The Magai is a small river of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This river originated from village Dubawan in Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh This rivers enters Mau and Ghazipur district in the north of Shadiabad and joins the Tamsa river in ballia district and Tamsa river eventually meets the Ganges near ballia district. The Magai river touch Villages like Muhammad Pur, Hata, Silaich, Karimuddinpur, Nasrat Pur etc It is
The Jaunpur Sultanate (Persian: سلطنت جونپور) was a Persianate Muslim kingdom in northern India between 1394 and 1479, ruled by the Sharqi dynasty. It was founded in 1394 by Khwajah-i-Jahan Malik Sarwar, an eunuch slave and former wazir of Sultan Nasiruddin Muhammad Shah IV Tughluq, amidst the disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate’s Tughlaq dynasty. Centred in Jaunpur, the Sultanate extended authority over Awadh and a large part of the Ganges-Yamuna Doab. It
Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 228 km southeast of state capital Lucknow. Demographically, Jaunpur resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it is located. History Further information: Sultanate of Jaunpur Part of a series on the Jaunpur Sultanate سلطنت جونپور show Rulers show Architecture show Warfare show Historiography v t e
Jonathan Duncan (1799–1865), often referred to as “Jonathan Duncan, the younger”, was a British advocate of reforming the monetary system. He was born in Bombay while his father (also called Jonathan Duncan) was governor there. Following the death of Duncan, senior, in 1811, Sir Charles Forbes acted as his guardian. He graduated with a B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1821. In the years up to
Jamadagni (Sanskrit: जमदग्नि, lit. ‘great fire’) is a Rishi in Hindu literature. He is regarded in Hindu tradition to be one of the Saptarishi (Seven Vedic sages) in the 7th, and the current age of Manvantara. He is a descendant of the sage Bhrigu, one of the Prajapatis created by Brahma, the creator deity. Jamadagni has five children with his wife, Renuka, the youngest of whom is Parashurama, an avatar of Vishnu. Legend Birth According
The Jagdishpur estate was a zamindari estate situated in modern-day Bihar, India, in erstwhile Shahabad district (now in Arrah). The centre of the estate was the town of Jagdishpur, however the estate also included neighbouring towns and villages. The estate was also protected by a fort. The court of Jagdishpur in the mid-19th century History The Jagdishpur estate was ruled by a branch of the Ujjainiya Rajputs. These Ujjainiyas claimed descent
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter of KK Birla. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal, in Delhi and played integral roles in the Indian independence movement as a nationalist daily. Hindustan
Ghazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur city is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ghazipur also constitutes one of the seven distinct tehsils, or subdivisions, of the Ghazipur district. Ghazipur is well known for its opium factory, established by the British
Gangeyadeva (IAST:Gaṅgeyadev, r. c. 1015-1041 CE) was a ruler of the Kalachuri dynasty of Tripuri in central India. His kingdom was centered around the Chedi or Dahala region in present-day Madhya Pradesh. During the early part of his reign, Gangeyadeva seems to have ruled as a vassal, possibly that of the Paramara king Bhoja. He fought against the Chalukyas of Kalyani in an alliance
Gahmar is a village in India, located near the Ganges river in the Ghazipur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The village is 38 km from Ghazipur. The village has two post offices, and one Panchayat Bhawan. Gahmar is also known as the “Village if Soldiers”. History Gahmar was settled by Sakarwar Rajputs, the descendants of Dham Deo Misir who came from the vicinity of