Gadia, Barabanki

Coordinates: 26°33′N 81°05′E / 26.55°N 81.08°E / 26.55; 81.08
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Gadia
village
Gadia is located in Uttar Pradesh
Gadia
Gadia
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°33′N 81°05′E / 26.55°N 81.08°E / 26.55; 81.08
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBarabanki
Elevation
111 m (364 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total9,708
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
225003

Gadia is a gram panchayat in Barabanki district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1]

History[edit]

Gadia was one of the many talukas in the great Mughal and British Raj-era princely state of Oudh (Awadh).

Nawab of Awadh era[edit]

Salar Ahmad's Shaikh family of Juggaur, fourth in descent from Qazi Kidwa, a son of the Seldjuk Sultans of Rum, acquired the Gadia taluqa in 1843.[2][3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gadia - a village in the tehsil/mandal of Nindaura in the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh". Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ DG, Bara Banki, 1904, p 155.
  3. ^ Pluralism to Separatism Qasbas in Colonial Awadh by Mushirul Hasan – Oxford University Press
  4. ^ "Examination of the pluralism of India study of the Kidwai family of Barabanki, Lucknow". 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.