Purvanchal

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Historical region of North Central India
Purvanchal
Painting of Benares in 1890.
Location Purvanchal
Expected State establishment: (modern)
Language Hindi, Purvanchali, Bhojpuri, Hindustani, Urdu
Historical capitals Varanasi
Split divisions Gorakhpur division,
Mirzapur division,
Varanasi division,
Basti division,
Azamgarh division
Regions of Uttar Pradesh

Purvanchal (Hindi: पूर्वांचल , Urdu: پُورواںچل) is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end of Uttar Pradesh state. It is bounded by Nepal to the north, Indian state Bihar to the east, Bagelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state to the south, the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh to the west and the end of Doab (at Allahabad) in Uttar Pradesh to its southwest.

There is a political demand to make it into a separate state, See Aspirant states of India. Purvanchal area is represented by 23 Members of Parliament to the Lok Sabha and 117 legislators in the 403 member Uttar Pradesh state assembly or Vidhan Sabha.

Purvanchal consists chiefly of three divisions—the eastern-Awadhi region in the west, the western-Bhojpuri region in the east the Baghelkhand region in the south and the Nepal region in the north. It lies on the Indo-Gangetic plain, and together with western Bihar is the most densely populated area in the world. The rich quality of soil and the high earthworm density in the soil than adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh is favourable for agriculture. Most of the countryside is given to intensive agriculture. Bhojpuri is the predominant language or dialect in the region in addition to Hindi although Awadhi and Baghelkhandi are also spoken in the western and southern areas. Like Bihar state to the east, a large population, slow economic growth, agricultural mechanisation, and the closure of sugar mills have led to increased unemployment, social and political discontent, and some unrest in the region.

In 1991 the government of Uttar Pradesh established the Purvanchal Vikas Nidhi, to fund regional development projects that advance balanced development, meet local needs, and redress regional disparities. But due to corrupt distribution channels conditions are still same.Political parties are playing the game of SC/ST/OBC/Muslim vote Bank Politics which are the major factors behind the backwardness of the region.

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[edit] About Purvanchal

Purvanchal is one of the most backward region of Uttar Pradesh, India because of caste guided political in-fighting and a huge population, the major issues are of lack of civic infrastructure, proper rural education and employment. Bleak Law and Order is a major area of concern. Purvanchal one of the most prosperous, culturally rich region of India from the ancient Bharatvarsha to modern India has degraded into its present status due to politics on the lines of Caste, Region and Religion. Purvanchal has always been neglected by the Uttar Pradesh Government and Central Government of India.

Britishers were always apprehensive of Purvanchal because of the strong nationalist and pro Independence spirit of the people. Mangal Pandey is one of the most prominent freedom fighter from this region, he was the true son of Purvanchal. In popular culture Purvanchal is well known as "The land of warriors". The origin of Hinduism and its subset Buddhism and Jainism .

GI Tag holders Sant Ravidas Nagar, Bhadohi and Mirzapur are major players in the carpet manufacturing in Asia. Another GI tag holder district Varanasi is center of Indian tourism and special saari manufacturing. Sonbhadra, a district of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh produces 7000MW electricity, almost half of the total electricity generation in the state of Uttar Pradesh and largest and only major mine of limestone in India. Varanasi and Kushinagar attract more than 65% of the total tourists visiting Uttar Pradesh. Mirzapur and Sonbhadra are very rich with natural resources. In spite of all this the Purvanchal is still one of the most backward region in the state, mainly because of lack of proper attention by the State Government and Central Government.

[edit] List of districts in Purvanchal

Purvanchal includes the districts of:

  1. Gorakhpur
  2. Varanasi
  3. Sant Ravidas Nagar-Bhadohi
  4. Mirzapur
  5. Jaunpur
  6. Chandoli
  7. Ghazipur
  8. Kushinagar
  9. Deoria
  10. Azamgarh
  11. Mau
  12. Maharajganj
  13. Basti
  14. Sant Kabir Nagar
  15. Siddharth Nagar
  16. Ballia
  17. Sonbhadra

In the year 2000, the Mayawati government, at the time of reorganisation of the Uttar Pradesh state, formed the Purvanchal Economic Zone and rather arbitrarily included the Non - Purvanchali districts into the zone like Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Faizabad and eight more. There is growing unrest and anger among the people of Allahabad and other districts on being included in the Pruvanchal zone. Agitation has started taking shape,through Media and Internet.Ironically Faizabad-Ayodhya is also included under this zone, ignoring the fact that the state of Awadh derives its name from Ayodhya and it was once the capital of Awadh.

[edit] Education

IIT-BHU known as IT-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Main article: Education in Uttar Pradesh

The region of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh had a long tradition of learning, although it had remained mostly confined to the elite class and religious establishments. Sanskrit-based education comprising the learning of Vedic-to-Gupta periods, coupled with the later Pali corpus of knowledge and a vast store of ancient-to-medieval learning in Persian/Arabic languages, had formed the core of Hindu-Buddhist-Muslim education, until the rise of British power. The present schools-to-university system of education owes its inception and development here, as in the rest of the country, to foreign Christian missionaries and the British colonial administration. Banaras Hindu University is a Central University located in Varanasi.[1] It evolved out of the Central Hindu College of Varanasi, set up by Annie Besant — a colorful British lady of Irish descent — who joined hands with Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in April 1911 for a common Hindu university at Varanasi. The Banaras Hindu University started functioning from 1 October 1917, with the Central Hindu College as its first constituent college. Most of the money for the university came from Hindu princes and its present 1,350-acre (5.5 km2) campus was built on land donated by the Kashi Naresh. Regarded as the one among the largest residential universities in Asia,[2] it has more than 128 independent teaching departments; several of its colleges — including science, linguistics, law, engineering (IT-BHU) and medicine (IMS-BHU) — are ranked amongst the best in India.[3] The university's total enrollment stands at just over 15,000, including international students. It will be the only university in India that will host one of the IITs on its premises, the IT-BHU, from academic session 2010.[4]

A Government Degree College was set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for providing higher education to scholars who are interested in course work and programs of higher studies. At present, 137[5] Government Degree Colleges have been established by the state government to fulfill above criteria. The UP government[6] administers, manages and controls these colleges through Department of Higher Education, Uttar Pradesh[7] and follows the norms and regulations of University Grants Commission, New Delhi.[8]

[edit] Major Universities in Purvanchal

[edit] Major Colleges in Purvanchal

[edit] Economic Zone

[edit] Tourist Places

[edit] Important Roads, Railways and Airports

[edit] Major Roads

NH-2 NH-7 NH-19 NH-28 NH-29 NH-56 NH-97

[edit] Railways

All districts of Purvanchal are well connected by railways.

[edit] Airports

[edit] Geography

Awadh (Uttar Pradesh) Nepal Bihar
Lower Doab (Uttar Pradesh ) Bihar
   Purvanchal(Uttar Pradesh)    
Bagelkhand (Uttar Pradesh ) and (Madhya Pradesh ) Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand

[edit] Notable People from Purvanchal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rediff news
  2. ^ "Banaras Hindu University" (PDF). Indian Academy of Sciences. 2005-07-26. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep102005/899.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-19. 
  3. ^ Raj Chengappa (2008-05-22). "India's best colleges: India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=1&task=view&id=8688&sectionid=30&issueid=55&page=archieve. Retrieved 2010-07-18. 
  4. ^ ITBHU To IIT-BHU
  5. ^ http://uphed.up.nic.in/colleges_info.htm
  6. ^ http://upgov.nic.in/
  7. ^ http://uphed.up.nic.in/
  8. ^ http://www.ugc.ac.in/policy/englishgazette.pdf

[edit] External links

Historical regions of North India

Ajmer  · Awadh  · Bagelkhand  · Braj  · Bundelkhand  · Delhi  · Doab  · Doaba  · Dhundhar  · Garhwal  · Gird  · Godwar  · Hadoti  · Jaisalmer  · Jangladesh  · Kumaun  · Magadha  · Mahakoshal  · Majha  · Malwa  · Malwa (Punjab)  · Marwar  · Mewar  · Mewat  · Mithila  · Nimar  · Purvanchal  · Rohilkhand  · Shekhawati  · Vagad

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