Bahraich District

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Bahraich District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bahraich town is the district headquarters. Bahraich District is a part of Devipatan Division.

[edit] History

The district of Bahraich was part of the Great Nanpara Estate made up of lands belonging to the Raja of Nanpara. Read the Wikipedia article on Nanpara for a history of the ruling family up to the abolition of Zamindari in 1954. The Rajas of Nanpara owned more than three hundred villages in the District including all the forests. A large part of the education system in the district was the legacy of the late Raja Sadat Ali of Nanpara who built the major roads and hospitals.

[edit] External links

Official district web site

Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra Division: Agra \| Aligarh \| Etah \| Firozabad \| Mainpuri \| Hathras \| Mathura
Allahabad Division: Allahabad \| Fatehpur \| Kaushambi \| Pratapgarh
Azamgarh Division: Azamgarh \| Ballia \| Mau
Bareilly Division: Badaun \| Bareilly \| Pilibhit \| Shahjahanpur
Basti Division: Basti \| Sant Kabir Nagar \| Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot Division: Banda \| Chitrakoot \| Hamirpur \| Mahoba
Devipatan Division: Bahraich \| Balarampur \| Gonda \| Shravasti
Faizabad Division: Ambedkar Nagar \| Barabanki \| Faizabad \| Sultanpur
Gorakhpur Division: Devaria \| Gorakhpur \| Kushinagar \| Maharajganj
Jhansi Division: Jalaun \| Jhansi \| Lalitpur
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Lucknow Division: Hardoi \| Lakhimpur Kheri \| Lucknow \| Raebareli \| Sitapur \| Unnao
Meerut Division: \| Bagpat \| Bulandshahr \| Gautam Buddha Nagar \| Ghaziabad \| Meerut
Mirzapur Division: Mirzapur \| Sant Ravidas Nagar \| Sonbhadra
Moradabad Division: Bijnor \| Jyotiba Phule Nagar \| Moradabad \| Rampur
Saharanpur Division: Muzaffarnagar \| Saharanpur
Varanasi Division: Chandauli \| Ghazipur \| Jaunpur \| Varanasi