Basti, Uttar Pradesh
Basti
Vaishishthi | |
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City | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
Vehicle registration | UP-51 |
Website | www |
Basti is a city,
History
Basti was originally known as Vaishishthi. had been here for some time with Rishi Vashistha.
The tract comprising the present district was remote and much of it was covered with forest. But gradually the area became inhabitable, for want of recorded and reliable history it cannot, with any degree of certainty, be said how the district came to be known by its present name on account of the original habitation (Basti) having been selected by the Kalhans Raja Udai Raj Singh as a seat of his Raj, an event which probably occurred in the 16th century. In 1801, Basti became the Tehsil headquarters and in 1865 it was chosen as the headquarters of the newly established district. The region was under the rule of Kalhans dynasty based at modern Chaukhara.[4] Maharaja Kesri Singh was the last ruler of Kalhans dynasty based at Chaukhara.[5]
In the freedom struggle of 1857, about 250 martyrs of
Geography
The district lies between the parallels of 26° 23' and 27° 30' North and Latitude and 82° 17' and 83° 20' East longitude. Its maximum length from north to south is about 75 km. and breadth from east to west about 70 km. The district lies between newly created district Sant Kabir Nagar on the east and Gonda on the west. On the south, the Ghaghra river near
Basti is basically between Ayodhya and Gorakhpur.
Demographics
As of
Education
The district has a medical college,
- St. Basil's School (affiliated to CISCE)
- Sarla International Academy (affiliated to CBSE)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Census of India: Basti". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Where is Basti, Information about Basti, Where is Basti Located in Uttar Pradesh, India". Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ISBN 978-81-7154-154-6.
- ISBN 978-81-7975-053-7.
- ^ "Places of Interest". basti.nic.in. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ISBN 9780850526233. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Benett, W.C. (1878). The final settlement report on the Gonda district. Vol. 23. p. 22. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ISBN 9781783083220. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Yahoo maps location of Basti". Yahoo maps. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.