Budaun

Budaun بدایو Badayun
Urban Area
Budaun Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°E / 28.05; 79.12Coordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°E / 28.05; 79.12
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Region	Rohilkhand
Division	Bareilly
District	Badaun
Settled	905 AD (Modern City)
Government
• Body	Budaun Municipal Corporation
• Chairman	Om Prakash Mathuria
• MP	Dharmendra Yadav
• MLA	Abid Raza(Budaun city)
Area
• Total	84 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation	164 m (538 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	159,221
• Rank	42
• Density	5,489/km2 (14,220/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu,
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	24360X
Telephone code	0583
ISO 3166 code	IN-UP-BD
Vehicle registration	UP 24
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Sex ratio	907 female/1000 male
Literacy	73.0%
Civic agency	Budaun Developement Authority
Governing body	Government of UP Government of India
Climate	HS-TH (Köppen)
Precipitation	843 millimetres (33.2 in)
Avg. annual temperature	27.5 °C (81.5 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	39.8 °C (103.6 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	11.5 °C (52.7 °F)
Also known as 'City of Saints' or 'Madinat ul Awliya', famous for its Pedas, 'Mentha City' of India.

Badaun is the only city in Badaun district,^[1] Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near the Ganges river.^[2] in the center of Western Uttar Pradesh. It is only 3 hours 50 mins and 226 km from New Delhi.^[3] Budaun is a Yadav and Muslim dominated region. It was the most important post of Northern Frontier during Mughal reign. Budaun is a big market, historically famous and religiously important city. It is the heart of Rohilkhand. ^[4][5]Badaun is 229 km from New Delhi and it takes 3 hours 55 mins to reach there. ^[6] Yet not exactly a tourist destination still attracts thousands of people annually. Every year it is estimated that 1.5 lac to 2 lac people visit the city in which most people come to visit Ziyarats. Budaun is one of the fewest cities included in 3 of 4 tourist circuits of Uttar pradesh. Budaun is much famous among the Barelwi sectors of muslims and this is due to the presence of hundreds of martyrs(Shaheed) and Saints who are there in its soil, resting in peace. Budaun is infact one of the oldest existing settlement of India, and always have been place of Interest for Indian rulers, as Iltutmish's period made Budaun the capital of its empire or Mediviel India.

Etymology

Its been described by Prof. Goti John that this city was named Bedamooth in an ancient inscription (stone scripts, at Lucknow Museum). Then this region was called Panchal. According to the lines on stone scripts there was a village Bhadaunlak near the city. A Muslim historian Roz Khan Lodhi said that here Ashoka The Great built a Buddh Vihar and Quila and he named it BuddhMau. According to George Smith, Budaun was named after Ahir prince Budh.^[7][8]

Geography

Badaun has an average elevation of 169 metres (554 feet). It has normal rainfall levels. Since Budaun was settled after demolishing a large fort, the city is irregularly elevated, with Sotha and Punjabi Mohalla at the top. The Civil Lines are is much plainer.

Badaun is the tropical region. Its average temperature is approximately 30 °C. There is widespread greenery. The climatic conditions are suitable for agriculture; the crops production from this area is larger.

Politics

Dharmendra Yadav is the MP of the Budaun Constituency and is the nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav. The constituency has over 3.5 lakh Yadavs and 3 lakh Muslims. The SC voters also number over 1.5 lakh. Next are Shakyas, who are also over 1.5 lakh. Budaun city comes under mainly Budaun lok sabha seat and partly in Aonla lok sabha seat. MLA of Budaun City is Mr. Abid Raza Khan and of Shekhupur is Ashish Yadav.^[9]

Demographics

As per provisional data of the 2011 census, Budaun City had a population of 159,221 (83,475 male 75,746 female = 1000/907), 19,613 (12.3%) of whom were aged 0-6. The adult literacy rate was 73.0%.^[10]

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History

The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica wrote of Buduan:

"A town and district of British India, in the Rohilkhand division of the United Provinces. The town is near the left bank of the river Sot. Pop. (1901) 39,031. There are ruins of an immense fort and a very handsome mosque of imposing size, crowned with a dome, and built in 1223. The American Methodist mission maintains several girls schools, and there is a high school for boys. According to tradition, Badaun was founded about 905 AD, and an inscription, probably of the 12th century, gives a list of twelve Rathor kings reigning at Badaun (called Vodamayuta). The first authentic historical event connected with it, however, was its capture by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1196, after which it became a very important post on the northern frontier of the Delhi empire. In the 13th century two of its governors, Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, the builder of the great mosque referred above, and his son Rukn ud din Firuz, attained the imperial throne. In 1571 the town was burnt, and about a hundred years later, under Shah Jahan, the seat of the governorship was transferred to Sahaspur- Bilari."

Transportation

Roadways

Budaun city acts as a junction for many national roads, which make the city one of the most important of the western UP. SH33 (Bharatpur-Mathura-Bareilly) and SH43 (Moradabad-Farrukhabad) pass through Budaun, It is also the terminal point of SH18 (to Meerut) and SH51 (to Delhi). Budaun Depot, with 110 buses is one of the most profitable depots of UPSRTC. Two new highways would be soon connected to Budaun city, first will connect Budaun to Etawah through Qadar Chowk, Etah and Mainpuri and the second one would connect Budaun to Shahjahanpur through Dataganj. After construction of these two roads in coming 2 years, Budaun will be an important road junction of the Western UP.

Buses are available 24x7 from Baduan to Delhi & vice-versa.

Railways

Budaun lies on the Mathura-Lalkuan railway line which is meter gauge yet till Kasganj. The work is under process to make it Broad gauge since 1996, but it is now going to complete till Dec 2014, another rail line is proposed connecting Gajraula to Mainpuri through Budaun City, which would make Budaun a junction.

InterCity

Classical rickshaws serve the city for all the day. However, you may find autos on specified points run to a limited distance (10–20 km generally). Main routes for auto rikshas and light vehicle are towards Dataganz, Aonla and Ujhani. Budaun is one of the less polluted cities of UP because of a lot use of AutoGas (LPG). In fact Budaun is one of the rare cities having AutoGas on petrol pumps. Many the vehicles of the city are LPG workable.

Infrastructure

Budaun has many restaurants and hotels, including three 3 star hotels -

• Hotel LA with cocktail and Curries
• Hotel Rajmahal with Lajawab restaurant
• Hotel Regency

Budaun have Pizza Factory, Al-Arabian etc for food, and KFC, McDonalds is opening shortly, also Hareesh Aneja group is building a mega mall and multiplex in Shyam Nagar West.

Supermarkets -

• Itc Megamart
• Easyday
• V-mart
• G mart
• Kalputra Shop

Budaun city have showrooms of many outfits and footwear brands like Denizen, Numero Uno, Duke etc.

Budaun city have almost every bank with many branches, they are as follows -

• State Bank of India, 6 branches
• Bank of Baroda, 5 branches
• Punjab National Bank, 5 branches
• Grameen Bank, 5 branches
• Axis Bank
• HDFC Bank
• Indian Bank
• Vijaya Bank
• Orientel Bank of Commerce
• HSBC Bank
• Bank of India
• Urban Coperative Bank
• Allahabad Bank
• Bank of Maharashtra
• Badaun zila Sehkari Bank

Real Estate Sector

Real estate sector is boosting in Budaun city, with many fully developed colonies. Fully developed colonies of city are -

• Shri Ram Nagar Colony Phase I, II, III, IV
• Haribol Colony
• Vijay Nagar Colony
• Professors Colony
• Krishna Nagar Colony
• Shyam Nagar Colony

Multistories are also making their way in the city with Opulent Hieghts being the first.

Notable people

• Iltutmish
• Razia Sultan
• Nizamuddin Auliya - Sufi saint
• Fani Badayuni
• Shakeel Badayuni
• Nissar Hussain Khan
• Rashid Khan
• Raj Senani
• Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
• Ada Jafri
• Inayat Hussain Khan
• Bekhud Badayuni
• Dilawar Figar
• Ismat Chughtai
• Zamir Ali Badayuni
• Alhaj Shamim Uddin
• Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni
• Shabnam Romani
• Begum Abida Ahmad

Historical and religious places

^{[citation needed]}

• Jama Masjid built by Iltutmish in 1223. This mosque is the third oldest mosque of the country and second largest.
• An immense Badaun fort (Nawab Ikhlas khan ka Makbaraa) in Jawaharpuri. It is known as Roza
• Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya's house in Syedwada where he was born.
• Choti Ziyarat. It is the monument of Hazrat Badrauddin Rahmatullah Alhay.
• Badi Ziyarat (It is a Dargah 'mazar sariff' of Wali of Allah, Hazrat Sultan Arfiin Rahamtullah)
• Banno Buwa Ziyarat (It is a Dargah 'mazar sariff' of Maa Banno Bua)
• The palace of ohia, built by the royal family of sahaspur bilari in 1812.
• Remains of Sheikhupur Fort, Sheikhupur, Badaun
• Mumtaz Mahal's sister's mausoleum, Sheikhupur, Badaun
• Emperor Jahangir's foster son's mausoleum Sheikhupur, Badaun
• Farshori tola
• Ruins of many mughal monuments
• Sarsota in Sahaswan
• Kothiwal temple

Main roads

• Fasih Uddin Road.
• Subhash Chowk
• Shakeel Budayuni Road
• Bade Sarkar Road
• Chote sarkar road
• Station Road
• Kotwali Road
• Kali Sadak
• Ring Road (chakkar ki sadak)
• Six Road
• Gandhi Ground Road
• Nawada Road
• Bareilly Road
• Choudhary Badan Singh Marg
• BY-Pass Road
• Nai Sarak
• DM Road
• Kakrala Road
• Aonla Road
• Dataganj Road
• Usawan Road
• Asrar Khan Road
• Ticketganj Road
• Water Works Road
• Punjabi Mandir
• V Mart Retail Ltd.

Main localities

Educational institutes

• Asim Siddique Memorial Degree College^[12]
• Kavyam Teresa English School
• Badaun Institute of Management & Technology, Budaun
• Budaun Public School.
• Christian Higher Secondary School
• Draupadi Devi Swaraswati Vidya Mandir Inter-College
• Florence Nightingale Higher Secondary School
• Gindo Devi Mahila Maha Vidyalaya
• Government Inter College(GIC)
• Islamiah Inter College.
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Budaun
• Kasturba Gandhi vidyalaya
• Kedarnath mahila College for girls
• Kendriya Vidyalaya Budaun
• Maharisi Vidya Mandir
• Mother Athena School
• N.M.S.N.Das P.G.College
• Naqvia Girls School (Self Finance)
• Rajaram Mahila Inter College
• S.K. Inter College
• S.S.S.M.Public School Near Nagla Mandir
• Vivekanand College

Agriculture

Major agricultural products are wheat, paddy, sugarcane, guava and menthol. Budaun is the largest producer of wheat in UP, II largest of sugarcane and potatoes. It is the leading producer of menthol in the country. The soil is very fertile due to tarai, because Badaun is on the bank of the Ganges; the Ganges flows 110 km in the district. In the account of agriculture, guava and menthol are the major exporting products. Budaun gives 40% of total mentol export of India.

Industries

Budaun City has many small scale industries and a few big ones:

• Detergent Industries at Naushera
• Sugar mill at shekupur
• Rice Mills
• Tata Chemical's Fertilizer plant is situated in Babrala, Budaun
• Many Brick Kilns
• Beedi factories at Naushera
• Menthol Producing Plants On outer SH43
• Match factories,
• Many automobiles parts are manufactured in Budaun.

Distances on direct roads

• Bareilly 42 km (SH33)
• Moradabad 102 km (SH43)
• Farrukhabad 107 km (SH43)
• Mathura 165 km (SH33)
• Agra 175 km (SH33A)
• Bharatpur 195 km (SH33)
• Jaipur 398 km (SH33)
• Ajmer 532 km (SH33)
• New Delhi 220 km (SH18, Badaun-Delhi Highway)
• Lucknow 298 km (Badaun-Shahjahanpur Road)
• Meerut 200 km (SH18, Badaun-Meerut Highway)

See also

• Iltutmish
• Nizamuddin Awliya
• Panchal
• Delhi Sultanate
• Razia Sultan

References

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