Lamhi or Lamahi is a village, and

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, just north of the holy city of

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in the

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n state of

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. The renowned

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and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Munshi Premchand Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of ...

was born here on 31 July 1880. There are two villages in the Lamahi Gram Panchayat: Lamahi with a population of 1,841 (2011) and Banwaripur with a population of 764 (2011). In 2016,

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established its "Munshi Prem Chandra Memorial Research Institute and Study Centre" in Lamhi.

Transport

Road

Lamahi is connected to

and

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, a two-lane highway. There is a proposed

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for Varanasi that would pass near to Lamhi.

Airport

The nearest airport,

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, is 20 km away from Lamhi.

Rail

The nearest railway station is

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which is situated on the

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. The station is 9 km away from Lamhi.

Points of interest

* Munshi Premchand Monument and Memorial Park * Munshi Premchand Smriti Dwar (Munshi Premchand Memorial Gate) * Munshi Premchand Sarovar * Lamahi Ram-Reela * Har Har Mahadev Temple * Lamahi Post office * Kashi Temple * Premchand's photo of torn shoes

Notable individuals

Munshi Premchand Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of ...

References

* https://ravikumarswarnkar.wordpress.com/tag/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80/ * http://kkyadav.blogspot.in/2014/04/blog-post.html * http://hindi.firstpost.com/culture/special-story-on-munshi-premchand-village-lamahi-on-his-birthday-pr-44233.html Villages in Varanasi district Premchand {{Varanasi-geo-stub