Sitapur is a town and district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is in the Lucknow Division of Uttar Pradesh. The town is on the river Sarayan, half-way between Lucknow and Shahjahanpur, on the Lucknow-Delhi National Highway No-24 and on the Lucknow-Bareilly railway, 89 km. N.W. from the state capital Lucknow. In British India it was a cantonment, garrisoned by a portion of a British regiment. The tradational origin for the name is said to be from Lord Ram's wife Sita. It is the location of the Sitapur Eye Hospital. Uttar Pradesh state is made up of 70 districts, which are grouped into 17 divisions. ... India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a national capital territory. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: اتر پردیش, IPA: ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Lucknow divsion is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. ... Lucknow (Hindi: लखनऊ; Urdu: لکھنو Lakhnau) is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Lord Rama (center) with wife Sita, brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman. ... This article is about Sita Devi, the wife of Rama. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

Sitapur was established by the king Vikarmaditya after the name of Lord Ram's wife Sita. This place is concerned with ancient, medieval and modern history. This is a land of seer and sufis. Purans were written by Rishi Ved Vyas on this holi land. According to Hindu mythology the 'Panch Dham Yatra' journey of five main religious Hindu places will not be completed without visiting the Neemsar or Namisharanya, a religious ancient place in Sitapur. Dargah of Hazrat Makhdoom sb. at Khairabad and Hazrat Gulzar Shah are the symbols of communal harmony.

The District of Sitapur has an area of 5743 sq. km. It presents the appearance of a vast plain, sloping imperceptibly from an elevation of 150 m. above sea-level in the north-west to 100 m. in the south-east. It is intersected by numerous streams and ravines, and contains many shallow ponds and natural reservoirs, which overflow during the rains, but become dry in the hot season. Except in the eastern portion, which lies in the doabs between the Kewani and Chauka and the Gogra and Chauka rivers, the soil is as a rule dry, but even this moist tract is interspersed with patches of land covered with saline efflorescence called reh. The principal rivers are the Gogra, which is navigable by boats of large tonnage throughout the year, and the Chauka. As of 1911, the annual rainfall averaged about 38 in. Agriculture is still the primary activity, with wheat, rice, and urad being the main crops with sugarcane, mustard & groundnuts as the cash crops. Species T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southern & southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. (The term wild rice can refer to wild... Binomial name Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper White lentils Urad, also referred to as the urd bean, urd, urid, black gram, black lentil or white lentil (Vigna mungo) is a bean grown in southern Asia. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions... Species See text The mustards are several plant species in the genus Brassica whose proverbially tiny mustard seeds are used as a spice and, by grinding and mixing them with water, vinegar or other liquids, are turned into a condiment also known as mustard. ... This article is about peanut, the food. ... In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for money. ...

The district is traversed by meter gauge railway from Lucknow to Bareilly and on broad gauge train network connecting Gorakhpur and Delhi via Gonda, Burhwal. The history of Sitapur is closely associated with that of the rest of Awadh. The district figured prominently in the Indian rebellion of 1857, when the native troops quartered in the cantonments fired on their officers, many of whom were killed, as were also several military and civil officers, with their families, in attempting to escape. Gorakhpur is a city in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. ... This article is about the metropolis of Delhi. ... Awadh (also known in various British historical texts as Oudh, Oundh or Oude) is a region in the center of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... An engraving titled Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule gives a contemporary view of events from a strictly British perspective. ...

About rivers

There are five rivers Gomti, Kathana, Pirai, Sarayan and Sharda. The Gomti River is one of the tributaries of the river Ganga. ...

Hospitals

Eye Hospital: Its present location at Sitapur, in an area of 12 acres. The foundation of the present structure was laid in 1943.

The Sitapur Eye Hospital is managed by Sitapur Eye Hospital Trust, which was created through an initial donation of Rs.10,000/- by the widow of a school teacher, Smt. Naraino Devi.It was started by Dr. Mehra By the year 1945 the vast main building, as it stands today, was completed. The hospital since then has grown from strength to strength to reach the status of a premier Eye Institution of India, a centre of excellence and internationally recognised. It continues to render dedicated service to the rural poor irrespective of their inability to meet the high cost of treatment.

The increasing rush of patients through the year saw the hospital grow from strength to strength to reach its current bed strength of 1000 out of which 800 caters as general wards and 200 provide service as private wards. With a view to carrying relief to the doorsteps of the uneducated and poor patients, it was planned to set up branch hospitals at many district headquraters of Uttar Pradesh. The first branch hospital was set up in 1949 at Faizabad. At present, the organisation renders service to 32 districts of U.P. through its well-equipped branch hospitals, covering nearly half of the population of the state. The entire organisation has strength of 1000 beds at the base hospital sitapur and another 1400 beds in branch hospitals.

Education

There are four degree colleges:

• Government Degree college:
• R.M.P:
• Secred Heart Degree college:
• Hindu Kanya Pathshala(girls)

Some Inter colleges are given below

• Anandi Devi Sarraswati Vidya Mandir
• Government Inter College
• Secred Heart college:
• R.R.D. Inter college:
• Ujaagar Lal Inter College
• Government Girls Inter College
• Arya Kanya Inter College

Parks and Picknic Spots

• Ilasiya Bal Vanodyan (Ilasia Park)
• Mahaveer Udyan (Tikunia park)
• Sarojini Vatika
• Vaidehi Vatika
• Neelgaon Picnic spot

Historical places

• Namisharayan Chakra Tirth: It is a best visiting place , there is a chakra tirth which was created when Lord Brahma dropped his CHAKRA (fight tool) at it place.
• Namisharanya: This Place was centre of religious and knowledge. there are 30 thousand Religious places here.88000 Mendicants meditaled here. People from all over India visit this holy places. Some important holy places at Namisharanya are as follows:-
• Chakratirth: This places is holiest in the Naimisharanya. It is said that Lord Brahma's Device chakra fell this pious land and created a round "Kund" which is named as Chakra Tirth
• Lalita Devi Temple: This is very famous temple among reliegious devants.
• Panch Prayag: This pond is situated near the Lalita Devi temple
• Vyas Gaddi: It is cituated near Chakratirth where Rishi vyas divided vedas in four parts and also creataed Purans.
• Soot Gaddi': Soot and Shaunak had discourse at this place Sri Hanuman Garhi and Panch Pandav Large statue of Lord Hanuman is situated. According to popular after killing Ahi Rawan Hanuman appeared will lord Rama and Lakshman at this place from beneets "Pataal".
• Mishrit: This is the another religious palce situated 10 km away from Namisharanya. Maharishi Dadhichi Asharam and Sitakund are holy pilgrimage of this place.
• Sitapur Shyamnathan Temple: This Shiv Temple was built 300-400 years before and is situated in old Sitapur City(Munshiganj).

References

• NIC Website

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