Raebareli

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  ?Rae Bareli
Uttar Pradesh • India
Coordinates: 26°08′N 81°08′E / 26.13, 81.13
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) Rae Bareli
Population 169,285 (2001)

Coordinates: 26°08′N 81°08′E / 26.13, 81.13

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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 on 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, and constructed of bricks 2 ft long by 1 ft thick and 1.5 ft 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.

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[edit] History

The district of Raebareli was created by the British in 1858, is named after its headquarters town. Tradition has it that the town was founded by the Bhars and was known as Bharauli or Barauli which in course of time got changed into Bareli. The prefix, Rae repesents ,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 cloth were woven. Its population was 15,880 in 1901.

[edit] After independence

The city is 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 Feroz Gandhi. After his death in 1960, the district was won in 1967 by his wife Indira Gandhi (the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru), who went on to become the first 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 In 1977 after Indira Gandhi's election from Raebareli was revoked by the Allahabad High court for using state machinery in the elections, she held on to power by having the President declare a national emergency.In the 2004 Parliament Elections, the widow of Indira's son, Rajiv, Mrs. 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 Congress in the area.

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 due to which 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, from where Sri Arun Nehru of Congress was elected in the by-elections. But still she had love and adoration for Raebareli throughout her life.

Rajiv Gandhi: ihe Parliamentary constituency Amethi, was represented by Congress accept in 1977 (When Ravindra Pratap Singh of Bhatiya Jansangh won) and in 1991 (Sri Sanjai Singh of B.J.P. won). After the assassination of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi was elected as the leader of congress and then as Prime Minister he selected Amethi as his constituency and was elected from Amethi in 1984 and 1989.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] ITI Limited

RaeBareli has a 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.

[edit] Other Industries

  1. Birla Cement Factory (Estd. 1997)
  2. Shree Bhawani Paper mill(Estd. 1983)
  3. Concepta Cables (Estd.1983)
  4. Feroz gandhi thermal power project(Estd. june 1981)
  5. Sheena industries
  6. Vishaka Industries
  7. Indo Gulf Fertilizers
  8. Vespa Car Company
  9. RaeBareli textile Mill
  10. State spinning Mill
  11. MODI Carpet factory
  12. Indian Rail coach Factory(Proposed)

and many sugar mills as well as ancillary industries


[edit] 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.

[edit] Schools in RaeBareli

Other than primary,Rae bareli has a bunch of renowned secondary and senior secondary schools as:

Dayawati Modi Public School
Dayawati Modi Public School
  1. GIC (Government Inter college)
  2. St. Peter's School
  3. Kendriya Vidyalaya
  4. Dayawati Modi Public School
  5. Ryan International
  6. Lucknow Public School(L.P.S)
  7. Delhi Public School(D.P.S)
  8. Swami Janki Sharan
  9. Gurukul
  10. Bal Vidya Mandir
  11. Dayanand Anglo Vidyalaya(D.A.V)
  12. Maharishi Vidya Mandir
  13. Urmila inter college
  14. Wasi Naqvi National Inter College
  15. J.P.S.Public School.

[edit] Colleges in RaeBareli

  1. Feroz Gandhi Degree College ( catering Arts , Science , Commerce etc. )
  2. Indira Gandhi Govt. Girls Inter College
  3. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Govt. degree College
  4. Feroz Gandhi Institute for Technology
  5. Raebareli Polytechnic
  6. N.I.F.T
  7. Footwear Design & Development Institute
  8. INTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND RESEARCH
  9. Dayanand degree college
  10. Sanskrit college
  11. Kamla Nehru Post graduate College

and numerous colleges affiliated under C.S.J.M University, Kanpur .

[edit] Other educational bodies/private coaching institutes at RaeBareli

RaeBareli is home to a large number of academic coaching institutes. These institutes train students for college entrance examinations like IIT-JEE for engineering colleges and Common Admission Test for the IIM business schools.

Coaching is a thriving business in RaeBareli. Although various coaching institutes claim very high success rates, it is not independently verified.

[edit] Leading Doctors

  1. Dr. Amar Kumar
  2. Dr. Arvind Singh
  3. Dr. S.K Malik
  4. Dr. Tahseem Khan
  5. Dr. Ravi Bhatia

[edit] 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:

  1. AMAN COMPUTER'S
  2. APTECH
  3. NIIT
  4. TULEC



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.

[edit] Official website

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

http://www.raebareli.com/

http://raebareli.vishwahindusamaj.com/

[edit] References

  1. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.