Raebareli

Raebareli
रायबरेली
رائے بریلی
city
Raebareli

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 26°14′02″N 81°14′01″E / 26.23384°N 81.233597°E / 26.23384; 81.233597Coordinates: 26°14′02″N 81°14′01″E / 26.23384°N 81.233597°E / 26.23384; 81.233597
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rae Bareli
Government
 • Member Of Parliament Sonia Gandhi
Area
 • Total 4,609 km2 (1,780 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 191,056 city and 3,404,004 district
 • Density 739/km2 (1,910/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 229001
Telephone code 0535
Vehicle registration UP 33
Sex ratio 941 ♂/♀
Website raebareli.nic.in

Raebareli  pronunciation  is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli District. The town is situated at the bank of the Sai river, 82 km (51 mi), 82 km southeast of Lucknow. It possesses many architectural features, chief of which is a strong and spacious fort erected .

Etymology and post independence

The prefix Rae represents Rai the common title of the Kayasths, who were masters of the town for a considerable period of time. At the beginning of the 13th century, Raebareli was ruled by the Bhars who were displaced by the Kayasths. During the rule of the Delhi sultans, nearly the whole region formed a part of their kingdom.

The story behind the name Raebareli is that, before independence, the British used to visit "Paltan Bagh", a place on the outskirts of the district, to visit a Kayasth family whose head was Kali Sahay Saheb. As he was close to the British, the name "Rae" to the Raebareli. This Rae is taken from the word Raes in Siddhaur district Barabanki which is the birthplace of Kali Sahay Saheb.

Raja Har Parshad "Taluqedar of Naseerabad" a Kayasth, a native of this town, was the Nazim or Commissioner of Khairabad Division during the reign of the ex-king. He joined the mutineers and went up to Naipal with Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh dynasty and on 31 December 1858 while returning after leaving her safe, he was killed in a battle with British army. He has been honoured with the title of "Lastville and the most notorious governor of Oudh". The district of Rae Bareli was created by the British in 1858, and is named after its headquarters town.[1]

The city and the district became famous as a political bastion of the Nehru-Gandhi Nationalist family. After independence, Rae Bareli constituency was won by Jawaharlal Nehru's son-in-law Feroze Gandhi. After Feroze Gandhi's death in 1960, the constituency was won in 1967 by his wife Indira Gandhi (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru), who went on to become the first woman Prime Minister of India.

Geography and climate

Rae Bareli lies in the southern part of Uttar Pradesh. On the North it is bounded by tehsil Mohanlal Ganj of Lucknow and Haider Gargh of Barabanki, on the east by tehsil Mussafir Khana of district Sultanpur and on the south-east by Pargana Ateha and the Kunda tehsil of district Pratapgarh. The southern boundary is formed by Ganga which separates it from the district of Fatehpur. On the west lies the Purwa tehsil of Unnao. The district forms a part of the Gangetic plain, which is of the recent origin. The district being a part of the alluvial plain confirms to the same geological sequence as the plain itself.

Raebareli has a warm subtropical climate with very cold and dry winters from December to Mid February and dry, hot summers from April to Mid June. The rainy season is from mid-June to mid-September when it gets an average rainfall of 1200 mm mostly from the south-west monsoon winds. During extreme winter, the maximum temperature is around 12 degrees celsius and the minimum is between 3 - 4 degrees celsius. Fog is quite common from late December to late January. Summers can be quite hot with temperatures rising to the 40 to 45 degree celsius range.[2]

Civic administration

Raebareli is one of the six districts of the Lucknow Division, which is headed by a Commissioner headquartered at Lucknow. He serves as a link between the districts in his division and the State Government.[3] The General Administration of the district is vested in the District Officer who is called Deputy Commissioner for revenue and District Magistrate (D.M.) for criminal jurisdiction. Raebareli is divided into 6 sub divisions:

  1. Raebareli
  2. Dalmau
  3. Maharajganj

A separate wing under Chief Development Officer looks after all the development work to be carried out in the district. A district development officer is posted at district headquarters. At each block, a block development officer is also posted. For development purpose the district has been divided into 15 development blocks namely, Amawan, Bachhrawan, Sataon, Dalmau, Harchandpur, Kheeron, Lalganj, Maharajganj, Jagatpur, Rahi, Rohaniya, Sareni, Shivgarh, Deen Shah Gaura, Unchahar, Deeh, Chatoh, and Salon.

Education

Rae Bareli has quality educational institutions affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, Uttar Pradesh Board, and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.

Colleges

  1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
  2. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
  3. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi
  4. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
  5. Footwear Design and Development Institute(FDDI)
  6. Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology (FGIET)
  7. Feroze Gandhi Polytechnic (FGP)
  8. Feroze Gandhi Degree College
  9. Feroze Gandhi Mahila Degree College
  10. Karmyogi Degree College
  11. CBSE Centre of Excellence for Teachers' (An In-Service Teachers' Training Institute), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India (COET)

Transport

Rae Bareli is on the route of National Highway 24B, between Bachhrawan and Mustafabad.[4]

A rail line is being built from Rae Bareli to Akbarganj, on the Northern Railways network.[5]

Notable Landmarks of the Region

Behta Bridge

Behta bridge is situated at the outskirts of the Rae Bareli city, at the point the Sharda canal crosses the Sai river. .

Shaheed Smarak

Shaheed Smarak, situated at the bank of Sai River, is a very peaceful place to visit.

Samaspur Bird Sanctuary

Situated near by Salon.....Samaspur Bird Sanctuary is located in the Rohaniya Development Block of the region, approximately at a distance of 122 km from Lucknow, on the Lucknow-Varanasi Highway. In 1987, it was established on a total area of around 799.371 hectares.

Mansa Devi Mandir

Situated near by Railway Station.chirgut mandir। Chitrgupt nagar near capital cenama rbl

Dalmau

Dalmau is located on the banks of River Ganga and is considered as a historical city of the region. Popular locations at Dalmau are King Dal's Fort, Bara Math, Mahesh Giri Math and Nirala Memorial Institute.

Other Places

External links

References

  1. ↑ according to an article in Saptahik Ganga Yamuna weekly newspaper dated 22 to 28 January 1995)
  2. ↑ "Typography of city". http://raebareli.nic.in/. Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 31 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ "General administration". http://raebareli.nic.in/. Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 31 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "Rae Bareli District Map". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sonia launches radio channel, roads, rail line in Rae Bareli". The Hindu. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
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