Deoria

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?Deoria Uttar Pradesh • India
Deoria
Coordinates: 26°30′N 83°47′E / 26.5, 83.79
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 68 m (223 ft)
District(s)	Deoria
Population	104,222 (2001)

Coordinates: 26°30′N 83°47′E / 26.5, 83.79Deoria is a city and a municipal board in Deoria district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Current area of this district was a part of 'Koshal rajya'- a prime centre of ancient
'arya culture' surrounded by Himalaya in north, Shyandika river in south, 'Panchal
rajya' in west & Maghadh rajya in (Bihar) east.
Besides many fictions related with this area, astro-historical fossils ('murtee',coins,
bricks, temples,Budh math etc.) are found at many places of this district, showing that
there was a developed & organised society long long ago.
Ancient history of the district is related with the Ramayan times when 'Koshal Naresh'
lord Ram appointed his elder son 'Kush' , the king of Kushawati--which is todays
Kushinagar.
Before Mahabharat times,this area was related with Chakravorty Samrat 'Mahasudtsan'
& his kingdom 'kushinagar' was well developed & prosperous.Nearby to his rajya border
was the thick area woods 'Maha-van'.
This area was under control of Maurya rulers,Gupta rulers & Bhar rulers , and then
under control of Gharwal ruler 'Govind Chandra' from year -1114 to year- 1154.
This area was under control of Avadh rulers or of Bihar Muslim rulers duringMedieval
times,is not very clear.
There was little control of oldest Delhi rulers -- Sultan , Nizam or Khilji's on this region.
There is no description of this area in east war/attack/invasion scripts by muslim
historians meaningby muslim invaders would have seldom visited thick wood area of this
region.
Many places of this district played an important role in the modern history of this
district.Important ones are-
paina,baikuntpur,berhaj,lar,rudrapur,hata,kasia,gauribazar,kaptanganj,udhopur,tamkuhi,
basantpur dhoosi etc.
Gandhiji addressed Deoria & Padrauna public meetings in 1920.
Baba Raghav Das had started movement in april' 1930 regarding 'NamakMovement'.
In 1931,there were wide movement against government & landlords in this district.
Many more people joined Congress as volunteers & marched several places of the
district.Sh.Purushottam Das Tondon in 1931 & Rafi Ahmad Kidwai in 1935 visited
different places of this district.
During Quit India Movement , as much as 580 people were sent behind the bar for
different duration.
Deoria District came into existence at March 16' 1946 from Gorakhpur district.
The name DEORIA is derived from 'Devaranya' or probably 'Devpuria' as believed.
According to official gazzettes,the district name 'deoria' is taken by its headquarter
name 'Deoria' and the term deoria generally means a place where there are temples.
Deoria name developed by a fossil(broken) Shiva Temple by the side of 'kurna river'
in its northside.
Kushinagar (Padrauna) district came into existence in 1994 ' MAY by separating
north-east portion of Deoria district.
Contributed by: PARVEZ ALAM , JNU NEW DELHI ,MOB NO: 9953333736 e-mail id :www.parvez alam43@gmail.com

[edit] Geography

Deoria is located at 26.5° N 83.79° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 68 metres (223 feet). Er. Ashutosh Yadav is the very prestigious person of Deoria District. He done his B.Tech from S.R.M.S cet bareilly. now he is a vice president of NASA U.S. Presently working on Allions. Jahangir siddiqui is the renowned social activist, running many schools.He is recently residing in village:Tarkulwa Dubey Tola ,Post: Tarkulwa . He is son of great urdu and persian scholar Shamim Siddiqui. Tarkulwa is very big Block in Deoria.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Deoria had a population of 104,222. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Deoria has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 67%. In Deoria, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.