| Historical region of North Central India Purvanchal |
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| Location | Purvanchal |
| Expected State establishment: | (modern) |
| Language | Hindi, Purvanchali, Bhojpuri, Hindustani, Urdu |
| Historical capitals | Varanasi |
| Split divisions | Gorakhpur division, Mirzapur division, Varanasi division, Basti division, Azamgarh division |
Purvanchal (Hindi: पूर्वांचल , Urdu: پُورواںچل) is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end of Uttar Pradesh state. It is bounded by Nepal to the north, Indian state Bihar to the east, Bagelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state to the south, the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh to the west and the end of Doab (at Allahabad) in Uttar Pradesh to its southwest.
There is a political demand to make it into a separate state, See Aspirant states of India. Purvanchal area is represented by 23 Members of Parliament to the Lok Sabha and 117 legislators in the 403 member Uttar Pradesh state assembly or Vidhan Sabha.
Purvanchal consists chiefly of three divisions—the eastern-Awadhi region in the west, the western-Bhojpuri region in the east the Baghelkhand region in the south and the Nepal region in the north. It lies on the Indo-Gangetic plain, and together with western Bihar is the most densely populated area in the world. The rich quality of soil and the high earthworm density in the soil than adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh is favourable for agriculture. Most of the countryside is given to intensive agriculture. Bhojpuri is the predominant language or dialect in the region in addition to Hindi although Awadhi and Baghelkhandi are also spoken in the western and southern areas. Like Bihar state to the east, a large population, slow economic growth, agricultural mechanisation, and the closure of sugar mills have led to increased unemployment, social and political discontent, and some unrest in the region.
In 1991 the government of Uttar Pradesh established the Purvanchal Vikas Nidhi, to fund regional development projects that advance balanced development, meet local needs, and redress regional disparities. But due to corrupt distribution channels conditions are still same.Political parties are playing the game of SC/ST/OBC/Muslim vote Bank Politics which are the major factors behind the backwardness of the region.
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Purvanchal is one of the most backward region of Uttar Pradesh, India because of caste guided political in-fighting and a huge population, the major issues are of lack of civic infrastructure, proper rural education and employment. Bleak Law and Order is a major area of concern. Purvanchal one of the most prosperous, culturally rich region of India from the ancient Bharatvarsha to modern India has degraded into its present status due to politics on the lines of Caste, Region and Religion. Purvanchal has always been neglected by the Uttar Pradesh Government and Central Government of India.
Britishers were always apprehensive of Purvanchal because of the strong nationalist and pro Independence spirit of the people. Mangal Pandey is one of the most prominent freedom fighter from this region, he was the true son of Purvanchal. In popular culture Purvanchal is well known as "The land of warriors". The origin of Hinduism and its subset Buddhism and Jainism .
GI Tag holders Sant Ravidas Nagar, Bhadohi and Mirzapur are major players in the carpet manufacturing in Asia. Another GI tag holder district Varanasi is center of Indian tourism and special saari manufacturing. Sonbhadra, a district of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh produces 7000MW electricity, almost half of the total electricity generation in the state of Uttar Pradesh and largest and only major mine of limestone in India. Varanasi and Kushinagar attract more than 65% of the total tourists visiting Uttar Pradesh. Mirzapur and Sonbhadra are very rich with natural resources. In spite of all this the Purvanchal is still one of the most backward region in the state, mainly because of lack of proper attention by the State Government and Central Government.
Purvanchal includes the districts of:
In the year 2000, the Mayawati government, at the time of reorganisation of the Uttar Pradesh state, formed the Purvanchal Ecomonic Zone and rather arbitrarily included the following districts into the zone:
Allahabad, Pratapgarh and nine mpore.There is growing unrest and anger among the people of Allahabad on being included in Pruvanchal State. Agitation has started taking shape ,Through Media and Internet.People of Allahabad now demanding to take Allahabad out of Purvanchal Economic zone.
In November 2011, Uttar Pradesh Government sent proposal to Central Government to reorganisation of the Uttar Pradesh state and include the above districts in to new proposed Purvanchal State.
| Mangal Pandey | |
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| Born | 19 July 1827 Nagwa, Ballia, U. P., India |
| Died | 8 April 1857 Barrackpore, Calcutta, India |
| Occupation | sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) of the English East India Company |
| Known for | Indian freedom fighter |
| Religion | Hindu |
The region of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh had a long tradition of learning, although it had remained mostly confined to the elite class and religious establishments. Sanskrit-based education comprising the learning of Vedic-to-Gupta periods, coupled with the later Pali corpus of knowledge and a vast store of ancient-to-medieval learning in Persian/Arabic languages, had formed the core of Hindu-Buddhist-Muslim education, until the rise of British power. The present schools-to-university system of education owes its inception and development here, as in the rest of the country, to foreign Christian missionaries and the British colonial administration. Banaras Hindu University is a Central University located in Varanasi.[1] It evolved out of the Central Hindu College of Varanasi, set up by Annie Besant — a colorful British lady of Irish descent — who joined hands with Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in April 1911 for a common Hindu university at Varanasi. The Banaras Hindu University started functioning from 1 October 1917, with the Central Hindu College as its first constituent college. Most of the money for the university came from Hindu princes and its present 1,350-acre (5.5 km2) campus was built on land donated by the Kashi Naresh. Regarded as the one among the largest residential universities in Asia,[2] it has more than 128 independent teaching departments; several of its colleges — including science, linguistics, law, engineering (IT-BHU) and medicine (IMS-BHU) — are ranked amongst the best in India.[3] The university's total enrollment stands at just over 15,000, including international students. It will be the only university in India that will host one of the IITs on its premises, the IT-BHU, from academic session 2010.[4]
A Government Degree College was set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for providing higher education to scholars who are interested in course work and programs of higher studies. At present, 137[5] Government Degree Colleges have been established by the state government to fulfill above criteria. The UP government[6] administers, manages and controls these colleges through Department of Higher Education, Uttar Pradesh[7] and follows the norms and regulations of University Grants Commission, New Delhi.[8]
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All districts of Purvanchal are well connected by railways.
| Awadh (Uttar Pradesh) | Nepal | Bihar | ||
| Lower Doab (Uttar Pradesh ) | Bihar | |||
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| Bagelkhand (Uttar Pradesh ) and (Madhya Pradesh ) | Madhya Pradesh | Jharkhand |
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