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Thana Bhawan
Thana Bhawan is a town in Shamli district (formerly part of Muzaffarnagar district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was known as Prabuddhnagar first time, when this district came into focus. It is situated on Delhi–Shamli national highway, it is 100 km away from Delhi, 45 km from Saharanpur, 38 km from Muzaffarnagar and 59.6 km away from Panipat (Haryana). Border of this district is connected with district Muzaffarnagar in east and with Haryana in west and with Saharanpur in north and with district Baghpat it is connected in south. It is said that the name Thana Bhawan emerged from the name of Devi Bhawan Temple. In the 18th century it was home to mostly Hindu and Muslims families. It is situated on the Delhi– Saharanpur highway NH 709B around from Delhi. Religions Hindu and Muslim families reside in Thana Bhawan. The ancient Devi Bhawan Temple and other temples like Jassu Wala, Ashram Panchtirthi and Jahar Veer Goga Ji Maadhi are situated here. Every year a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Union Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn (newspaper)
''Dawn'' is a Pakistani English language, English-language newspaper that was launched in British Raj, British India by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and is widely considered the country's newspaper of record. ''Dawn'' is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, which also owns local radio station ''CityFM89'' as well as the marketing and media magazine ''Aurora''. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, launched the newspaper in Delhi on 26 October 1941, with the goal of establishing it as a mouthpiece for the All-India Muslim League. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942. Based in Karachi, it also maintains offices in Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and the capital city of Islamabad, in addition to having correspondents abroad. , it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000. The newspaper's current chief editor is Zaffar Abbas. History ''Dawn'' began as a weekly publication, based in New Delh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (), also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces and worn on their uniform. It can also be awarded to foreign citizens who have performed great service to Pakistan. Grades of the Order of Imtiaz This award is the 4th Grade in the Order of Imtiaz (Excellence). The four Grades in the Order of Imtiaz are: # ''Nishan-e-Imtiaz'' (Order of Excellence; ) # '' Hilal-e-Imtiaz'' (Crescent of Excellence; ) # '' Sitara-e-Imtiaz'' (Star of Excellence; ) # ''Tamgha-e-Imtiaz'' (Medal of Excellence; ). Service Ribbon Insignia The ''ribbon'' for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) is: * Yellow with a white centre band and a narrow Pakistan Green stripe in the middle. The ''ribbon'' for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) is: * White edges with Pakistan Green center band and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaukat Thanvi
Shaukat Thanvi (2 February 1904 – 4 May 1963) was a Pakistani writer and humorist. His real name was Muhammad Umer. Early life Shaukat Thanvi was born in Vrindavan, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, British India, on 2 February 1904. Thana Bhawan, a small town in Muzaffarnagar district (now in Shamli district) of Uttar Pradesh, was Thanvi's ancestral hometown and possibly the source of his last name, though Professor Mushtaq Azmi suggests that he adopted the name Thanvi because of his affection for the Islamic scholar Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Career Shaukat Thanvi had little formal schooling. Starting in 1928, he worked for an Urdu-language newspaper ''Hamdam'' from Lucknow, British India and continued working for several other Urdu newspapers. Then he joined the radio station in Lucknow as a writer and a broadcaster after it was first established in 1938. He was doing mainly humorous talk shows at the radio station and wanted to focus on it so he quit journalism. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deobandi
The Deobandi movement or Deobandism is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that adheres to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. It was formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri after the Indian Rebellion of 1857–58. They opposed the influence of non-Muslim cultures on the Muslims living in South Asia. The movement pioneered education in religious sciences through the ''Dars-i-Nizami'' associated with the Lucknow-based of Firangi Mahal with the goal of preserving traditional Islamic teachings from the influx of modernist and secular ideas during British colonial rule. The Deobandi movement's Indian clerical wing, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, was founded in 1919 and played a major role in the Indian independence movement through its participation in the pan-Islamist ''Khilafat'' movement and propagation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meerut
Meerut (, ISO 15919, ISO: ''Mēraṭh'') is a city in the western region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, it is northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and is west of the state capital, Lucknow. Meerut is the second-most populous city in the National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region (NCR), after Delhi. As of 2024, Meerut is the 34th-most populous city in India. In 1803, Meerut rose to prominence during the British Raj, British colonial era, where it was the site of one of India’s largest Cantonment, cantonments. The city is known for being the starting point of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 1857 rebellion against the Company rule in India, British East India Company rule. It is sometimes referred to as the 'Sports City of India' since it is one of the largest producers of sports goods in the country. The city is also known as the biggest producer of Musical instrument, musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCS University), formerly Meerut University, is a public state university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965. It was later renamed to its current name after Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime minister of India. The university celebrated its silver jubilee in 1991. Notable alumni * Mayawati, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh *Murli Manohar Joshi, former Union Human Resources & Development Minister, Padma Vibushan Awardee, Founding member of BJP * Rekha Gupta, 9th Chief Minister of Delhi * Ramesh Bidhuri, Member of Lok Sabha * Sushil Kumar, wrestler * K. C. Tyagi, former Member of Parliament * Kamal Davar, Indian Army officer, first director general of the Defence Intelligence Agency * Jai Verma, Nottingham-based poet and advocate of Hindi language and culture * Alka Tomar, wrestler * Satyadev Prasad, archer * Divya Kakran, wrestler * Rajeev Kumar Varshney, Agricultural scientist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning. In countries outside the Arab world, the word usually refers to a specific type of religious school or college for the study of the religion of Islam (loosely equivalent to a Seminary, Christian seminary), though this may not be the only subject studied. In an Islamic architecture, architectural and historical context, the term generally refers to a particular kind of institution in the historic Muslim world which primarily taught Sharia, Islamic law and Fiqh, jurisprudence (''fiqh''), as well as other subjects on occasion. The origin of this type of institution is widely credited to Nizam al-Mulk, a vizier under the Seljuk Empire, Seljuks in the 11th century, who was responsible for buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakimul Ummat and Mujaddidul Millat; 19 August 1863 – 20 July 1943) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, thinker, reformist and a revivor of classical Sufi in the Indian subcontinent during the British Raj. He was a central figure of Islamic spiritual, intellectual and religious life in South Asia and continues to be highly influential today. He wrote over a thousand works including '' Bayan Ul Quran'' and '' Bahishti Zewar''. He was also one of the chief proponents of the Pakistan Movement. He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1883 and moved to Kanpur, then Thana Bhawan to direct the Khanqah-i-Imdadiyah, where he resided until his death. His training in Quran, hadith, fiqh studies and Sufism qualified him to become a leading Sunni authority among the scholars of Deoband. His teaching mixes Sunni orthodoxy, Islamic elements of belief and the patriarchal structure of the society. He offered a sketch of a Muslim community that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogaji
Gogaji Chauhan, also known as Jahirpeer or Jaharveer Chauhan, is a folk Hindu deity in the northern India. He is worshipped in the northern states of India especially in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab region, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Gujarat. He is a warrior-hero of the region, venerated as a saint and a protector against snake bites. Although there are references to him in the folklore of Rajasthan, little historical knowledge of Gugga exists other than that he ruled the small kingdom of Dadrewa (in present day Rajasthan) and was a contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan. Etymology According to legend, Gogaji was born in Chauhan clan of Rajputs to Chauhan Vacha and queen Bachhal and were rulers of this area during that period – around 900 AD. His desandants adopted the name Bachal Rajput after name of Gogaji’s mother. According to one belief, Goga was born with the blessings of Guru Gorakhnath, who gave 'Gugal' fruit ''( Commiphora wightii)'' to Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NH 709B
National Highway 709B is a National Highway in India. The highway originates from Akshardham in Delhi. It is a spur road of National Highway 9. NH-709B traverses the states of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, passing through various towns and cities in Western Uttar Pradesh such as Baghpat, Baraut, Ailum, Shamli, Thanabhawan, Rampur Maniharan, Saharanpur, and Behat. Shamli acts as a major junction as two other major highways of the area ( 709A) and ( 709AD) intersect with (709B) at Shamli. Route Akshardham – Khajoori Khas – Loni, Ghaziabad – Khekra – Baghpat – Baraut – Ailum – Kandhla – Shamli – Rampur Maniharan – Saharanpur – Behat Junctions list : Terminal near Akshardham : near Loni. : near Khekra. : near Baghpat. : near Shamli. : near Shamli. : Terminal near Saharanpur. See also * List of national highways in India On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
