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Azamgarh

India / Uttar Pradesh / Azamgarh /
 city, municipality, taluka headquarter, district headquarter
Azamgarh, the administrative headquarters of Azamgarh District, is a beautiful town and Nagar Palika in Azamgarh Block Azamgarh Tehsil in the Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on the banks of the Tons River, to the north of Varanasi. It was founded by Azam Khan in 1665.
This compact town lies on a level plane, hemmed from the three sides by the Tons River. Hence the town is flood prone during monsoons. Sugar milling and cotton weaving are the principal industries of the town.

Major tourist spots in the city are the old fort of Azam Shah and the famous Kunwar Singh Park.

Azamgarh is on Lucknow-Baliya state highway and is 269 km west of Lucknow.


This place has produced many academic and famous people: few out of them are,Upadhya Singh Hariaudh, Allama Shibli Naumani, Maulana Hameeduddin Farahi, Iqbal Suhail, Kaifi Azmi,Brig.Usman . Mr Pandey, Head of the State of one of the countries in West Indies has also roots in Azamgarh
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azamgarh
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Coordinates:   26°4'19"N   83°11'19"E

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  • Mohd Aleem (guest)
    This place has produced many academic and famous people: few out of them are,Upadhya Singh Hariaudh, Allama Shibli Naumani, Maulana Hameeduddin Farahi, Iqbal Suhail, Kaifi Azmi,Brig.Usman . Mr Pandey, Head of the State of one of the countries in West Indies has also roots in Azamgarh
  • sincerity
    Azamgarh, the administrative headquarters of Azamgarh District, is a beautiful town situated on the banks of the Tons River, to the north of Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh. It was founded by Azam Khan in 1665. This compact town lies on a level plane, hemmed from the three sides by the Tons River. Hence the town is flood prone during monsoons. Sugar milling and cotton weaving are the principal industries of the town. Major tourist spots in the city are the old fort of Azam Shah and the famous Kunwar Singh Park. Azamgarh is on Lucknow-Baliya state highway and is 269 km west of Lucknow.
  • praveen_rai
    this is praveen rai now in amity noida. i love this place very much.
  • omrajne (guest)
    this place has given two IIT Kanpur students. It is great place. name of student are mr.bharti govind and omprakash.
  • ajit (guest)
    my city is beatiful city
  • sandeep (guest)
    i love my city ,AZAMGARH
  • sunil (guest)
    sunil loves azamgarh
  • alok (guest)
    i love my city Azamgarh. Azamgarh is best city in INDIA.
  • atif azmi (guest)
    i love my azamgarh
  • brahmamca
    Brahmanand yadav is the Computer Engineer there in gambhirpur. He has one son & one daughter. father name Baboolal yadav. He is Postman in gambhirpur. Brother is Shivanand yadav He is electrician.
  • Neeraj (guest)
    Azamgarh's culture is a reflection of the Avadh culture of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Jaat culture of northern Uttar pradesh. Since Azamgarh lies in the eastern part of the Uttar Pradesh, the traditional language is Avadhi(25%), Bhojpuri(20%), Khadi Bhasha (28%).
  • ABU FAHAD (guest)
    I AM PROUD ON AZAMGARH IT IS THE BEST DISTRICT AMONG ALL
  • Anmol Yadav
    Brother apna biodata yaha kyo bta rahe ho
  • Anmol Yadav
    My home my city
  • Sheo Badan Yadav (guest)
    I am presently working in Ministry of Defence as Director. Born in Village Jajaupur, Poloce Station-Kaptanganj, Tahseel Budanpur in Azamgarh. The village is equidistantly located from Budanpur, Phulpur and the District HQ. I am into this job after qualifying the Civil Services 1994 Exams.
  • Sheo Badan Yadav (guest)
    correcct
  • irfan ahmed (guest)
    I,m an Azmi and love Azam Garh
  • Deepak Gupta (guest)
    I love this city
  • Deepak Delhi (guest)
    It is beautiful place.....
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