Raebareli

Raebareli

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

Raebareli (Hindi: रायबरेली, Urdu: رائے بریلی, also Rae Bareli or Rai Bareli) 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 known as an entertainment destination, with gambling casinos, bars and night life. This is also known as City of Joy. 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 Raebareli 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 The district of Raebareli 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 centre of trade, and muslin and cotton weaving. Its population was 15,880 in 1901.

Indira Gandhi
Sonia Rajiv Gandhi

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 In 1977 after Indira Gandhi's election from Raebareli was revoked by the Allahabad High Court for using state machinery in the elections, she held on to power by having the President declare a national emergency.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 the widow of Indira's son, Rajiv, Sonia Gandhi 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 Smt. Indira Gandhi selected Raebareli as her constituency, she worked towards the overall development of Raebareli.

During this period, Raebareli became the nucleus of the Indian National Congress and Indian Politics. Once in 1976 the cabinet meeting was held in Raebareli instead of state capital. District Raebareli became the pilgrimage of Congress workers. In spite of Mrs. Gandhi's statement, all the congress workers had a desire to come to this pilgrimage before every election. During this period Raebareli 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 from Raebareli in 1967, 1971 and in 1977 and being a member of opposition party she contested in 1980. In 1977 she was defeated by Sri 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 Raebareli seat. Sri Arun Nehru of Congress was elected in the by-elections. But still she had love and adoration for Raebareli throughout her life.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Rae Bareli had a population of 169,285. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Rae Bareli has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 63%. In Rae Bareli, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Climate

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 RaeBareli 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 Raebarelians 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 Raebareli consists of followers of Islam ,Sikhism as well.Christians and jains constitute minority of the population.

ITI Limited

RaeBareli 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

Allahabad Bank
AXIS Bank
Bank of Baroda
Bank of India
Canara Bank
Central Bank of India
Dena Bank
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
IDBI Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Punjab National Bank
Rashtriya Gramin Bank
State Bank of India
Syndicate Bank
United Bank of India
Union Bank of India
Vijya Bank

Other Industries

Education

Raebareli 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, Raebareli has a bunch of notable secondary and senior secondary schools as:

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Dayawati Modi Public School

Colleges

and numerous colleges affiliated under C.S.J.M University, Kanpur . [[=== Other educational bodies/private coaching institutes === RaeBareli is home to a large number of academic coaching institutes. These institutes train students for college entrance examinations like IIT-JEE,AIEEE,SEE-UPTU etc for engineering colleges, PMT etc for medical colleges and Common Admission Test for the IIMs and other business schools. Coaching is a thriving business in Raebareli. ]]

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 Centre, 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. Besides NIC, a number of national level organizations like:

NIC Raebareli 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 centre has been helping the authorities by providing the necessary IT support in various important projects being run in the district.

Healthcare

Rana Beni Madhav District Hospital
Simhans Hospital (Nuro & Trauma Centre)
District Eye Hospital
Govt. Homeopathic Hospital
Malvika Medical Centre
Sri Krishna Nursing Home
Neel Kanth Nursing Home
Anukampa Nursing Home
Sri Krishna Nursing Home (eye)
R.K. Ortho Centre
Yasoda Nursing Home
Govt. Ayurveda Hospital
Veterinary Hospital

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, Raebareli- 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, reaserch workers/ students and general public for awakening interest in plant life.

Behta Bridge

This Bridge is situated in the outskirts of the Raebareli 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 Santuary

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, Raebareli.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.

Notable people from Rae Bareli

SYED ABUL HASAN ALI HASANI NADWI (Maulana "Ali Mia")
Dr. S. M. IDRIS (Doctor of Homeopathy)
RP SINGH (Cricketer)
MAHARISHI GARG
MULLAH DAUD
DAALABHYA RISHI
MALIK MOHAMMED JAISI
PANDIT SUKH DEO MISHRA
Pt. MAHAVEER PRASAD DWIVEDI
ACHARYA MRITYUNJAY
MAHA KAVI SURYA KANT TRIPATHI "NIRALA"
SYED WASI NAQVI

Official website

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

http://www.raebareli.com/

http://raebareli.vishwahindusamaj.com/

References

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