Raebareli

Raebareli Rae Bareli
city
Population  (2001)
• Total	169,285

Raebareli (Hindi: रायबरेली, Urdu: رائے بریلی, also Rae Bareli or Rai Bareli) RBL (Railway Station Code) 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 (50 miles) southeast of Lucknow. It possesses many architectural features, chief of which is a strong and spacious fort erected in 1403. The fort was constructed of bricks 2 ft long by 1 ft (0.30 m) thick and 1.5 ft (0.46 m) wide (60 cm by 30 cm by 45 cm). Among other ancient buildings are the magnificent palace and tomb of nawab Jahan Khan, governor in the time of Shah Jahan, and four fine mosques.The most important town within the district is Lalganj which is the proposed site for the Railway Coach Factory. The factory is already underway with construction activities in full swing and locals expect to gain economically from it. The factory is expected to generate over 10,000 Jobs.

History

District Rae Bareli is located in the heart land of famous AWADH region which was the part ancient Koshala kingdom.This town has close proximity to present state capital Lucknow which is just 70 KM away. The district of Rae Bareli was created by the British in 1858, and is named after its headquarters town. Tradition has it that the town was founded by the Bhars and was known as Bharauli or Barauli. Over the course of time, the name was changed to Bareli. The prefix "Rae" represents "Rai" the common title of the Kayasths who were masters of the town for a considerable period of time. In the early 20th century, the town was an important center of trade, and muslin and cotton weaving. Its population was 15,880 in 1901.

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After independence

The city and the district became famous as a political bastion of the Nehru-Gandhi family. After independence, the 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. In 1977, after Indira Gandhi's election from Rae Bareli was revoked by the Allahabad High Court for using state machinery in the elections, she held on to power by having the President declare a national emergency. After Indira's death in 1984 there was no one from the family to contest from here until the 2004 Parliament Elections, when Sonia Gandhi, the widow of Indira's son, Rajiv, was elected as MP from Rae Bareli with a record breaking margin. In the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, 2007, her daughter Priyanka Gandhi, while not fighting elections herself, proved to be a powerful force in gaining large majorities for Congressmen in the area. In the 2009 elections Sonia again won from this seat.

Since 1967, when Indira Gandhi selected Rae Bareli as her constituency, Rae Bareli became the nucleus of the Indian National Congress and Indian Politics. Once in 1976, the cabinet meeting was held in Rae Bareli instead of state capital. The district became the pilgrimage of Congress workers and all the congress workers had a desire to come to this pilgrimage before every election. During this period Rae Bareli got bumper publicity in the national and International press.

Being the constituency of the Prime Minister, the campaigning was much expensive, and because of that local and common leaders did not dare to fight the parliamentary elections. Being the Prime Minister, she contested election from here in 1967, 1971 and in 1977 and being a member of opposition party she contested in 1980. In 1977 she was defeated by Raj Narain of Janta Party as after Emergency, there was a "JANTA LEHAR" all around the nation. In 1980 she contested from MEDAK (Andhra Pradesh) also, and after winning from both the places, she left the Rae Bareli seat. Arun Nehru of Congress was elected in the by-elections.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Rae Bareli had a population of 69,285. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. It has an average literacy rate of 5%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 63%.

Climate

Rae Bareli 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 in the 3 to 4 degrees Celsius range. 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.

Language and Religion

Hindi and Awadhi are the widely spoken languages that are understood among its people along with English. The official language is the state language Hindi. Hinduism is followed by large number of the population. A significant part of the population of city consists of followers of Islam, Sikhism as well. Christians and Jains constitute minority of the population.

ITI Limited

Rae Bareli has the first Public Sector Undertaking - Indian Telephone Industry (ITI Limited). It is one of the six manufacturing plants of the Telecom giant. For the fourth successive year ITI has retained top position in country's tele-communication turnkey business.More than 50% equipment of India's tele-communication network has been supplied by ITI.

Banks

1. Allahabad Bank
2. AXIS Bank
3. Bank of Baroda
4. Bank of India
5. Canara Bank
6. Central Bank of India
7. Dena Bank
8. HDFC Bank
9. ICICI Bank
10. IDBI Bank
11. Indian Overseas Bank
12. Punjab National Bank
13. Rashtriya Gramin Bank
14. State Bank of India
15. Syndicate Bank
16. United Bank of India
17. Union Bank of India
18. Vijya Bank

Other Industries

1. Indian Telephone Industries(ITI)(Estd. 1972)
2. Birla Cement Factory (Estd. 1997)
3. Shree Bhawani Paper mill(Estd. 1983)
4. Indira Gandhi Canal Project (Dalmau)
5. National Thermal Power Corporation
6. Sheena industries
7. Visaka Industries
8. Indo Gulf Fertilizers
9. RaeBareli textile Mill
10. State spinning Mill
11. UP State sugar factory Munshiganj
12. Indian Rail Coach Factory(Proposed)
13. Hindusthan Bioenergy Limited
14. Amkap marketing Pvt. Ltd.
15. National Power Grid
16. Shreya Seeds
17. Khubele Enterprises Private limited
18. Techno Plastic
19. National Dairy NDDB

Education

Rae Bareli has a large middle class and affluent population. Education is placed at the top priority by the locals. The combination of the above two factors resulted in the establishment of some quality educational institutions.Most of the schools are affiliated by Central Board of Secondary Education and U.P Board , while some are affiliated to Indian Certificate of Secondary Education as well.

Schools

Other than primary schools, Rae Bareli has a bunch of notable secondary and senior secondary schools as:

1. AIIT (Aryan Institute of Information Technology)
2. GIC (Government Inter College)
3. Gopal Saraswati Vidya Mandir
4. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
5. S J S Public School
6. Shanti Nikatan Vidaya Peeth, Munsi Ganj
7. Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir
8. Kendriya Vidyalaya [1]
9. St. Peter's School
10. Dayawati Modi Public School
11. Ryan International
12. Lucknow Public School(L.P.S)
13. Delhi Public School(D.P.S)
14. Gurukul
15. Bal Vidya Mandir
16. Dayanand Anglo Vidyalaya(D.A.V)
17. Maharishi Vidya Mandir
18. Urmila Inter college
19. Wasi Naqvi National Inter College
20. J.P.S.Public School.
21. Mahatma Gandhi Inter College
22. Acharya Dwivedi Inter College
23. Vadik Bal Mandir Inter College
24. New Vision School
25. New Standard Public School

Colleges

1. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research(NIPER)
2. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
3. Indira Gandhi Govt. Girls Inter College
4. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Govt. Degree College
5. Feroz Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology
6. Feroz Gandhi Polytechnic
7. National Institute of Fashion and Technology
8. Footwear Design & Development Institute
9. Feroz Gandhi Degree College
10. Dayanand Degree College
11. Indra Gandhi Rajkiya Mahila Degree College
12. Sanskrit Degree college
13. Kamla Nehru Post Graduate College
14. Indian Training Institute
15. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy
16. Swami Satyamitranand Degree College (www.ssmdegreecollege.org)
17. Adharshila College of Professional Courses (Faculty of Law)]link title
18. Baiswara Post Graduate College

and numerous colleges affiliated under C.S.J.M University, Kanpur .

Information Technology

Information Technology has emerged as one of the most significant sectors contributing to the nation's growth in the last decade. IT is tipped to be the key sector in the new Millennium. District Raebareli is also not lagging behind in this field.

National Informatics Center, a premier Government organization in the field of Information Technology (IT) in India is providing state-of-the-art solutions to the Information management and decision support requirement of the District Administration.

NIC Rae Bareli district unit was established in 1988, with an aim to provide relentless information Informatics services to the District Administration in planning and development. Ever since, the NIC center has been helping the authorities by providing the necessary IT support in various important projects being run in the district.

Healthcare

1. Rana Beni Madhav District Hospital
2. Simhans Hospital (Nuero & Trauma Center)
3. District Eye Hospital
4. Rae Bareli Homeopathic Clinic
5. Govt. Homeopathic Hospital
6. Malvika Medical Center
7. Sri Krishna Nursing Home
8. Neel Kanth Nursing Home
9. Anukampa Nursing Home
10. R.K. Ortho Center
11. Yasoda Nursing Home
12. Govt. Ayurveda Hospital
13. Veterinary Hospital

Places of Worship

1. Mansa Devi Temple - Located Near Railway Station
2. Shiva Temple - Located off Dedoali Infront of S.P. Singh House
3. Kali Temple - Located at Satya Nagar
4. Abhaydata Hanuman Temple - Located inside Bhawani Paper Mill
5. Shiva Mandir - Located in ITI
6. Bharat Mata's Mandir - Located at the bank of Sai river

Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden

Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden was established in the year 1986 in order to restore the ecological balance. The garden is situated on the left side of Lucknow-Varanasi highway. This garden is situated on the northern bank of Sai river. In the west of the garden, Rae Bareli- Allahabad railway line is running which is parallel to Lucknow - Varanasi highway. Total proposed area of the park is 57 hectares, out of which 10 hectares have been developed till now and it is growing day by day. The purpose of garden is not merely to make it a place for growing flowers, fruits or vegetables but also an educational installation for scientists, research workers/ students and general public for awakening interest in plant life.

Behta Bridge

This Bridge is situated at the outskirts of the Rae Bareli city. The important feature of this bridge is that at this place Sharda canal crosses the Sai river. An aqueduct has been constructed and the canal flows in the duct.

Samaspur Bird Sanctuary

Samaspur Bird Santuary is situated in Rohaniya Development block of the district, about 122 k.m from Lucknow on Lucknow-Varanasi highway. It was established in 1987 on a total area of about 799.371 hectare. Nearest railway station is Unchahar and the nearest airport is Fursatganj, Rae Bareli.The best period of visit is from November to March. More than 250 varieties of birds can be seen here.Some of the birds come here from a distance of 5000 k.m. which include Greleg Googe, Pin Tail, Common Teel, Vision, Showler, Surkhab etc. Local birds include Comb Duck, Whistling Teel, Spot Bill, Spoon Bill, King Fisher, Vulture etc. Twelve varieties of fish are there in the lake at Samaspur.

Dalmau

Dalmau is situated on the banks of Holy Ganga and is famous since ancient times. It has been the Historical town of the district. Prominent places at Dalmau are King Dal's fort, Bara Math, Mahesh Giri Math, Nirala memorial Institute, A well constructed by Ebrahim Sharki, Palace of Nawab Shuza-ud-daula, Baithak of Alhaa Udal, Dalmau Pump canal etc. It is 30 Km far from Rae Bareli bus station.

Notable people from Rae Bareli

1. Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (Maulana "Ali Mia")
2. Dr. S. M. Idris (Doctor of Homeopathy)
3. R P Singh (Cricketer)
4. Maharishi Garg
5. Mullah Daud
6. Rama Shankar Mishra (Indian Navy) Nationalist
7. Daalabhya Rishi
8. Malik Mohammed Jaisi
9. Pandit Sukh Deo Mishra(1630-1703)
10. Pandit Mahaveer Prasad Dwivedi(1900-1935)
11. Acharya Mrityunjay
12. Maha Kavi Surya Kant Tripathi "NIRALA"
13. Advocate Rajendra Kumar Mishra
14. Kavi Sri Jagdish Prasad Mishra
15. Yogesh Kakkar (Proprietor of Kakkar Sound Service)
16. Praveen Mishra
17. DIG Shashi Bhushan Mishra (Indian Coast Guard)

 Anoop Jaiswal

Official website

http://www.raebareli.nic.in/

http://www.raebareli.com/

http://raebareli.vishwahindusamaj.com/

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)