Pilibhit
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Pilibhit is a city and a municipal board in Lalaurikhera Block Pilibhit Tehsil in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. Pilibhit is the north-eastern most district of Bareilly division, situated in the Rohilkhand region of the sub-Himalayan Plateau belt on the boundary of Nepal, known for the origin of river Gomati and one of the most forest-rich areas in North India. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 20, page 144, issued by the Government of India, Pilibhit was once known as Hafizabad, derived from the name of the great Rohella leader of the area Hafiz Rahmat Khan, but eventually it took its present name from a nearby village.Pilibhit was also known as Bansuri Nagari - the land of flutes, for making and exporting roughly 95 per cent of India’s flutes.
According to a report issued by the Government of India, Pilibhit is one of the Minority Concentrated Areas in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators. Though separated only by a short distance from the outer ranges of the Himalayas, Pilibhit consists entirely of a level plain, containing depressions but no hills and is intersected by several streams.Pilibhit is one of the forest rich areas of Uttar Pradesh, which has very high tourism potential. The almost 54 km-long Indo-Nepal international border makes Pilibhit a highly sensitive for security purposes.[5] According an estimate by the Government of India, Pilibhit has 45.23% of its population living under the poverty line.Increasing population and unemployment is a cause of worry in the area, and many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and government-run organizations have initiated projects to provide employment, but human resources are yet to be exploited in full.
Pilibhit has been geographic and political cynosure as it is the only forest area amid the 22 districts and the only district that has an international border in Harit Pradesh, which is proposed to be carved out of Uttar Pradesh.
Historical facts
It is believed by locals that Pilibhit was ruled by an ancient king named Mayurdhwaj or Moredhwaj or King Venu, who was a great devotee of lord Krishna and a loyal friend of Arjun, whose name and geography of his kingdom, can be traced in the Hindu epic Mahabharat.
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 20, page 138, Pilibhit was ruled by Chhinda dynasty in the 10th century, an inscription, written in Sanskrit, has been found in the dewal village of Puranpur area which shows that the princes of Chhinda dynasty made a canal out of River Sarada in the 10th century.
According to a British officer, historian Lieutenant-ColonelJames Tod (1782–1835), Maharana Pratap's son, Amar Singh, fought 17 wars with the Mughal emperor Akbar but in 1595, after Maharana Pratap's death, he conditionally accepted them as rulers. At this time, many of Maharana Pratap's band of loyal Rajputs became disillusioned by the surrender and left Rajasthan. This group included Rathores, Deoras, Chauhans, Parihars, Tomars, Kashwahas, Ranas, Tharus and Jhalas. Collectively, they are called Tharu at present and are settled mostly in sub Himalayan belt on the boundary of Nepal in and around of dense forest of present district Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh. Many of the Tharu tribe are still living in the remote forest area in the district and trying to conserve the tradition and culture they brought from Rajasthan.
The city Pilibhit was an administrative unit in the Mughal era under Bareilly suba, so for the security purpose, the Mughal subedar Ali Mohammed Khan constructed four magnificent gate around the administrative building in 1734 AD. These gates were named as Barellwi darwaza in west, Hussaini darwaza in east, Jahanabadi darwaza in north and Dakhini darwaza in south, but because a lack of proper maintenance, all the gates have been lost, only ruins remain now.
Pilibhit was invaded by the Marathas in 1772 AD. This was the time when the Kurmi community came in this region. The Marathas were the ancestor of Kurmi community, which is one of the major communities in the region.[43] The last king of Shah dynasty of Nepal got shelter in Pilibhit from ruler of Rampur suba Faizullah Khan in 1789 AD, when he was attacked by Gorakha king of Nepal.The freedom fighter Maulana Enayetulla was from Pilibhit. He voluntarily played host to the exile of the Queen of Avadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal, who reached Nepal in late 1859.There is one memorial place at Khakra chouki (Police Center, at present), where 21 freedom fighters were hanged on 14 January 1909, on the day of Makar Sankranti, who refused to follow British government's order and rebelled against them. In the respect of these 21 martyrs, a rock (named all martyrs) had been underpinned in the compound of police center.
Mohandas K. Gandhi addressed a huge rally on 12 November 1929 in the field of Gauri Shankar temple along with Kasturba and Mirabehn and planted a tree in the temple campus which is still in the temple.
According to a report issued by the Government of India, Pilibhit is one of the Minority Concentrated Areas in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators. Though separated only by a short distance from the outer ranges of the Himalayas, Pilibhit consists entirely of a level plain, containing depressions but no hills and is intersected by several streams.Pilibhit is one of the forest rich areas of Uttar Pradesh, which has very high tourism potential. The almost 54 km-long Indo-Nepal international border makes Pilibhit a highly sensitive for security purposes.[5] According an estimate by the Government of India, Pilibhit has 45.23% of its population living under the poverty line.Increasing population and unemployment is a cause of worry in the area, and many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and government-run organizations have initiated projects to provide employment, but human resources are yet to be exploited in full.
Pilibhit has been geographic and political cynosure as it is the only forest area amid the 22 districts and the only district that has an international border in Harit Pradesh, which is proposed to be carved out of Uttar Pradesh.
Historical facts
It is believed by locals that Pilibhit was ruled by an ancient king named Mayurdhwaj or Moredhwaj or King Venu, who was a great devotee of lord Krishna and a loyal friend of Arjun, whose name and geography of his kingdom, can be traced in the Hindu epic Mahabharat.
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 20, page 138, Pilibhit was ruled by Chhinda dynasty in the 10th century, an inscription, written in Sanskrit, has been found in the dewal village of Puranpur area which shows that the princes of Chhinda dynasty made a canal out of River Sarada in the 10th century.
According to a British officer, historian Lieutenant-ColonelJames Tod (1782–1835), Maharana Pratap's son, Amar Singh, fought 17 wars with the Mughal emperor Akbar but in 1595, after Maharana Pratap's death, he conditionally accepted them as rulers. At this time, many of Maharana Pratap's band of loyal Rajputs became disillusioned by the surrender and left Rajasthan. This group included Rathores, Deoras, Chauhans, Parihars, Tomars, Kashwahas, Ranas, Tharus and Jhalas. Collectively, they are called Tharu at present and are settled mostly in sub Himalayan belt on the boundary of Nepal in and around of dense forest of present district Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh. Many of the Tharu tribe are still living in the remote forest area in the district and trying to conserve the tradition and culture they brought from Rajasthan.
The city Pilibhit was an administrative unit in the Mughal era under Bareilly suba, so for the security purpose, the Mughal subedar Ali Mohammed Khan constructed four magnificent gate around the administrative building in 1734 AD. These gates were named as Barellwi darwaza in west, Hussaini darwaza in east, Jahanabadi darwaza in north and Dakhini darwaza in south, but because a lack of proper maintenance, all the gates have been lost, only ruins remain now.
Pilibhit was invaded by the Marathas in 1772 AD. This was the time when the Kurmi community came in this region. The Marathas were the ancestor of Kurmi community, which is one of the major communities in the region.[43] The last king of Shah dynasty of Nepal got shelter in Pilibhit from ruler of Rampur suba Faizullah Khan in 1789 AD, when he was attacked by Gorakha king of Nepal.The freedom fighter Maulana Enayetulla was from Pilibhit. He voluntarily played host to the exile of the Queen of Avadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal, who reached Nepal in late 1859.There is one memorial place at Khakra chouki (Police Center, at present), where 21 freedom fighters were hanged on 14 January 1909, on the day of Makar Sankranti, who refused to follow British government's order and rebelled against them. In the respect of these 21 martyrs, a rock (named all martyrs) had been underpinned in the compound of police center.
Mohandas K. Gandhi addressed a huge rally on 12 November 1929 in the field of Gauri Shankar temple along with Kasturba and Mirabehn and planted a tree in the temple campus which is still in the temple.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilibhit
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Coordinates: 28°37'48"N 79°48'31"E
- Bareilly 49 km
- Mahendra Nagar 57 km
- Rudrapur 64 km
- Dhangadhi 73 km
- Haldwani 79 km
- Farrukhabad 138 km
- Gonda 263 km
- Butwal 367 km
- Siddharthanagar 373 km
- Pokhara 408 km
- Surbhi Colony 1.3 km
- Original Area Of LH Sugar Factory Pilibhit 1.5 km
- Pilibhit Junction Railway Station 1.6 km
- Mandi Samiti 2 km
- Ram Nagar 2.3 km
- RAHUL KUMAR BARHA PILIBHIT AMIT BANGALI 2.3 km
- POLICE LINES, PILIBHIT 2.7 km
- Bithra 12 km
- verma's village 14 km
- Pilibhit Tiger Reserve 30 km
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