Budaun

Budaun
Budaun; बदायूं; Badayun
	— Budaun —
	Budaun Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
	Coordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°ECoordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Region	Rohilkhand
Division	Bareilly
District	Badaun
Settled	905 AD (Modern City)
	Government
• Body	Budaun Municipal Corporation
• Chairman	Om Prakash Mathuria
• MP	Dharmendra Yadav
• MLA	Abid Raza
Elevation	164 m (538 ft)
	Population (2011)
• Density	5,489/km2 (14,220/sq mi)
• Metro	189,221
	Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu,
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	24360X
Telephone code	05832
ISO 3166 code	IN-UP-BD
Vehicle registration	UP 24
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Sex ratio	894 ?/?
Literacy	83.0%
Civic agency	Budaun Municiple corporation
Governing body	Government of UP; Government of India
Climate	HS-TH (Köppen)
Precipitation	843 millimetres (33.2 in)
Avg. annual temperature	27.5 °C (81.5 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	39.8 °C (103.6 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	11.5 °C (52.7 °F)
	Also known as 'City of Saints' or 'Madinat ul Awliya', famous for its Pedas, 'Mentha City' of India.

Badaun is a historical city in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near the Ganges river.¹ It is only 3 hours 50 mins and 226 km from New Delhi.²

Etymology

Its been described by Prof. Goti John that this city was named Bedamooth in an ancient inscription (stone scripts, at Lucknow Museum). Then this region was called Panchal. According to the lines on stone scripts there was a village Bhadaunlak near the city. A Muslim historian Roz Khan Lodhi said that here Ashoka The Great built a Buddh Vihar and Quila and he named it BuddhMau. According to George Smith, Budaun was named after Ahir prince Budh.³

Geography

Badaun has an average elevation of 169 metres (554 feet). It has normal rainfall levels. Since Budaun was settled after demolishing a large fort, the city is irregularly elevated, with Sotha and Punjabi Mohalla at the top. The Civil Lines are is much plainer.

Badaun is the tropical region. Its average temperature is approximately 30 °C. There is widespread greenery. The climatic conditions are suitable for agriculture; the crops production from this area is larger.

Politics

Dharmendra Yadav is the MP of the Budaun Constituency and is the nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav. The constituency has over 3.5 lakh Yadavs and 2.80 lakh Muslims. The SC voters also number over 1.5 lakh. Next are Shakyas, who are also over 1.5 lakh.⁴

Growth

Budaun has grown rapidly in last decade. In 2001 Budaun wasn't an urban area. It was the 27th ranked city of U.P. with a population of 211,258, and this has reached around 370,000, 17th ranked with a record increase of 80%. This is due to inclusion of nearby census town in city with a population of 45,000 which enhanced Budaun from just a city to a big urban area.

Demographics

As per provisional data of the 2011 census, Budaun had a population of 369,221, out of which males were 183,475 and females were 175,746. The literacy rate was 83.0%.⁵

Budaun City has 51% Hindus concentrated mainly in the Civil Lines area, New City and outer areas, whereas 46% of the total population are Muslims found mainly in Old City and Nai Basti areas. Remaining are Sikhs and Christians.

Religions in Badaun
Religion			Percent
Hindus			51%
Muslims			46%
Jains			1.7%
Others†			1.3%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

History

The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica wrote of Buduan:

"A town and district of British India, in the Rohilkhand division of the United Provinces. The town is near the left bank of the river Sot. Pop. (1901) 39,031. There are ruins of an immense fort and a very handsome mosque of imposing size, crowned with a dome, and built in 1223. The American Methodist mission maintains several girls schools, and there is a high school for boys. According to tradition, Badaun was founded about 905 AD, and an inscription, probably of the 12th century, gives a list of twelve Rathor kings reigning at Badaun (called Vodamayuta). The first authentic historical event connected with it, however, was its capture by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1196, after which it became a very important post on the northern frontier of the Delhi empire. In the 13th century two of its governors, Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, the builder of the great mosque referred above, and his son Rukn ud din Firuz, attained the imperial throne. In 1571 the town was burnt, and about a hundred years later, under Shah Jahan, the seat of the governorship was transferred to Sahaspur- Bilari; According to Government of India, the district Badaun is one of the Minority Concentrated Districts in India, having 34% of Muslim population, on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators."⁶

Badaun is the birthplace of legendary figures such as Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Abul fazl Ibn Mubarak, Fani Badayuni, Shakeel Badayuni, Dilawar Figar, Ismat Chugtai, Bekhud Badayuni.

Kunwar Rukum singh Rathore, Chaudhary Badan Singh Yadav and Kunwar Gowardhan Singh Rathore were freedom fighters during the war of Independence 1947. They were the great supporters of Mahatma Gandhi and contribute much in the educational development of the city. Kunwar Rukum Singh Rathore was the first M.L.A of the city. Kunwar Rukum Singh Vedic Inter College was the first Higher Secondary College of the city. He was the landlord of many small states of the region. Their families are one of the most prominent and respectable families of Badaun.

Transportation

Roadways

Budaun city acts as a junction for many national roads, which make the city one of the most important of the western UP. SH33 (Bharatpur-Mathura-Bareilly) and SH43 (Moradabad-Farrukhabad) pass through Budaun, It is also the terminal point of SH18 (to Meerut) and SH51 (to Delhi). Budaun Depot, with 110 buses is one of the most profitable depots of UPSRTC. Two new highways would be soon connected to Budaun city, first will connect Budaun to Etawah through Qadar Chowk, Etah and Mainpuri and the second one would connect Budaun to Shahjahanpur through Dataganj. After construction of these two roads in coming 2 years, Budaun will be an important road junction of the Western UP.

Roadways buses are available 24x7 from BADAUN to DELHI & vice-versa.

Railways

Budaun lies on the Mathura-Lalkuan railway line which is meter gauge yet till Kasganj. The work is under process to make it Broad gauge since 1996, but it is now going to complete till Dec 2013, another rail line is proposed connecting Gajraula to Mainpuri through Budaun City, which would make Budaun a junction.

InterCity

Classical rickshaws serve the city for all the day. However, you may find autos on specified points run to a limited distance (10–20 km generally). Main routes for auto rikshas and light vehicle are towards Dataganz, Aonla and Ujhani. Budaun is one of the less polluted cities of UP because of a lot use of AutoGas (LPG). In fact Budaun is one of the rare cities having AutoGas on petrol pumps. Many the vehicles of the city are LPG workable.

Infrastructure

Budaun is one of the 20 fastest developing cities of UP according to the latest five-year development plan. The nearest big city is Bareilly where there is provision for good education and better infrastructure.

There are educational institutes including primary and secondary schools and colleges for graduation.

There are a number of banks with ATMs in the city: State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Gramin Bank and Vijaya Bank, , Bank of India, Union Bank, Central Bank, Axis and HDFC.

There are a few nursing homes in the city with well-experienced and qualified doctors. There is a stadium in the outskirts, in Baheri, which is well maintained. Budaun has a historical Ghantaghar [1], and a few parks like Gandhi park, ambedkar park, City park etc.

Notable people

Historical and religious places

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Jama Masjid - Built in 1223 A.D. by Illtumish.
Birua Bari Mandir, Shayam nagar.
Nagla Mandir, Nagla Budaun .
An immense Badaun fort (Nawab Ikhlas khan ka Makbaraa) in Jawaharpuri. It is known as Roza
Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya's house in Syedwada where he was born.
Choti Ziyarat. It is the monument of Hazrat Badrauddin Rahmatullah Alhay.
Badi Ziyarat (It is a Dargah 'mazar sariff' of Wali of Allah, Hazrat Sultan Arfiin Rahamtullah)
Banno Buwa Ziyarat (It is a Dargah 'mazar sariff' of Maa Banno Bua)
The palace of ohia, built by the royal family of sahaspur bilari in 1812.
Remains of Sheikhupur Fort, Sheikhupur, Badaun
Mumtaz Mahal's sister's mausoleum, Sheikhupur, Badaun
Emperor Jahangir's foster son's mausoleum Sheikhupur, Badaun
Khukari village near dataganj 100 km from bareilly
Farshori tola
Ruins of many mughal monuments
Sarsota in Sahaswan
Kothiwal temple

Jama Masjid

Budaun has a Jama Masjid of imposing size built by Iltutmish in 1223. This mosque is the third oldest mosque of the country and second largest. It is included in the biggest mosques of the world.

Main roads

Subhash Chowk
Shakeel Budayuni Road
Bade Sarkar Road
Chote sarkar road
Station Road
Kotwali Road
Kali Sadak
Ring Road (chakkar ki sadak)
Six Road
Gandhi Ground Road
Nawada Road
Bareilly Road
Choudhary Badan Singh Marg
BY-Pass Road
Nai Sarak
DM Road
Kakrala Road
Aonla Road
Dataganj Road
Asrar Khan Road
Ticketganj Road
Water Works Road
Punjabi Mandir

Main localities

Sayad Bada
Avas Vikas
Shiv Puram
Punjabi Colony
Vivek Vihar Colony
Mohalla chawdhary saray
Mohalla Sotha
Jalandhari Saray
Kabulpura
Mira Saray
Nai Saray
Shyam Nagar
Mohalla Khandsari
Upar Para
Shahwazpur
Sheikhpur
Nekpur
Jogipura
Jawaharpuri
New Adarsh Nagar
Kheda Nawada
Punjabi Mohalla
Sheikh Patti
Nahar khan sarai
Patiyali Sarai
Farshori Tola
Molvi Tola
Bara Bazar
Chuna Mandi
Halwai Chowk
Ticket Ganj
Civil Lines
Chitransh Nagar
Lochi Nagla
kalyan Nagar
Madhuban Colony
Hakim ganj
Maulvi ganj
Brahmpur
Gaddi chowk fani road
Sahukara
Indra Chauk
Nagla
Shahvilayat Nagar
Kazi Hauz colony
Vaido Tola
khajuri
Gautia (Sotha)
Kamangran
Nagran
Mirdha Tola

Educational institutes

Abhishek Rathore and sudeep singhs group assistant professors, he developed the budaun in educational area. There are many educational institute, some of them are as below.

Shri Ram Saraswati Shishu Mandir Meera Ji Ki Chowki.
S.S.S.M.Public School Near Nagla Mandir
N.M.S.N.Das P.G.College
Gindo Devi Mahila MahaVidyalaya
Government Inter College(GIC)
S.K. Inter College
H.S. Islamia Inter College,
Baduan institute of management & technology
Dropadi Devi saraswati vidya mandir
Vivekanand College
Rajaram Mahila Inter College
Kedarnath mahila College for girls
Kendriya Vidyalaya Budaun
Mahatma Gandhi Inter College
Holy Mission convent School
Al-Azhar Institute of Management & Technology,
Christian Higher Secondary School
Mother Athena School
Bloomingdale School of Secondary Education,
DROPDI DEVI SWARASWATI VIDYA MANDIR INTER COLLEGE

Naqvia Islamia Girls Inter College
Maharishi Vidya Mandir
T.T. Convent School
Holy Convent mission School
B.R.B. model School.
Vidhyavati vedic kanya higher secondary school
Kunwar Rukum Singh Vedic Inter College
Saint De Paul Senior Secondary School
Sacred Heart public School
Kasturba Balika vidyalaya
Govt.Girls Inter College
Govt. polytechnic,Budaun
Govt.Degree College,Budaun
Nehru Children Academy School.
Hamara Bachpan "Play School"
Ace Institute of Management and Technology.
Asim Siddique Memorial Degree College (ASMDC)
M.D. CONVENT SCHOOL, BALAJI NAGAR NEAR MANDI SAMITI, BUDAUN

Agriculture

Major agricultural products are wheat, paddy, sugarcane, guava and menthol. Budaun is the largest producer of wheat in UP, II largest of sugarcane and potatoes. It is the leading producer of menthol in the country. The soil is very fertile due to tarai, because Badaun is on the bank of the Ganges; the Ganges flows 110 km in the district. In the account of agriculture, guava and menthol are the major exporting products. Budaun gives 40% of total mentol export of India.

Industries

Budaun City has many small scale industries and a few big ones:

Detergent Industries at Naushera
Sugar mill at shekupur
Rice Mills
Tata Chemical's Fertilizer plant is situated in Babrala, Budaun
Many Brick Kilns
Beedi factories at Naushera
Menthol Producing Plants On outer SH43
Match factories,
Welga Chips Limited and a few others.
Many automobiles parts are manufactured in Budaun.
Madhav group of industry is situated in Dehgawan, Budaun

Distances on direct roads

Bareilly 42 km (SH33) Moradabad 102 km (SH43) Farrukhabad 107 km (SH43) Mathura 165 km (SH33) Agra 175 km (SH33A) Bharatpur 195 km (SH33) Jaipur 398 km (SH33) Ajmer 532 km (SH33) New Delhi 220 km (SH18, Badaun-Delhi Highway) Lucknow 298 km (Badaun-Shahjahanpur Road) Meerut 200 km (SH51, Badaun-Meerut Highway

References

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^ http://www.mustseeindia.com/driving-directions-from-Delhi-to-Budaun/travel-direction
^ George Smith (1882). The student's geography of India: the geography of British India : political and physical. John Murray. pp. 223–. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/in-badaun-mulayam-has-an-uphill-task-ahead/457313/
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