this district enthusiastically respond to the call of Satyagraha and large numbers courted arrest.Royalty
Notable royals in Barabanki's history include:- RajaRajaRaja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Muhammad Mazhar Ali Khan (died 1790s)
- son of Raja Muhammad Imam Khan (died 1760s) of the large Mahmudabad estate in Sitapur from his wife a Shi‘i Shaykhzadah woman, inherited the smaller portion of the estate in Belehra(village near fatehpur), Bara Banki.
- RajaRajaRaja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Nuwab Ali Khan,
- Raja
- ruler of Mahmudabad estate in Sitapur was the son of the Shi‘i Belehra(village near fatehpur) branch of the family. He was adopted in 1836 by widow of Raja Musahib Ali Khan (son of Raja Muhammad Imam Khan) as they had no male issue.
- RajaRajaRaja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Mir Imdad Ali Khan,
- Raja
- ruler of KintoorKintoorKintoor or Kintur is a village distant 10 miles north-east of Badosarai in Barabanki district famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during Indian Mutiny.-History:...
was active in the First War of Indian IndependenceIndian Rebellion of 1857The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...
against the BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.- RajaRajaRaja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Balbhadra Singh of Chehlari, (10 June 1840 – December 1858),
- Raja
- fought the British forces bravely and sacrificed his life along with around 1000 other revolutionaries fighting the last battle of the First War of Indian Independence at Aovari around 2 Km from Barabanki on the confluence of riverlets Rait and Jamuria.
- RajaRajaRaja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Guru Bux Singh of BhitauliBhitaulithumb|right|Location of the Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaBhitauli is a very old village situated about 20 km from Lucknow& less than 10 km from Barabanki city, in Barabanki district...
, fought against British in 1857 War of Independence. - Rai Rajeshwar Bali(1889–1944), 13th Taluqdar of Rampur-Daryabad Estate (Uttar Pradesh).
- Raja
Geography
The district is for the most part flat to monotony, there is an utter absence of mountains; the most elevated point is about four hundred and thirty feet above the sea; and there are few points of view from which any expanse of country can be surveyed. The verdure and beauty of the groves with which it is studded in every direction redeem the prospect from bare ugliness, and when the spring crops are green and the jhils yet full of water, the richness of the landscape is very striking. Here and there patches of uncultivated waste are to be seen, but a high assessment and security of tenure are rapidly converting them into waving fields of corn. Towards the north, especially along the old bank of the Ghaghra, the ground is undulating and richly wooded, while to the south there is a gentle slope down to the Gomti. The monotonous level is broken on the north by an abrupt fall, the ridge running parallel to the Ghaghra at a distance of from one mile (1.6 km) to three miles (5 km), is said to indicate what was formerly the right bank of the river. The district is intersected at various parts by rugged ravines.Location & boundaries
The district Barabanki is situated about 29 km in the East direction of LucknowLucknow
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the Capital of Uttar Pradesh
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. This district being one of the four districts of Faizabad division
Faizabad Division
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, is located in the heart of Awadh
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region and it lies between Latitudes 26° 30' North and 27° 19' North and Longitudes 80° 58' East and 81° 55' East. District Barabanki is surrounded by district Faizabad
Faizabad
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in the East, districts Gonda
Gonda District
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and Bahraich
Bahraich
Bahraich is a city and a municipal board in Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the Saryu River, a tributary of river Ghaghra, Bahraich is 125 km north-east of Lucknow, the state capital. The towns of Barabanki, Gonda, Balrampur, Lakhimpur and Sitapur share...
in the North East, district Sitapur
Sitapur
Sitapur formerly spelled as Citapore is a town and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is in the Lucknow Division of Uttar Pradesh...
in the North West, district Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
in the West, district Rae Bareli
Raebareli District
Raebareli District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Raebareli is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.-Raebareli District in 1911:...
in the South and district Sultanpur
Sultanpur District
Sultanpur District is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The district is a part of Faizabad Division. Its administrative head is Sultanpur.-History:...
in the South East. The river Ghaghra forms the North Eastern Boundary separating Barabanki from Bahraich and Gonda.
Area
According to the 1991 census the area of the district was 4401 km². The districts were reconstituted and Tehsil RudauliRudauli
Rudauli , popularly known as Rudauli Shareef , is a city and a municipal board in Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Rudauli is located at...
of this district was merged with district Faizabad, thereby reducing the land area of the district. Now the area of the district stands reduced to 3895.4 km². The area is liable to vary from year to year due to the slightest change in the coarse of the river Ghaghra, because this slight variation makes a noticeable change in the overall area of the district.
Topography
The district can be topographically divided into three main regions.- Tarai region, the area in the North East towards river Ghaghra.
- Gomti par region, the wide area from South West to South East of the district.
- Har region, which is situated at some height to the Gomti Par region,the whole tract is gently undulating land with gentle slope from the North West to South East.
River system and water resources
The district is well fed by rivers Ghaghra, Gomti and Kalyani with their tributaries for major part of the year. Although some of them dryout during summers and create havoc during rainy season by flooding.Ghaghra
The principal river in the district is the Ghaghra, at a short distance from Bahramghat; in the Fatehpur tahsil the rivers Chauka and Sarda meet, and their united stream is called the Ghaghra. Both those component rivers take their rise in the Himalaya and at their confluence form a stream, which at Bahramghat is in the rainy season from one and a half to two miles (3 km), and in the dry season half mile in breadth. The Gogra divides the Bara Banki district from the districts of Bahraich and Gonda. It flows in a south-easterly direction past Faizabad, and finally empties itself into the Ganges at Arrah, above Dinapore. This river is navigable for flat-bottomed steamers as far as Bahramghat; but the traffic is at present confined to country boats which ply in considerable numbers between Bahramghat and Sarun district. It has been stated that the ancient course of the river is indicated at a distance of from one to two miles (3 km) from the existing right bank by a ridge about 20 feet (6.1 m) high. The low lands between the ancient and present channels generally have fine crops of rice, but the water sometimes lies too long after the rains and rots them, and the spring crops cannot be sown. The river is not utilized for purposes of irrigation. Some portion of Tehsil Fatehpur and some portion of Tehsil Ram Sanehi GhatRam Sanehi Ghat
Ram Sanehi Ghat is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a Tehsil and Police station.-Geography:...
falls on its banks.
The Ghaghraflows for forty-eight miles on the border of the district; the dry weather discharge is 19000 cubic feet (538 m³). The principal ferries are at Kaithi, Kamiar, and Paska Ghat; there is a boat-bridge during the cold season at Bahramghat.
Gomti
Next in importance is the Gomti, which runs through the tahsil of Haidargarh and some portion of the tehsil Ram Sanehi Ghat and separates the Bara Banki district from the districts of Lucknow, Sultanpur and Faizabad. It runs like the Ghagra in a south-easterly direction, has a well-defined bank and a stream which is fordable in the dry weather, and is about 40 yards broad. There is considerable traffic on the Gumti by country boats.The Gomti flows for 105 miles (169 km) through, or on the border of the district, but its course is so circuitous that the direct distance from the point of entrance to that of exit is only forty-two miles; it is not therefore so useful for navigation, and it lies too low for irrigation; its dry weather discharge is 500 cubic feet (14,158.4 l). Its water is actually at a lowet level than that of the Ghagra. At the junction of the Kalyani the former is only 301 feet (91.7 m) above the sea; at Rudauli, the watershed between it and the Ghagra the altitude is 340 feet (103.6 m); and at Kaithi Ghat the Ghagra is 314 feet (95.7 m).
Kalyani
Kalyani is a small river of local origin. It rises in the Fatehpur tahsil, and after wandering through the district in a most tortuous course, empties itself into the Gomti near the village of Dwarkapur. It flows through the district along with its tributaries, covering most of central portion of the district. Kalyani creates havoc during the rains, flooding considerable part of the district, though during summers there is hardly any water in certain sections of the river. It is an important source of water for major period of the year, with banks precipitous at a number of places.In the rains of 1872, the river Kalyani presented a vast volume of water 269 feet (82 m) broad, 337 feet (102.7 m) deep, rushing along with a velocity of 5.74 miles per hour and with a discharge of 51540 cuft/s. In ordinary monsoons the highest discharge is about a quarter less than this.
The river is crossed by the railway with a girder bridge with (6) six openings, each of 60 feet (18.3 m).
Jamuriha and Reth
The Jamuriha and RethReth
Reth is a fictional city in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Reth is one of the five free cities located in the Chondath region of the Vilhon Reach in Faerûn.- Entertainment :...
, both in the Nawabganj tahsil, are the only other streams in this district worthy of notice. Their general characteristics are the same: steep and rugged banks broken by innumerable ravines, mere drains in dry weather but becoming angry torrents during the rains; they flow into the Gomti. Haidergarh
Haidergarh
Haidergarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Barabanki district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.- Demographics : India census, Haidergarh had a population of 14,043. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Haidergarh has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national...
, Deviganj, Choury and Alapur are settlements worth mentioning on the banks of the river Raith, while Jamuriha passes through Barabanki city(Barabanki reveneue village on one side & Nawabganj Thasil hq on other)
Tanks and jhils
Tanks and jhfls are numerous, especially in the tahsils of Daryabad, Ram Sanehi Ghat, and Nawabganj. Seven per cent, of the area is covered with water; many of the tanks are in course of being deepened, the earth taken out of them being used to replenish cultivated land, and doubtless much more would be done in this direction but for the difficulty of adjusting conflicting rights in the tanks. Some of the jhils are navigable by small boats for purposes of sport or pleasure. The finest jhfl in this district, that named Bhagghar, is situated in the Ramnagar pargana; it does not cover above two square miles. There is another in Dewa, covering about five square miles with water and marsh.Geology
The district being a part of the plains, conforms to the same geological sequence as the plain itself. The soil structure of the district is composed of alluvial soil, the soil brought in by the rivers. The upper belt is called Uparhar and the soil texture is yellowish clayClay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
. The basin land of the rivers is mostly sandy soil, and the land adjacent to the rivers is sandy loam
Loam
Loam is soil composed of sand, silt, and clay in relatively even concentration . Loam soils generally contain more nutrients and humus than sandy soils, have better infiltration and drainage than silty soils, and are easier to till than clay soils...
. The only mineral of any note found in the district is sand
Sand
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...
, which is available in sufficient quantity on river banks, and is used in construction works. The district is also noted for its deposits of brick
Brick
A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually laid using various kinds of mortar. It has been regarded as one of the longest lasting and strongest building materials used throughout history.-History:...
earth.
Climate
The district lies in the plains of the State, and hence its climatic conditions are quite similar to the average climatic condition of the plains. Hot to very hot in summers, cold to quite cold during winters and humid to very humid and sultry during rainy season. Most of the rain occurs from June to September and often in November to January. The winter sets in November and continues till February end. The maximum temperature recorded in 1997-98 was 47.5 °C and minimum was 2.5 °C. The average rainfall recorded for 1997-98 was 1056 mm.Agriculture
The economy of the district mainly depends upon Agriculture. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood in Barabanki. Agriculture, bio-gas plants, animal husbandry, small-scale industries provide direct and indirect employment to the people of district.Wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
and maize
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
are chief food crops of the district.
Opium
Opium
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...
, menthol oil
Menthol
Menthol is an organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. It is a waxy, crystalline substance, clear or white in color, which is solid at room temperature and melts slightly above. The main form of menthol occurring in nature is -menthol, which is assigned...
, sugarcane
Sugarcane
Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...
, fruits (mango
Mango
The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...
, banana
Banana
Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....
, Mushroom
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
, etc.), vegetables (potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
, tomato
Tomato
The word "tomato" may refer to the plant or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler...
, etc.) floweres (Gladiolus
Gladiolus
Gladiolus is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family...
, etc.), spices, etc. are chief cash crop
Cash crop
In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for profit.The term is used to differentiate from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for the producer's family...
s of district.
Farmers rotate up to five crops round the year.
Livestock
Livestock
Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...
based farming system is also found in the district
Broiler
Broiler
A broiler is a type of chicken raised specifically for meat production. Modern commercial broilers, typically known as Cornish crosses or Cornish-Rocks are specially bred for large scale, efficient meat production and grow much faster than egg or traditional dual purpose breeds...
farming is also done in the district.
Bee keeping is also practiced in the Dewa block of the district.
Fish cultivation
Fish farming
Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases young fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species'...
is also prevalent in the district.
Barabanki district is leading the country in menthol farming. Barabanki’s menthol cultivation is spread over 20000 acres (80.9 km²). Barabanki houses an industry that makes menthol crystals and also has a mandi for the oil.
District also exports Mangoes and vegetables.
District has Regional Agriculture Seed Testing & Demonstration Station of Department of Agriculture of government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
.
In 2004 Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Indian Council of Agricultural Research , New Delhi, India is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India...
's National Academy of Agricultural Research Management
National Academy of Agricultural Research Management
National Academy of Agricultural Research Management or NAARM in Rajendranagar near Hyderabad....
has established a Krishi Vigyan Kendra under Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology
Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology
Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology is an agricultural university at Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is in the small town of Milkipur Constituency known as Kumarganj.-History:...
in the district.
Institute for Integrated Society Development has established one Rural Technology Development and Dissemination Centre in the year 2002 at Nindura Block of Barabanki District.
National Fertilizers Limited has established a Soil Testing Lab in the district.
Information and Communication Technologies has a centre in the district.
Industry
- Handicrafts industry
- Handloom industry
- Barabanki Handloom Cluster in Uttar Pradesh is famous for weaving since the Nawab period of Lucknow. About 95% of the turnover of this handloom cluster is exported. Most of the facilities are outsourced by cluster actors as the demands of the export market are heavy and time bound. The products are apparels Scarfs, Shawls and Stoles, which have a good export market. These products are broadly categorized in to two segments:
- Rayon fiber
- Cotton yarn.
- Barabanki has emerged as an handkerchief production hub from where unfinished product is taken and supplied back after they are finished.
- The Company is engaged in manufacturing of polyester staple fibre, polyester, and tow with technology from Du Pont, USA.
- U.P. State Spinning Mill, Barabanki
- U.P. State Sugar Corp. Ltd, Barabanki
- DSM Sugar, Rauzagaon, Barabanki, U.P.
- Hally Industries pvt. ltd, Barabanki
- Company has achieved ISO 9001,9002,9004,ISO9001:2000 QMS Certification and KVQA Certificate from Netherland for manufacture and supply of all types of medium and high quality superior Welding Electrodes for supply in the Indian Railways. It further owns a Wire-drawing unit and a Rice Mill.
- 4.4 km Dewa road, Somaiya Nagar, Barananki
- Having solvent extraction plant & vegetable oil refinery (Saheli Brand).
- J.R. Organics Ltd. (formally Somaiya Organics Ltd)
- Bharat Rubber Industries
- Company has achieved ISO 9001:2000 QMS Certification from SWISO for manufacture and supply of Rubber to Metal Bonded and Extrusion Rubber Production and Ribber Moulded Items. The consultancy services were provided by TQ Vision, New Delhi.
- Shree Shyam Industries, Tehsil Fatehpur
- Kshetriya Shree Gandhi Ashram Lucknow Road Barabanki.
Banking
- Allahabad Bank
- Axis Bank
- Bank of Baroda
- Bank Of India
- Canara Bank
- Central Bank of India
- Corporation Bank
- HDFC BANK
- ICICI Bank
- IDBI
- Indian Bank
- Indian Overseas Bank
- Punjab National Bank
- State Bank of India
- Union Bank Of India
- UCO Bank
- Vijya Bank
Administrative set up
Nawabganj, Barabanki
Nawabganj is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is a tehsil and nagar parishad for Barabanki town. It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.-Geography:...
in 1859 AD now known as Barabanki. This was done during the expansion of the district by the British, when Kursi from district Lucknow and Haidergarh
Haidergarh
Haidergarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Barabanki district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.- Demographics : India census, Haidergarh had a population of 14,043. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Haidergarh has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national...
from district Rae Bareli were added to the, then Dariyabad district.
Barabanki is one of the four constituent districts of Faizabad Division
Faizabad Division
See also: Faizabad Faizabad division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Faizabad is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of districts of :* Faizabad,...
. The other districts being Faizabad district
Faizabad District
See also: Faizabad Faizabad district is one of the 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Faizabad city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district occupies an area of 2,764 km²...
, Sultanpur district
Sultanpur District
Sultanpur District is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The district is a part of Faizabad Division. Its administrative head is Sultanpur.-History:...
and Ambedkar Nagar district
Ambedkar Nagar district
Ambedkar Nagar district is a district in the Faizabad division. It was formed in 1995 by the then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Mayawati, and was named after one of the most contributing personalities in Indian legislation, Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar.-Geography:The total area of the district is...
. The Division is headed by the Divisional Commissioner.
As of 2003-04 district contains 7 Tehsils, 17 Development Blocks, 154 Nyay Panchayat and 1140 Gram Sabhas.
As per 1991 data there were 1812 habitated villages and 31 inhabitated villages.
In 2001 there were 14 towns and cities, 2 Nagar Palika Parishads, 1 Cantonment area, 10 Nagar Panchayats and 1 Census Town.
Land administration
District Barabanki has been divided into six subdivisions, popularly known as tehsils. The District Revenue Administration is headed by the District Collector (also known as District Magistrate), with office at the collectorate, and these tehsils are under the charge of Sub-divisional Magistrates. The six tehsils are:- NawabganjNawabganj, BarabankiNawabganj is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is a tehsil and nagar parishad for Barabanki town. It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.-Geography:...
- Fatehpur
- Ramsanehi Ghat
- Haidergarh
- Ram NagarRamnagar, BarabankiRamnagar is a town, tehsil and a nagar panchayat in Barabanki District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Ramnagar is located at...
- Sirauli Ghauspur
Development
The District level developmental activities are coordinated by the Chief Development Officer having his office in DRDA at collectorate. Block Development Officers, who head each of the Development Blocks into which the district is sub-divided carry out the development schemes on behalf of government. Barabanki encompasses 15 such Blocks, they are:- BankiBanki, Uttar PradeshBanki is a town, a nagar panchayat and a block panchayat in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Banki had a population of 16,997. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Banki has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the...
- Masauli
- Dewa
- Harakh
- Fatehpur
- Haidergarh
- Dariyabad
- Suratganj
- Siddhaur
- Pure Dalai
- Nindura
- Trivediganj
- Ram Nagar
- Sirauli Ghauspur
- Banikodar
The district level offices for monitoring the developmental activities of Blocks at Barabanki are located at Vikas Bhawan.
Law & order
The Law and order administration is jointly coordinated by the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police. The district is subdivided into 22 Police Stations / Thanas. Each Police Station / Thana is headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector or sub-inspector of police. 12 Police Stations are rural and 9 are rural.- Haidergarh
- Satrikh
- Dariyabad
- Baddupur
- Dewa
- Kursi
- Zaidpur
- Mohammadpur
- Ram Nagar
- Fatehpur
- Safderganj
- Kotwali
- Ramsanehi Ghat
- Asandra
- Subeha
- Tikait Nagar
- Lonikatra
- Masauli
- Kothi
- Ghungter
- Badosarai
- Jahangirabad
Urban
The district has 14 urban administrative bodies for the administration and provision of civil amenities in towns. The towns in the district are:- Nawabganj Nagar Parishad for Barabanki Town
- Zaidpur Nagar Panchayat for Zaidpur Town Area
- Fatehpur Nagar Panchayat for Fatehpur Town Area
- Dariyabad Nagar Panchaya for Dariyabad Town Area
- Ramnagar Nagar Panchayat for Ramnagar Town Area
- Satrikh Nagar Panchayat for Satrikh Town Area
- Haidergarh Nagar Panchayat for Haidergarh Town Area
- Dewa Nagar Panchayat for Dewa Town Area
- Siddhaur Nagar Panchayat for Siddhaur Town Area
- Tikaitnagar Nagar Panchayat for Tikaitnagar Town Area
- Rudauli Nagar Parishad for Rudauli Town
- Banki Nagar Panchayat for Banki Town Area
- Cantonment Board for Cantonment Area in Barabanki
- Rampur Bhavanipur Census Town
Parliament & State Assembly
Barabanki district has got seven state-assemblyUttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has a total of 404 members including one Anglo-Indian member who is nominated by the Governor. Till 1967, it had a strength of 431 members including one nominated Anglo-Indian...
constituencies which fall under two parliamentary
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituencies, they are:
| S No | No of Assembly Constituency | Name of Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency Reservation Status | Total Booths in Assembly Constituency | Net Voters in Assembly Constituency | No of Parliamentary Constituency | Name of Parliamentary Constituency | Parliamentary Constituency Reservation Status | Net Voters in Parliamentary Constituency | Ref |
| 1 | 266 | Kursi Kursi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Kursi is one of the 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and one of the six which are located in Barabanki district. It is an un-reserved seat.... |
General | 343 | 295030 | 53 | Barabanki | SC | 1435692 | |
| 2 | 267 | Ram Nagar Ram Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Ram Nagar is one of the 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and one of the six which are located in Barabanki district. It is an un-reserved seat.... |
General | 323 | 260400 | |||||
| 3 | 268 | Barabanki Barabanki (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Barabanki is one of the 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and one of the six which are located in Barabanki district. It is an un-reserved seat.... |
General | 322 | 289765 | |||||
| 4 | 269 | Zaidpur Zaidpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Zaidpur is one of the 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and one of the six which are located in Barabanki district. It is an un-reserved seat.... |
SC | 359 | 302189 | |||||
| 5 | 272 | Haidergarh Haidergarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Haidergarh is one of the 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and one of the six which are located in Barabanki district. It is a reserved seat for scheduled castes.... |
SC | 327 | 288308 | |||||
| 6 | 270 | Dariyabad Dariyabad(Vidhan Sabha constituency) Dariyabad is one of the 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and one of the six which are located in Barabanki district. It is an un-reserved seat.... |
General | 337 | 304073 | 54 | Faizabad Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency) Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India-Assembly segments:Presently, Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha segments... (partial) |
General | 1506120 | |
| 7 | 271 | Rudauli (partial) | General | 304 | 282890 | |||||
State Council
Barabanki district sends two members to state-councilUttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad
The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad or the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India....
. Sitting members are:
- Arvind Yadav
- Ram Naresh Rawat
Land transport
Passenger road transport services in the state of U.P. started on 15 May 1947 with the operation of bus service on the LucknowLucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
- Barabanki route by the erstwhile U.P. Government Roadways.
- Bus Station/Bus Stop 93
- Railway Station/Halt 19
Communication services
- Urban Post Office 26
- Rural Post Office339
- Telegraph Office 19
- telephone Connections 25691
Public distribution system
- Rural Fair Price Shops 1094
- Urban Fair Price Shops 118
- Bio-gas Plants 4645
- Cold Storage 16
Electricity
- Total Electrified Villages 1103
- Total Electrified Towns/Cities 13
- Electrified Schedule Caste localities 1149
Water supply
Area covered under water supply using taps/ handpumps of India Mark-2:- Village 1812
- Towns/City 14
Demographics
According to the 2011 census2011 census of India
The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration. Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings...
Barabanki district has a population
Demographics of India
The demographics of India are inclusive of the second most populous country in the world, with over 1.21 billion people , more than a sixth of the world's population. Already containing 17.5% of the world's population, India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2025, surpassing...
of 3,257,983, roughly equal to the nation of Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
or the US state of Iowa
Iowa
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. This gives it a ranking of 107th in India (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...
). The district has a population density of 740 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
Family planning in India
Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government. In the 1965-2009 period, contraceptive usage has more than tripled and the fertility rate has more than halved , but the national fertility rate is still high enough to cause long-term population growth...
over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.86 %. Barabanki has a sex ratio
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....
of 908 females
Women in India
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been eventful...
for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
Literacy in India
Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...
of 63.76 %.
Minority population is about 23% of the total population of the district. Barabanki is a category "A" district i.e. having socio-economic and basic amenities parameters below the national average.
Languages
Among many languages spoken in the district are AwadhiAwadhi language
Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the Hindi-Urdu continuum. It is spoken chiefly in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, although its speakers are also found in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. Furthermore, the Fiji Hindi dialect spoken by Indo-Fijians is considered a variant of Awadhi,...
, a vernacular in the Hindi-Urdu continuum
Dialect continuum
A dialect continuum, or dialect area, was defined by Leonard Bloomfield as a range of dialects spoken across some geographical area that differ only slightly between neighboring areas, but as one travels in any direction, these differences accumulate such that speakers from opposite ends of the...
spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh
Awadh
Awadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
region.
Cultural heritage
The land of Barabanki district possesses a rich heritage in keeping with its glorious past. This district since its inception has been the meditorium for numerous saints and ascetics, sanctum sanctorum of Sadhna for the literary intellectuals and battlefield for the freedom fighters. For bringing the whole world under one umbrella, Sufi Saint Haji Waris Ali Shah of international fame, motivated people through the message of Jo Rab Wahi Ram i.e. the supreme power, God is One, is the flower of this fertile land. Satnami Saint Shri Jagjiwan Das and Saint Malamat Shah lit the torch of communal harmony for the countrymen at large. The place of pilgrimage of the kanwariyas Mahadeva, the Kurukshetra of Mahabharat and the Parijaat tree - the animate symbols of Mahabharat era are also present as mile stones of the spiritual tilt of this sacred land of Barabanki district.Dr Rai Rajeshwar Bali (13th Taluqdar of Rampur-Daryabad Estate) was instrumental in bringing the Hindustani classical music which was earlier confined to temples, to the public when he opened one of the first music colleges of India called the Bhatkhande College of Hindustani Music in Lucknow. For this he invited Pundit V. N. Bhatkhande to his court and requested him to write the grammar of Hindustani Classical Music.
Defence
- Flt LtFlight LieutenantFlight lieutenant is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. It ranks above flying officer and immediately below squadron leader. The name of the rank is the complete phrase; it is never shortened to "lieutenant"...
Shankar Dayal Bajpai, (25 January 1960 – 10 December 1987),
- was an commissioned officer in Indian Air ForceIndian Air ForceThe Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...
. He was killed in an mid air accident while flying JaguarJaguarThe jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
fighter airplane when his plane blew up during aroutine vigil sortie at the Indo-Pak border post of Naalia in Gujarat.
Sant
- Sant Kavi Baijnath,(Ashwin Purnima 1890 of V.S.Bikram SamwatVikram Samvat is the calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya...
– 7 Baishakh shukl 1954 of V.S.Bikram SamwatVikram Samvat is the calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya...
),
- was a renowned linguist of Ramkatha literature. His poetic collection was published by the name Geetavali ki Teeka, Kalpdroom.
- Sant Kavi Jagjivan DasSant Kavi Jagjivan DasOn the Banks of Ghaghra is a village known as Sardaha. There in 1727 was born Sant Kavi Jagjivan Das, the propounder of the Satnaami sect.He made Kotwa his spiritual and literary birth place and meditorium. Leading a family life Sant Kavi Jagjivan Das proved to be a great Saint and literary genius...
, (born 1727, date of death unknown),
- Sant Kavi Jagjivan Das
- was the propounder of the Satnaami sect. Agh Vinaash, Maha Pralay, Gyan Prakash, Shabd-Sagar, Param Granth, Prem-Path, Aagam Paddhati are his important works.
- Sant Kavi Chaturbhuj Das,
- He spread the message of Nirgun Bramh by writing Nirgun Sagar, Hari Charitr Katha, Ram Charit, Ram Baavni, Ram Virhini.
Sufi
- Qasim ShahQasim ShahQasim Shah, son of Amanullah, was born in 1731 AD, he carried forward the literary tradition of Sufi-atic poetry. He has given a very interesting account in Hans-Jawahir, the love story of Hans, the son of Sultan Budhaan Shah of Balkh-Bukhara and Jawahir the daughter of Alamshah of China.-References:...
, (born 1731, date of death unknown),
- be literary tradition of Sufi-atic poetry. He was author Hans-Jawahir.
- Qazi Shahabuddin Auliya'a of BaragaonBaragaon, BarabankiBaragaon or Badagaon is a census village & village panchayat of Masauli Block in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-External links:*...
- Mast Wali Shah of Masauli
- Shah Abdur RazzaqShah Abdur RazzaqShah Abdur Razzaq of Bansa, who not only won the recognition of his contemporaries but who exerted after his death one of the most powerful influences in Awadh spiritual history. His shrine, a nucleus of ascetic pietism, shelters the devotee, Hindu and Muslim alike, from disease and mental...
of BansaBansa-Town structure:The town in under the jurisdiction of the Ga East District and is in the Abokobi-Madina constituency of the Ghana parliament....
(1636–1724), - Hazrat Sayyed Salar Sahu Ghazi Rehmat Ullah Alaih of Qasba Satrikh
- Dargah of Hazrat Sayed Salar Sahu Gazi(RA) is situated in SATRIKH 8km far from distt- Barabanki UP.He is a father of famous saint Hazrat Sayed Salar Masood Gazi whoes Dargah is situated in distt- Bharaich UP.SATRIKH dargah is a place for reverence for Muslims and Hindus alike.Every year from Wed-Sunday of JEST mah (Hindi month ) during summer, a fair is celebrated for a 5 days here in which lakhs of devotees pray. The annual festival (Urs)at the Dargah Satrikh is attended by lakh of people coming from far-off places of the country..
- Qazi Shahabuddin Auliya'a of Baragaon
- who not only won the recognition of his contemporaries but who exerted after his death one of the most powerful influences in AwadhAwadhAwadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
spiritual history.- Arif Ali Shah(died 17 December 2008),
- was sajjada nashinSajjada nashinThe Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of Makhdoom Sheikh Sarang. He died on 17 December 2008 at in Manjhgawa Sharif. He was the son of Syed Danish Ali Shah. He claimed to be from progeny of Hazrat Ali (cousin & son in law of the Islamic prophet Mohammad). He was born at Khairabad in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. His tomb is situated in Majhgawan Shareef in Barabanki.
Hindi/Awadhi
- Ravi Dutt Mishra
- Shankar Dayal Awasthi
- Pandit Mahesh Dutt ShuklPandit Mahesh Dutt ShuklPandit Mahesh Dutt Shukl from Dhanauli, Barabanki district was born in 1840 AD. He was a great scholar of both Hindi and Sanskrit. His prominent literary creations include Kavya Sangrah, Kavitt Ramayan, Madhav Nidaan, Umapati Digvijai, Akar Kosh Tika, Vishnu Puraan Devi Bhagwat, Padyam Puraan,...
- Guru Prasad Singh 'Mrigesh'
- Shiv Singh Saroj
Urdu/Persian (19th century)
- Ghani Naqi(died 1814)
- was chief of the bureau of AwadhAwadhAwadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
in time of NawabNawab of AwadhThe Nawab of Awadh is the title of rulers who governed the state of Awadh in India in the 18th and 19th century. The Nawabs of Awadh originated form Persia-Establishment:...
Wajid Ali ShahWajid Ali ShahWajid Ali Shah was the fifth King of Oudh, holding the position from 13 February 1847 to 7 February 1856....
. He compiled the official dictionary Taj-ul-Lughat.- Ghulam Husain Zaidpuri (died 1817)
- was by profession a postmaster. He wrote History of BengalHistory of BengalThe history of Bengal includes modern day Bangladesh and West Bengal, dates back four millennia. To some extent, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers separated it from the mainland of India, though at times, Bengal has played an important role in the history of India.- Etymology :The exact origin...
in his two works, Muqaddimah, Riyaz-uz-Salatin.- MaulviMaulviMawlawi is an honorific Islamic religious title given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana, Mullah, or Shaykh. Mawlawi generally means highly-qualified Islamic scholar...
Raunaq Ali (1846–76),
- Maulvi
- scholar and poet of Persian and Urdu who wrote under the pen name Raunaq.
- SyedSyedSyed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
Sharafu'd-Din of Nishapur,
- Syed
- in fourteenth century forsaken Iran for Awadh in the time of Hulagu the II-Khanid Mongol ruler. The Nishapuri Sayyids of Kintoor produced several outstanding Shi‘i religious scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- SyedSyedSyed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
Muhammad of Nishapur,
- Syed
- in fourteenth century forsaken Iran for Awadh in the time of Hulagu the II-Khanid Mongol ruler. The Nishapuri Sayyids of Kintoor produced several outstanding Shi‘i religious scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- SyedSyedSyed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
Ejaz Husain Kintoori
- Syed
- author of books Kashf al-hujub wa'l-astar `an al-kutub wa'l-asfar; A'inah-'i haqq-nama; Shudhur al-`iqyan fi tarajim al-a`yan, 2 vols. A'inah," a primary source is Kintoori's biographical dictionary of Shi‘i ulama, an extremely useful source, remains in manuscript and has not been used by writers on Imami Shi‘ism in the West.
- AyatollahAyatollahAyatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin...
MuftiMuftiA mufti is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . In religious administrative terms, a mufti is roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population...
SyedSyedSyed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
Muhammad Quli KhanKhan (title)Khan is an originally Altaic and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turko-Mongol tribes living to the north of China. 'Khan' is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283 and 289...
Kintoori,
- Ayatollah
- principal Sadr Amin at the British court in Meerut. He was also author of Tathir al-mu'minin 'an najasat al-mushrikin.
- AyatollahAyatollahAyatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin...
SyedSyedSyed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
MirMirMir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the...
Hamid HussainHamid HussainAyatollah Sayyid Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi , was a leading Shia scholar of his time in India...
Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi (died 1880)
- Ayatollah
- son of MuftiMuftiA mufti is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . In religious administrative terms, a mufti is roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population...
Syed Quli Khan Kintoori author of book Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar.- Maulana Abdul MajidAbdul Majid DaryabadiAbdul Majid Daryabadi was an Indian Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an. He obtained his BA in Philosophy from Canning College, Lucknow in 1912. In his academic career, he edited the Urdu weekly Sach and then Sidq . Amin Ahsan Islahi, another Indo-Pak Muslim scholar, also worked with him on...
Daryabadi
- Maulana Abdul Majid
Urdu/Persian (20th century)
- SyedSyedSyed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
Ghulam Hasnain, Allamah Kintoori (died 1918)
- was a religious scholar (a Mujtahid), a physician, a phrmacologist and an alchemist.
- Ibrahim Beg of Dewa.
- Mehdi Ali Nasiri of Fatehpur.
- SheikhSheikhNot to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
Wilayat Ali Bambe of Masauli. - Sajjad Ali Ansari of Gadiya was a well known for his prose writings.
- Basharat Ali Nadeem was a well known poet.
- Mata Prasad Sagar
- Murtaza Beg Farhat
- Khuda Bux Sheikh of Dariyabad, wrote poetry in UrduUrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
and PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
. His book Tohmat-ul-Asfiya is the biography of HajiHajjiHajji or El-Hajj, is an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, and is often used to refer to an elder, since it can take time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel. The title is placed before a person's name...
Waris Ali Shah. - Shankar Lal Kaamal
- Mahadevi Bali Iqbal
- Najaf Ali Beg Najaf
- Nalim Ali Nazim
- Zahoor Athar
- Samar Rudaulvi, from RudauliRudauliRudauli , popularly known as Rudauli Shareef , is a city and a municipal board in Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Rudauli is located at...
, short story writer of the 1950s. - SyedSyedSyed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
Abul Muzaffar Khanda of Fatehpur - MawlwiMaulviMawlawi is an honorific Islamic religious title given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana, Mullah, or Shaykh. Mawlawi generally means highly-qualified Islamic scholar...
Abdul Bari Nadwi, was member of first Managing Committee of Darul Mussannefin Shibli Academy - SheikhSheikhNot to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
Abdul Ali Ansari
Politicians
- Rafi Ahmed KidwaiRafi Ahmed KidwaiRafi Ahmed Kidwai , was an Indian independence activist and a socialist, sometimes described as an Islamic socialist...
- Ram Sewak Yadav
- Mohsina KidwaiMohsina KidwaiMohsina Kidwai is a leader of Indian National Congress party, she belongs to Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.Currently she is a member of Rajya Sabha, elected from Chattisgarh., She is a member of the Congress Working Committee , the Highest decision-making body of the Congress Party as well as the All...
- Amir Haider
- Beni Prasad VermaBeni Prasad VermaBeni Prasad Verma is an Indian politician and presently a member of the Indian National Congress political party. Early he was with Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav.-Political career:...
- Panna Lal Puneya
- Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
- Arvind Singh 'Gop'
- Fareed Mahfooz Kidwai
- Ram Prakash Verma
- Rakesh Verma
- Kr.Ramveer Singh
- Chaudhary Kalimuddin Usmani
Others
- Shaikh Abd al-QuddusAbdul Quddus GangohiAbdul Quddus Hanafi Ghaznavi Chishti Gangohi bin Shaykh Muhammad Ismail bin Shaykh Safi al-din, was born in Rudauli, Barabanki India.He was a Sufi poet and leading Chisti shaykh...
Gangohi (1456–1537) bin Shaykh Muhammad Ismail bin Shaykh safi al-djn Hanafi Ghaznavi Chishti Gangohi
- was among the most prominent Sufi Shaykhs of the Sabiri branch of the Chishti silsilaSilsilaSilsila is a 1981 Bollywood film directed by Yash Chopra. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Sanjeev Kumar and Rekha, with Shashi Kapoor in a special appearance.-Plot:...
. In his early youth, ‘Abd al-Quddus wrote a treatise, Rushd-nama (The Book of Piety), that seeks to reconcile the teachings of Gorakh-nath with Chishti Sufism.- Abd ur-Razzaq Bansawi (died 1724)
- was a follower of Qadiri order.
- Seyyed Ahmad Musavi HindiSeyyed Ahmad Musavi HindiSeyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi , a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar. He was the paternal grandfather of the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Revolution, Ruhollah Khomeini....
- Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi
- was paternal grandfather of Ayatollah Khomeini. He was born in KintoorKintoorKintoor or Kintur is a village distant 10 miles north-east of Badosarai in Barabanki district famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during Indian Mutiny.-History:...
. He left India in about 1830 to make a pilgrimage to the shrine city of NajafNajafNajaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate...
in present-day IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, and to study at one of its famous seminaries and never returned.- Syed Ghulam Husayn Kintoori
- cousin of Syed Hamid Husain Kintoori, was the daroghah of AwadhAwadhAwadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
.- Shah Fakir of RudauliRudauliRudauli , popularly known as Rudauli Shareef , is a city and a municipal board in Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Rudauli is located at...
, a participant of 1857 War of Independence. - Syed Muhammad Deoghatavi, Faizabad's chief prayer leader.
- MaulanaMaulanaMawlānā is an Arabic word literally meaning "our lord" or "our master" ....
Burhanuddin of Dewa - MuftiMuftiA mufti is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . In religious administrative terms, a mufti is roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population...
Mazhar Karim of Dariyabad - HakimHakim (title)' and ' are two Arabic titles derived from the same triliteral ḤKM "appoint, choose, judge". Compare the Hebrew title hakham.-Hakīm :...
Noor Karim - Syed Aziz Hussain
- Syed Hamid Hussain
- Syed Ghulam Hussain
- Syed Karamat Hussain Kazmi of Fatehpur, founder of Karamat Hussain PG College, Lucknow
- MaulanaMaulanaMawlānā is an Arabic word literally meaning "our lord" or "our master" ....
Sayed Safi HaidarSayed Safi HaidarMaulana Syed Safi Haidar is a Shia muslim cleric from India. He is the secretary of Tanzeemul Makatib, an organization with educational units across India. He was born in Jargaon, Barabanki district.-Career:...
, secretary Tanzeemul Makatib was born in Jargaon, Barabanki. - Late Bacchu Lal, a freedom fighter was born in Barabanki.
- Naseeruddin ShahNaseeruddin ShahNaseeruddin Shah is an Indian / Bollywood film actor and director. He is considered to be one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. In 2003, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions towards Indian cinema.-Early life:...
, an actor was born in 1950 in Barabanki. - Late MaulviMaulviMawlawi is an honorific Islamic religious title given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana, Mullah, or Shaykh. Mawlawi generally means highly-qualified Islamic scholar...
Abad Ali Kazmi of Fatehpur, Imam of Mahmudabad Estate. - Late Syed Razi Hasan Kazmi alias Hasan Miyan of Fatehpur, social worker.
- Late MaulviMaulviMawlawi is an honorific Islamic religious title given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana, Mullah, or Shaykh. Mawlawi generally means highly-qualified Islamic scholar...
Syed Shahid Husain Kazmi of Fatehpur, Imam of Salempur Estate. - Syed Hasan Ibrahim Kazmi alias Hasannu Bhaiyya of Fatehpur, custodian of Bada Imam Bara, Fatehpur, social worker,President of Aliya Montessory School Committee & senior reporter of Dainik JagranDainik JagranDainik Jagran is a Hindi language daily broadsheet newspaper in India. According to the IRS Q1 2010, Dainik Jagran ranks No. 1 among the dailies with a Total Readership of 54,254,000.-Overview:...
. - Neeraj Shukla alias Nawab, an eminent engineer famous in the Indo-US software circles. He is the only engineer from the town of Noorpur and has garnered heaps of respect from his fellow villagers.
- Shah Fakir of Rudauli
Flora
One of the sayings is that Barabanki got its name due to excessive forests. But, unfortunately today very little land area remains as a token of forest in this district. With passage of time, pressure of the increasing population and the need to grow more food, ultimately became the reason for clearing of the majority of forest cover for cultivation. As of today, majority of the forest cover in Barabanki district is on uneven land scape and consists of a mixed variety of vegetation mainly bushes. The forests are small and scattered. The total area under forests is approximately 5308 hectares. with 29% in tehsil Ramsanehi Ghat, 27% in tehsil Fatehpur and 15% in tehsil Haidergarh. Most of the forest cover is on the banks of the river Gomti and Kalyani. In addition to this, on 1034 km of PWD roads in the district are trees on both its sides. The trees like Shishum, ArjunaArjuna
Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...
, Kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
, Khair
Khair
Khair is a city and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the Indian state....
, Saagaun, Subabul, Neem
Neem
Azadirachta indica is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta, and is native to India growing in tropical and semi-tropical regions. Its fruits and seeds are the source of neem oil...
, Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
, Babul
Babul
Babul or is a 1950 Bollywood film directed by S.U. Sunny produced and with music direction by Naushad. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Munawar Sultana and Nargis. A box-office success, the film became the second highest earning film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 1,25,00,000 and a nett...
, Kanju, Gold Mohar, Kesia, Akesia, Mango
Mango
The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...
and Jamun are found in sufficient numbers.
Groves
The land area under groves, gardens and plantations is fairly distributed throughout the district, Groves in the district consist mostly of mango and are concentrated in tehsil Nawabganj, Ramnagar and Fatehpur.Fauna
Animals in the wild have greatly decreased in number and variety in the district due to excessive hunting and poaching during the past century. The various animals found there are Neel Gai (Blue bull), Hiran (deerDeer
Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...
), Barasingha
Barasingha
The Barasingha or Swamp deer is a deer species currently found in isolated localities in north and central India, and southwestern Nepal, and is extinct in Pakistan and Bangladesh....
(Swamp deer), Padha (Blackbuck
Blackbuck
Blackbuck is a species of antelope native to the Indian subcontinent. Their range decreased sharply during the 20th century. Since 2003, the IUCN lists the species as near threatened....
), Chital
Chital
The chital or cheetal , also known as chital deer, spotted deer or axis deer is a deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and in small numbers in Pakistan...
(Spotted deer), fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
, jackal
Jackal
Although the word jackal has been historically used to refer to many small- to medium-sized species of the wolf genus of mammals, Canis, today it most properly and commonly refers to three species: the black-backed jackal and the side-striped jackal of sub-Saharan Africa, and the golden jackal of...
, porcupine
Porcupine
Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend or camouflage them from predators. They are indigenous to the Americas, southern Asia, and Africa. Porcupines are the third largest of the rodents, behind the capybara and the beaver. Most porcupines are about long, with...
. The Neel Gai has become a menace to the farmers in the district due to their rising numbers. However, all the above animals are on the protected list.
Birds
The birdBird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s of the district are similar to those of the adjoining districts. The chief game of birds found are several varieties of duck
Duck
Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...
s, King Fisher
King Fisher
King Fisher was a gunslinger of the American Old West.- Early life :John King Fisher was born in Collin County, Texas, to Jobe Fisher and Lucinda Warren Fisher. He had two brothers, Jasper and James, and his mother died when he was two years old. His father then remarried to a woman named Minerva...
, partridge
Partridge
Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East...
s, pigeons, peacock and several other water birds.
Reptiles
A number of varieties of snakeSnake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
s and other reptile
Reptile
Reptiles are members of a class of air-breathing, ectothermic vertebrates which are characterized by laying shelled eggs , and having skin covered in scales and/or scutes. They are tetrapods, either having four limbs or being descended from four-limbed ancestors...
s are found almost everywhere in the district especially in the rural areas. Some of the poisonous snakes found there are Cobra
Cobra
Cobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...
, Krait and Rat snake
Rat snake
Rat snakes are medium to large constrictors that can be found through a great portion of the northern hemisphere. They feed primarily on rodents and birds and, with some species exceeding 3 m , they can occupy top levels of some food chains. Many species make attractive and docile pets and one,...
. Several non-poisonous snakes have also been noticed and python being the main among them. The other reptiles found in the district are the chameleon
Chameleon
Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a...
and Bichhkhopra.
Fish
FishFish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
are found in the river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s, stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
s, pond
Pond
A pond is a body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a lake. A wide variety of man-made bodies of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens, water features and koi ponds; all designed for aesthetic ornamentation as landscape or architectural...
s, canal
Canal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...
s, catchment areas and artificial reservoirs of the district. There are a number of species of fish which have been found in this district so far, the chief being the rohu
Rohu
Rohi or Rohu is a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found commonly in rivers and freshwater lakes in and around South Asia and South-East Asia. It is a herbivore. It is treated as a delicacy in Bangladesh, Nepal and the Indian states of Orissa, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh...
(Labeo rohita), nain (cirrhina mrigala), mangur (clarius batrachus), saul (ophiocephelus spp.), katla
Catla
Catla catla, , also known as Indian Carp, is the only member of the genus Catla, of the carp family Cyprinidae. It is a fish with a large protruding lower jaw. It is commonly found in rivers and freshwater lakes in India , Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan...
.
Schools & Intermediate colleges
- Sarvodaya Vidya Mandir Inter College, Bishunpur Fatehpur
- National Inter College, Fatehpur
- Avadh Montessory School, Fatehpur
- Aliya Montessory School, Fatehpur
- Anand Bhawan SchoolAnand Bhawan SchoolAnand Bhawan School is a minority educational institution in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 1949 and run by Maids of the Poor, a Diocese of Lucknow. It stands out to be a reputed educational institution in Barabanki City...
, Barabanki city - Anand Vihar Convent Inter College, Barabanki city
- Azimuddin Ashraf Islamia Inter College, Barabanki city
- Baba Gurukul Academy, Barabanki city
- Balajee Public School, Barabanki city
- Barabanki Public School, Barabanki city
- Central Academy, Barabanki city
- City Inter College, Barabanki city
- City Montessori School, Barabanki city
- D.A.V. Inter College, Barabanki city
- Eram Inter College, Barabanki city
- Foundation School, Barabanki city
- Government Inter College, Barabanki city
- Government Girls Inter College, Barabanki city
- Gyandeep Public School
- Ingenious Public School
- Jai Hind Inter College
- King George Inter College, Barabanki city
- Kendriya Vidyalaya, Barabanki city
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Barabanki city
- Lord Balajee Public School, Barabanki city
- Maharani Lakshmi Bai Memorial Inter College, Barabanki city
- Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Barabanki city
- New Play Way Junior High School, Barabanki city
- Pioneer Montesorri Inter College, Barabanki city
- Rajkiya Inter College, Harakh
- Ram Sevak Yadav Smarak Vidyalaya, Barabanki city
- Maha Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Inter College, Barabanki city
- Saint Anthony's Inter CollegeSaint Anthony's Inter CollegeSt. Anthony's is a minority educational institution in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 1979 and run by Catholic Diocese of Lucknow.Address:Court Road,Civil Lines,Barabanki - 225001U.P.Classes from Nursery to IntermediateSt. Anthony's is a minority educational institution in Barabanki,...
, Barabanki city - Shri P.D. Jain Inter College, Tikait Nagar
- Shri Sita Ram Bal Vidya Mandir, Tikait Nagar
- Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Barabanki city
- Sraswati Higher Secondary School, Barabanki city
- Shayam Bal Vidya Mandir
- Shayam Shishu Mandir
- Waris Inter College, Barabanki city
- Arif Husain Montessori School
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Inter College, Daryabad
- Anand Vihar Convent School,Masauli,Barabanki
- Anand Vihar Convent Inter College,Chandanapur,Ram Nagar,Barabanki
- Awadh Public School,Palhari Chauraha,Faizabad Road,Barabanki.
- Sri Durga Vidya Mandir Inter College, Surajpur, Barabanki
Degree college
- Anand Vihar Degree College
- Ganga Devi Lal Bahudur Degree College, Purey Rudra Kothi
- Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Post-Graduate Degree College, Barabanki city
- Munsi Raghunandan Prasad Sardar Patel Mahila Degree College, Barabanki cityekhar
- Pioneer Degree College, Barabanki city
- Ram Sewak Yadav Degree College, village Kanojiya
- Rudauli Degree College, Rudauli
- Sai P.G.College, Fatehpur
*Chaudhary Charan Singh Mahavidyalay, Bardari, Barabanki.Founder and Chief Patron-. Babu Beni Prasad Verma.=**MANAGER 'Smt.Sudha' Rani Verma**/ Principal-Dr.H.R.Tripathi, Teachers in Arts Faculty-Dr.Kanchan Lata Verma Ph.D. Vice Principal, Dr.Poonam Yadav Ph.D., Dr.Brijesh Tiwari Ph.D., Sh.Bhupendra Singh M.Phil.NET,Smt Kanchan Pandey NET,(Home Science),Km.Savita Yadav M.Phil.(English).......Ag.Faculty-Dr.Amarish Shrivastav,Dr.Chandra Shekhar.........'Office Superintendent-Sh.Anupam Jaiswal.
- Mohanlal' Verma Educational Insitute(DEGREE COLLEGE),Palhari,Barabanki ,Principal Dr.H.N.Chaudhary,Ph.D.
- Patel Panchayati Mahavidyalay ,Ramsanehi Ghat,BARABANKI**Manager-Shri Jawaharlal Verma. Principal-Dr.Prem Chandra NET. Ph.D.(Hindi)
Engineering college
- Institute of Environment & Management
- Jahangirabad Institute of Technology, Jahangirabad
- Sagar Institute of Technology & ManagementSagar Institute of Technology & ManagementSagar Institute of Technology and Management is a university in Utter Pradesh, India. Founded by the Sagar Educational Society, Barabanki with affiliation from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow and approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, government of India.-Courses :SITM conducts...
, Faizabad Road - Sherwood College of Engineering Research and Technology, Lucknow Road
- Seth Vishambhar Nath Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow Road
Medical/Dental Hospitals & Colleges
- Chandra Dental College & Hospital, Lucknow Road
- Hindustan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS), Lucknow Road
- Sagar Institute of Technology and Management - Department of Pharmacy, Faizabad Road
- Sherwood College of Pharmacy, Lucknow Road
Other professional institutions
- Jahangirabad Media InstituteJahangirabad Media InstituteJahangirabad Media Institute is a media institute in India. It was established by Jahangirabad Education Trust in 2005. The institute is situated in a pictorial palace of Jahangirabad in Barabanki District in U.P state . It mainly runs courses in electronic media. Gauhar Raza, a famous urdu poet...
, Jahangirabad - T.R.C.Law College,Satrikh headed by Shri Umesh Chandra Chaturvedi,a well known Mathematics teacher of the district
- 'Ch.Charan Singh Mahavidyalay (Agriculture Faculty ) Barabanki.Principal Dr Hari Ram Tripathi**'MANAGER=SMT SUDHAA RANI VERMA
Hospitals
- Barabanki Government Ladies Hospital, Barabanki city
- Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Memorial Government General Hospital, Barabanki city
Nursing homes
- Ambika Nursing Home, Barabanki city
- Astha Hospital, Barabanki city
- Barabanki Nursing Home, Barabanki city
- Divya Clinic and Surgical Center, Barabanki city
- Jain Nursing Home, Barabanki city
- Warsi Hospital, Barabanki city
Sports
Notable athletes from Barabanki include:- Kunwar Digvijay Singh, (2 February 1922 – 27 March 1978),
- popularly known as K.D. Singh 'Babu' was a hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player. He was captain of Indian Olympic Hockey teamIndia at the 1952 Summer OlympicsIndia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.- Gold:* Kunwar Digvijai Singh, Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant Rai, Balbir Singh Sr., Dharam Singh, Govind Perumal, Raghbir Lal, Udham Singh,...
for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics Games1952 Summer OlympicsThe 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
, where the team under his captaincy won another Olympic Hockey Gold medalField hockey at the 1952 Summer OlympicsFinal results for the Hockey competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics:Only a men's competition occurred that year.-Medal summary:-Bracket:-Participating nations:...
.- R. P. Singh, a cricketer, was born in Purebala, Barabanki.