Baghra

Baghra is a town situated in the Baghara Mandal of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 11.83 kilometres from the district headquarters at Muzaffarnagar, and is 440 kilometres from the state capital distance from the state capital at Lucknow. Baghra is the headquarters of the Baghara Mandal, the lowest administrative unit in Uttar Pradesh. The town was the centre of a Muslim Baloch principality in the 18th Century, and many inhabitants of the town still belong to the Baloch community.A large no. Shia Muslim also live in Baghra.Baghra is popular because Dargah Aliya Babul Hawaiz is situated there,every year 1.2 Million people reach there for worship. Naved S Aarfi a social worker and Politician is also live in Baghra. [1] It has a population of about 20,122 persons living in around 2931 households.[2]

Villages near Baghra include Saidpur Khurd (1.2 km), Alipurkhurd (2.5 km), Mandi (2.8 km), Jagaheri (3.2 km), Budinakhurd (3.5 km), Amirnagar (3.7 km) and Narottampur (4.0 km).

References

  1. ↑ http://www.onefivenine.com/village.dont?method=displayVillage&villageId=206139
  2. ↑ http://www.geolysis.com/place-info.php?p=518002175&k=519934523

Coordinates: 29°28′N 77°35′E / 29.467°N 77.583°E / 29.467; 77.583 Baghra is a famous for the Dargah Hazar Abbas ibn Al-Husain situated here . Muslim comes from near and far for the Majalis in Dargah in the month of May every year ---- Post By Waqif Ali Dargah Photo

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