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Mainpuri Khas
Mainpuri (; ) is a city in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Mainpuri district and is 55 km from Etawah and 294 km from New Delhi. Mainpuri is located in the Braj region, which holds special religious significance to Hindus as the homeland of Krishna. It was Ruled by the Tej Singh Chauhan(Of Chauhan Rajput Clan) who was one of the leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857 . As of 2011, Mainpuri had a population of 136,557 in 24,498 households. Geography Mainpuri is located on a branch of the historical Grand Trunk Road, about 55 km from the city of Etawah and 116 km from the city of Agra. The Isan river is on the east side of town. Mainpuri is about 5 km downstream from the point where the Isan receives the Kak Nadi as a tributary. In this area, up until about 1 km downstream of Mainpuri, the Isan has a relatively shallow bed and often overflows during the monsoon season. Three bridges c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Indian Cities
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Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It runs roughly from Teknaf, Bangladesh on the border with Myanmar west to Kabul, Afghanistan, passing through Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata, Kanpur, Agra, Aligarh, Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Prayagraj in India, and Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar in Pakistan. The highway was built along an ancient route called Uttarapatha in the 3rd century BCE, extending it from the mouth of the Ganges to the north-western frontier of India. Further improvements to this road were made under Ashoka. The old route was re-aligned by Sher Shah Suri to Sonargaon and Rohtas.Vadime Elisseeff, p. 159-162The Silk Roads: Highways of Culture and Commerce/ref> The Afghan end of the road was rebuilt under Mahmud Shah Durrani. The road was considerabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimganj, Mainpuri
Karimganj () is a village in Mainpuri block of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In .... Once a major town, it declined in the late 1700s as many of its residents moved to Mainpuri. A large lake, which is partly seasonal, exists on the west side of the village. As of 2011, Karimganj has a population of 8,711, in 1,406 households. Geography Karimganj is located about 10 km north of Mainpuri on the Etah road. On the west side of the village is a large, crescent-shaped lake (or '' jhil''), measuring about 1.5 km long and covering 32 hectares during its peak in the rainy season. During the dry season, the lake shrinks significantly. Also next to the village is a large mound, or ''khera'', which marks the old town centre. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samvat
The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga (), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying concept for timekeeping based on sidereal year for solar cycle and adjustment of lunar cycles in every three years, but differ in their relative emphasis to moon cycle or the sun cycle and the names of months and when they consider the New Year to start. Of the various regional calendars, the most studied and known Hindu calendars are the Shalivahana Shaka (Based on the King Shalivahana, also the Indian national calendar) found in the Deccan region of Southern India and the Vikram Samvat (Bikrami) found in Nepal and the North and Central regions of India – both of which emphasize the lunar cycle. Their new year starts in spring. In regions such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the solar cycle is emphasized and this is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Meteorological Department
India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an Indian agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquartered in Delhi and operates hundreds of observation stations across India and Antarctica. Regional offices are at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Guwahati and New Delhi. IMD is also one of the six Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres of the World Meteorological Organisation. It has the responsibility for forecasting, naming and distribution of warnings for tropical cyclones in the Northern Indian Ocean region, including the Malacca Straits, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. History In 1686, Edmond Halley published his treatise on the Indian summer monsoon, which he attributed to a seasonal reversal of winds due to the differential heating of the Asian landmass and the Indian Ocean. The first meteorologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainpuri Khas
Mainpuri (; ) is a city in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Mainpuri district and is 55 km from Etawah and 294 km from New Delhi. Mainpuri is located in the Braj region, which holds special religious significance to Hindus as the homeland of Krishna. It was Ruled by the Tej Singh Chauhan(Of Chauhan Rajput Clan) who was one of the leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857 . As of 2011, Mainpuri had a population of 136,557 in 24,498 households. Geography Mainpuri is located on a branch of the historical Grand Trunk Road, about 55 km from the city of Etawah and 116 km from the city of Agra. The Isan river is on the east side of town. Mainpuri is about 5 km downstream from the point where the Isan receives the Kak Nadi as a tributary. In this area, up until about 1 km downstream of Mainpuri, the Isan has a relatively shallow bed and often overflows during the monsoon season. Three bridges c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhanwat
Bhanwat (or ) is a village in Jagir block of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located about 10 km south of Mainpuri, on the north bank of the Kanpur branch of the Lower Ganga Canal. A bridge crosses the canal at the village. As of 2011, Bhanwat had a total population of 7,025, in 1,088 households. Geography Bhanwat is located about 10 km south of Mainpuri, the district headquarters. The village is on a high mound, or ''khera'', and there is a large '' jhil'' to the northeast. The Kanpur branch of the Lower Ganga Canal passes by Bhanwat on the south, and there is a bridge across the canal here. According to the 2011 census, Bhanwat has a total area of 1,105.4 hectares, of which 445.1 were currently farmland, 0 were fallow lands, and 200.0 were under non-agricultural use. 355.0 hectares were occupied by orchards, 0 were occupied by permanent pasture Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainpuri Railway Station
Mainpuri Junction is on the Shikohabad-Farrukhabad branch line. It is located in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Mainpuri Mainpuri (; ) is a city in Mainpuri district in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Mainpuri district and is 55 km from Etawah and 294 km from New Delhi. Mainp ... and the surrounding areas. History A branch line was opened from Shikohabad to Mainpuri in 1905 and extended to Farrukhabad in 1906. The Etawah–Mainpuri link rout has started. Development *Electrification is on completed on Shikohabad-Farrukhabad route. *Electrification work is on completed on the Mainpuri-Etawah route. *Etah-Gursahayganj via Mainpuri New Route:Bhogaon: A survey of a new railway line has been started by the Railways to improve rail connectivity in the district. The survey process has started on the new railway line from Gurusahaiganj to Etah district of Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuraoli
Kuraoli is a town and a ''nagar panchayat'' (urban municipality) in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Kuraoli was known for Rathore thakur state in 18th century, now it is known for its largest garlic and onion mandi in Uttar Pradesh. Name According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Kurāolī'' may be derived from ''koṭ'', meaning "fort"; he reconstructed the hypothetical original name as ''*Koṭ-ā-vala'', "having a fort", patterned after Sanskrit dantāvala' ("tusked"). The name Kuraulī would be a further contracted version of the same name. Geography Kuraoli is located in the northern corner of Mainpuri district, about 22 km from the town of Mainpuri. The main road linking Mainpuri and Etah passes through here. History Kuraoli in the 18th century was in the kingdom of Rathore Thakur State ruled by King Laxman Singh, his three Queen's forts was built on 80 bigha of land, 100 metres east of the palace. Queen's Puja Place, was in North Direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
