Colonelganj is a town and a municipal board in Gonda district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography and agriculture Colonelganj is located at 27.07°N 81.402°E. It has an average elevation of 119 metres (390 feet). It has an ideal climate for producing popcorn, of which Colonelganj has the most famous in the region. In winter seasons, the area has a high rate of cabbage production. The
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician who is serving as Member of Parliament from Kaiserganj as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the president of the Wrestling Federation of India. His political career is marked by many controversies, as he was one of the prominent names who was arrested in the demolition of the Babri Masjid case and
ITI Limited, earlier known as Indian Telephone Industries Limited, is a central public sector undertaking in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India. It was founded in 1948 as a departmental factory, incorporated as a public company in 1950 and today has six manufacturing facilities at Bangalore, Naini, Mankapur, Raebareli, Palakkad and Srinagar which
Mankapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gonda district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a constituency of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly currently headed by BJP. It borders Gonda to the West, Rehra to the North, Maskanawa to the East and Nawabganj to the South. Mankapur Town Flag Mankapur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Coordinates: 27.03°N 82.23°E Country India State Uttar Pradesh District Gonda Government
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Degree College (abbr. L.B.S. Degree College) is a government aided Postgraduate degree college which is accredited by University Grants Commission (India), ‘B’ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council and affiliated to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University. It’s situated in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Degree College Type Public, co-education, Government-aided Established 2 October 1966; 57 years ago Founder Shri Rajendra
Kirti Vardhan Singh Bisen (born 1 March 1966) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for the Gonda constituency. He is locally known by the alias Raja Bhaiya, being connected with erstwhile Taluqdari of Mankapur. He was member of 12th and 14th Lok Sabha from Gonda, Uttar Pradesh as a Samajwadi Party candidate. In March 2014, he resigned from
Ketki Devi Singh (born 3 July 1958) is a Zila panchayat adhyaksh elected from the Gonda district constituency in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh being a Bhartiya Janta Party candidate. Early life Ketki was born on 3 July 1958 in Brijmanganj in Maharajganj district in (Uttar Pradesh). She married Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on 11 May 1980. She has three sons(1deceased) and a daughter. Member of
Raja Devi Bakhsh Singh (Hindi: राजा देवी बख्श सिंह, Urdu: راجا دیوی بخش سنگھ) was a British-era King from Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. He was born in 19th century AD. He became popular because of 1857 revolt. He is represented as symbol of communal harmony, his name and the works done by him is still highly respected in neighbouring districts. Today there are
Jhaverchand or Zaverchand Kalidas Meghani (28 August 1896 – 9 March 1947) was an Indian poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter. He is a well-known name in the field of Gujarati literature. He was born in Chotila where the Government College has been renamed for this literary figure as Raashtreeya Shaayar Zaverchand Meghani College, Chotila. Mahatma Gandhi spontaneously gave him the title of Raashtreeya
The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence, was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The burning of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims and karsevaks returning from Ayodhya, is cited as having instigated the violence. Following the initial riot incidents, there were further outbreaks of violence in Ahmedabad for three