Bareilly
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- This article is about Bareilly a prominent city of Uttar Pradesh. For information about Raebareli city, see Raebareli.Don't also cofused with Bareli,which is a small town in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh
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Bareilly
Uttar Pradesh • India |
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| District(s) | Bareilly |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
??? km² (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?" mi²) • ??? m (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?" ft) |
| Population • Density |
617,350 (2001) • ???/km² |
| Mayor | Mrs. Supriya Airan |
| Codes • Postal • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 243001 • +0581 • UP-25 |
Bareilly pronunciation (Hindi: बरेली, Urdu: باریلی) is a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of Rohilkhand Division and is a center for the manufacture of furniture and for trade in cotton, grain, and sugar. The city's population in 2001 was 617,350. Geographically it forms the outer gateway to enter Uttarakhand state of India. Bareilly is the fiftieth largest metropolitan city of India.
This fast-growing city is also known as Bans-Bareilly, due to its big bamboo market. Bareilly is also known as the counter-magnet city because it is equidistant from New Delhi and Lucknow and has a lot of potential for setting up industries to attract people to settle. Historically it was the part of the ancient kingdom of Panchal. In the Medieval period it was under the Rohillas. The modern city's foundation was laid by Mukrand Rai in 1657.
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[edit] Important Institutions
- India's premier veterinary research institute, the IVRI, is located here
- The Regional Passport Office is also located in Bareilly.
- Saraswati Camphor Factory, one of asia's biggest camphor manufacturing factory, is also located here.
[edit] Educational Institutions
- Gulab Rai Montessori Public School (CBSE)
- Rohilkhand University, Bareilly.
- Institute of Dental Sciences (IDS), Bareilly.
- Shri Ram Murti Smarak College of Engineering & Technology (SRMSCET)
- Rakshpal bahadur management institute [1]
- Rakshpal bahadur college of pharmacy
- Rakshpal bahadur teacher training institute
- Invertis Institute Of Management Studies[2]
- Invertis Institute Of Engg. & Technology
- Suraj Bhan College, Rajendra Nagar, Bareilly
- WoodRow College, Bareilly
- Hartmann College, Bareilly
- Bishop Conrad School, Bareilly
- Khandelwal college of mgmt, science & Technology
- st francis convent school bareilly
[edit] Famous Personalities & Items
- Bareilly is famous for being the home-town of former Miss World Priyanka Chopra.
- Another notable personality of Bareilly is Prof. Waseem Barelvi, a famous urdu poet[citation needed].
- Ahmed Raza Khan, founder of the Barelwi Islamic movement, which gets its name from the city.
- A famous Ayurveda practitioner of the region was the Late Vaidya Narrottam Tripathi.
- The place is also related to the late Kalpana Chawla, an astronaut at NASA[citation needed].
- Late Pandit Radhey Shyam katha vachak was an important personality born in Bareilly. He contributed a lot to Hindi literature and drama[citation needed]. The book Radheshyam Ramayan is his seminal work. Even today most of the Ramlila performers use the quotations from his book.
- Bareilly was the location of the famous Verma Seed Company founded in early 1900s[citation needed]. It exported seeds world over. Govind Verma, one of the descendents of the owner of the company, Amba Prasad Verma, was a famous lawyer of the city, whose legal briefs are included in citations of the Supreme Court of India and Allahabad High Court. Another descendent, Narayan Verma, is a famous Neurologist in the United States and the President of AIIMSONIANS of America[citation needed].
- Bareilly is famous for its surma (EyeLiner) & furniture made from bamboo sticks.
[edit] References in Music
A famous song of a Hindi movie containing word Bareilly was Jhumka gira re Bareilly ke bazzar mein (in Hindi).
[edit] Defense Installations
Bareilly has a sizable settlement of the Indian Army's regimental headquarter of Jat Regimet, as well as an air-base (known as Trishul) of the Indian Air Force. The Trishul air-base had foxbats aircraft which were capable of flying up to 1,00,000 feet[citation needed]. Bareilly has regional Headquarters of ITBP and BSF.
[edit] Temples in Bareilly
Bareilly is home to a number of famous hindu temples. It has four Nath (Shiva) temples at its four corners, Alakhnath, Tiberinath, Madhinath, and Dhopeshwarnath. One of the well known temples is the Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir (located in Katra Manrya street near Bara Bazar). This temple was built by the efforts of a Muslim named Chuuna Miya(Fazal-Ur-Rehman). There is also another reputed temple of lord DoopeshwarNath which is assumed to be the place where Draupadi and Drishtadyumn was born by a grace of lord shiva in Mahabharata era. Other famous temples are
- Tiberi Nath Temple
- Hari Mandir
- Bankey Bihari Mandir
[edit] Famous Products
- Bareilly is renowned for Kites and Manjha (kite string laced with glass).
- Bareilly is famous for Surma (eye liner).
- The Zari-Zardozi handicraft work is also notable.
- Bareilly is also famous for BAMBOO & CANE Furniture
[edit] Political Stalwarts
Bareilly is considered to be a stronghold of BJP. But over the years BJP is losing its power in Bareilly city. The SP and Congress parties started performing well in elections.
[edit] Geography
The geographical location of Bareilly is between latitude 28°22'N and longitude 79°27'E.
[edit] Population
2001 census: 617,350
