Rudauli
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| Coordinates | 26°45′N 81°45′E / 26.75°N 81.75°ECoordinates: 26°45′N 81°45′E / 26.75°N 81.75°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District(s) | Faizabad |
| Population | 36,804 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 105 metres (344 ft) |
Rudauli (Hindi: रुदौली, Urdu: رُدولی), popularly known as Rudauli Shareef (Hindi: रुदौली शरीफ़, Urdu: رُدولی شریف), is a city and a municipal board in Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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[edit] Geography
Rudauli is located at 26°45′N 81°45′E / 26.75°N 81.75°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 105 metres (344 feet).
[edit] Transportation
Rudauli is well connected by road and railway line, however no government or private buses are available to transport the passenger from Rudauli to the state capital or other cities. Almost all the trains going towards Lucknow or Delhi or going towards Bihar and Howrah stop here. Railway Minister of India Miss Mamta Banerji declared Rudauli Railway Station as a Model Station. The large high-tech highway project going on Lucknow-Ahyodhya highway will make it much easier to connect it with the state capital Lucknow and other cities of the Country in future.
The distance from Lucknow is 90 km; about 2 hours by railway and 3 hours by state transport. One has to step down at Bhelsar (भेलसर بھیلسر) to reach Rudauli by a 3 km internal road from Bhelsar.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Rudauli had a population of 36,804. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rudauli has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 40%. In Rudauli, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Economy
Rudauli has a large gold and silver ornaments market. There is a fruit and vegetable mandi, grain market and wholesale market.
[edit] Banks
Rudauli has modern banking facilities. Many Banks such as State Bank of India, Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Gramin Banks are situated in the main market area. Automatic teller machines can also be found here for the convenience of those also who have their account in private banks.
[edit] History
Rudauli, situated on Lucknow-Faizabad highway, is one of the most revered towns of the region of erstwhile Awadh.
Even after Zamindari's abolition and decline of Taluqdarana system, it remained a center of Awadhi tahzeeb[clarification needed] with a touch of ‘Rudaulviyat’ and helped nourish the cultural supremacy that it acquired over the last couple of centuries. It has also been the favored designation of some of the famous Sufi saints of India. For that reason, it is popularly known as “Rudauli Sharif”. Urdu, which was at the heart of old tahzeeb of Awadh, also got its share of Rudauli in almost every genre of Urdu literature.
[edit] Monuments
Rudauli has some architectural monuments that still draw people from all over the country. Chief among these are Husainiya Irshadia (Imambara) and Masjid Irshad Hussain, constructed by Chaudhary Irshad Husain in the Irshad Manzil complex. The present muttawalli of both the waqfs is Choudhary Syed Mohammad Husain Irshad Zaidi (Makki Mian). Masjid Khalil-ur-Rehman was constructed by Chaudhry Mohd Atiq Siddiqui.
[edit] Notable people
[edit] Writers
- Ateeq Siddqui was a famous Urdu writer and politician.
- Khaliq Siddiqui, whao was a well known Urdu Writer, wrote the Tarana of Jamia Millia Islamia,
- Parwana Rudaulvi, real name Syed Meesam Tammar authored many books on relegion, fiction and many other topics. Also the Anthem of Crescent Public School, Delhi was written by Parwana Rudaulvi
- Khan azmi Rudaulvi Authored and edited many books.
- Rudauli has the distinction of Poets from Rudauli writinng the anthem of the two big universities of India, Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia and Crescent School Delhi.
- Shah Moinuddin Ahmad Nadvi joined Daarul Musannifin, Azamgarh and became Editor and Publisher of Maarif and authored many books including Tareekh-e-Islam, Seerat-e-Sahaba, Islam Aur Arabi Tamaddun.
- Baqar Mahdi and Dr. Sharib Rudaulvi
- Chaudhary Mohammad Ali Rudaulvi, whose literary oeuvre is full of many different type of books, was a writer.
- Jafar Mahdi Razm, poet.
- Mohammad Haleem Ansari's work was published in Arabic journal Al-Hial published from Egypt. He translated many Arabic books including Al Attaqan Fi Uloomil Quran.
[edit] Sufis
Rudauli is the seat of famous Sufi saint Makhdoom Abdul Huq who is one of the pillars of Sabriya silsila. Sufi poet Abdul Quddus Gangohi was also born in Rudauli. Sheikh Safi, grand father of Abdul Quddus Gangohi and Sufi Syed Mohammed Saleh encestor of syeds of mohalla sufiana is also buried in Rudauli.
[edit] Makki Mian
The family of Makki Mian is the most respected and educated family in the city of Rudauli. It consist of freedom fighters,doctors, engineers, army men and sailors. The most prominent among them are Dr. Zahirul Hasan Zaidi, who was the personal doctor of the Sabah Royal Family of Kuwait.He also worked in the maternity hospital Kuwait from 1972 to 1996. DR.Ali Mohd Zaidi who was ranked among the 50 best IITans from India.
[edit] Women
Though it is not so much known a fact today but women of Rudauli were also ahead of their times and there were some highly educated women who should be remembered for their contributions. In this context, Hima (Daughter of Chaudhary Muhammad Ali) and his grand daughter Sarvat Zehra Rizvi,popularly known as Holo, (wife of Syed Mohd. Naqi Rizvi) who was the only one left behind in India, was a great source of information about Radauli, Safia Akhter and Hamida Salim(sisters of Majaz and Ansar Harwani), Safia Akhtar (mother of famous poet-activist of the day Javed Akhtar) and Safia Naumani (Mother of one of the finest English poet of his time Agha Shahid Ali) and Nayyara Hasan (Mother in law of jurist Tahir Mahmood) can be mentioned.
The other prominent citizen are from Dalmia family and the Mahdi family, who are associated with many businesses and known for their social harmony. Kashi Nath Dalmia is one of those persons who earned the repo of all through his humble and honest outlook towards the society.
Malik Ashraf Ali of notable Malik family founded the public school Awadh Montessori School. A portion of his ancestral home is now housing the school building.
The most famous and popular actor Naseeruddin Shah recently informed that he was born in Rudauli. He visited his birth place along with his mother.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rudauli
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
