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Encyclopedia > Gorakhpur District

Gorakhpur District is a District of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Gorakhpur is the administrative headquarters of the district. Uttar Pradesh state is made up of 70 districts, which are grouped into 17 divisions. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Gorakhpur is a city in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. ...


The district covers an area of 3483.8 km². It is bounded by Maharajganj District to the north, Kushinagar and Deoria districts in the east, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, and Mau districts to the south, and Sant Kabir Nagar District to the west. The district is part of Gorakhpur Division. Ambedkar Nagar district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. ... Azamgarh district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ...


The district was ceded by the Nawab of Awadh to the British East India Company in 1801. With this cession, Gorakhpur was raised to the status of a district. The first district collector was Mr. Routledge. In 1829, Gorakhpur was made the headquarters of Gorakhpur Division, comprising the districts of Gorakhpur, Ghazipur and Azamgarh. Mr. R.M. Biad was first appointed Commissioner. A Nawab was originally the provincial governor or viceroy of a province or region of the Mughal empire. ... Awadh (also known to the British as Oudh) is a region in the center of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company of investors, which was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favour trade privileges in India. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Ghazipur District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. ...


In 1865 Basti District was carved out from Gorakhpur. The latter was further split up in 1946 to form Deoria District. The third division of Gorakhpur led to the creation of Maharajganj District in 1989. Basti district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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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
Kanpur Division: | Auraiya | Etawah | Farrukhabad | Kannauj | Kanpur Dehat | Kanpur Nagar
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


 

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