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Firozpur

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Firozpur (Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿਰੋਜ਼ਪੁਰ, Hindi: फ़िरोज़पुर) (alternatively Ferozepur) is a city in Firozpur District in Punjab, India. Founded by Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq (1351–88) on the banks of the Sutlej River. Accordimg to some other unconfirmed sources it was founded by Feroze a Rajput chief of the Bhatti clan. Ferozpur today [...]

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Firozabad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Firozabad (Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ाबाद, Urdu: فیروزآباد) is a city in India, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The ancient name of this town was Chandwar nagar,it is said that once in riegn of [Akbar the great], revenue was being brought through the city. it was looted by the people who lived [...]

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Fazilka

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia History The municipality was formed via Punjab Government notification no. 486, dated 10 December 1885. The town was added to the Ferozepur district in 1884. Demographics and geography As of 2001 India census, Fazilka had a population of 67,424. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Fazilka has [...]

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Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia History The known history of Fatehpur is as old as the Vedic era. Cunnigham has written about “Bhitaura” & “Asani” places of this district, while discussing about the residuals of the Vedic era . There are proofs that Chinese traveller Huen Tsang visited the Asani place of this district. In [...]

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Fatehpur, Barabanki

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fatehpur (Hindi: तहसील फ़तेहपुर, Urdu: تحصیل فتح پور) is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a Tehsil, Development Block, Police station(Thana) and Nagar Panchayat It is the biggest town of Barabanki. The State Government has notified Fatehpur tehsil of District Barabanki under [...]

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Fatehpur, Rajasthan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fatehpur (Hindi: फतेहपुर शेखावाटी) is a town of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. It is part of the Shekhawati region. It is midway between Jaipur and Bikaner on National Highway -11. Fatehpur is famous for grand havelis with frescos, which is speciality of the Shekhawati region.A number of Bawdis are [...]

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Fatehpur Sikri

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fathehpur Sikri (Hindi: फ़तेहपुर सीकरी, Urdu: فتحپور سیکری) is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Built near the much older Sikri, the historical city of Fatehabad, as it was first named, was constructed by Mughal emperor Akbar beginning in 1570, [...]

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Fatehgarh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fatehgarh (Hindi: फ़तेहगढ़, Urdu: فتح گڑھ) is a cantonment town in Farrukhabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on the right bank of the Ganges River. It is the administrative headquarters of Farrukhabad District. Fatehgarh derives its name from an old fort. It is a [...]

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Fatehabad, Agra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fatehabad (Hindi: फतेहाबाद) is a city in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is nearly 35 km south-east of Agra in the direction of Bah. History Fatehabad was founded by the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb after his victory over his brother Dara Shikoh. Aurangzeb’s Badshahi Bagh is [...]

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Fatehabad, Haryana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fatehabad (Hindi: फतेहाबाद),(Punjabi: ਅੰਬਾਲਾ) is a city and a municipal committee in Fatehabad district in the state of Haryana, India. History Aryans at first on the banks of the rivers -the Saraswati and the Drishadvati, and in the course of their expansion covered a wider area of Hisar and Fatehabad. [...]

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Farrukhabad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Farrukhābād (Hindi: फ़र्रुख़ाबाद, Urdu: فرّخ آباد), is one of the important cities of Central Doab Region in the State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city was founded in 1717 by Mohammed Bangash who named it after the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar . Farrukhabad is situated on the bank of [...]

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Faridkot, India

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Faridkot (Punjabi: ਫ਼ਰੀਦਕੋਟ; Hindi: फ़रीदकोट) is a small city and a municipal council in Faridkot district in the state of Punjab, India.It’s a division with headquarter at Faridkot consists of three Districts Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa. There are 8 Sub Divisions, 8 Tehsils and 9 Sub-Tehsils within these Districts.Total area [...]

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Faridabad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Faridabad (Hindi: फरीदाबाद) is a district as well as city in the south-east of Haryana state in northern India. It lies at 28º 25′ 16″ N Latitude and 77º 18′ 28″ E Longitude. The district shares its boundaries with the National Capital and Union Territory of Delhi to its north, [...]

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Falna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Falna (फालना) is a town in Pali District in Indian state of Rajasthan. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Jaipur railway line. Falna is 75 km from the district headquarter of Pali. Falna is the nearest railhead to famous Ranakpur temples. The temples are 35 km from Falna. In [...]

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Faizabad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia City of Faizabad (Hindi: फ़ैज़ाबाद, Urdu: فیض آباد) is the headquarters of Faizabad District and a municipal board in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, situated on the banks of river Ghaghra (locally known as Saryu). Faizabad has a twin city of Ayodhya, which is considered to be the birthplace [...]

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Etawah

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Etawah (Hindi: इटावा) is a city on the Yamuna River in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Etawah District. The city was an important center for the Revolt of 1857 (Allan Octavian Hume, the founder of Indian National Congress was district collector then). [...]

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Erode

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Erode (Tamil: ஈரோடு [iːroːɽɯ]) is a city, an urban agglomeration, a municipal corporation and headquarters of the Erode district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated at the center of the South Indian Peninsula, about 400 kilometres (249 mi) southwest from the state capital Chennai and [...]

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Ernakulam

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernakulam (Malayalam: എറണാകുളം, Eṟṇākulaṁ) refers to the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. The name ‘Ernakulam’ is derived from the name of a very famous temple of Lord Shiva called the Ernakulathappan Temple. It is also said that the word Ernakulam was drawn from Malayalam [...]

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Dwarka

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dwarka pronunciation (help·info) (Sanskrit: द्वारका, Gujarati: દ્વારકા) also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India. Dwarka (Dvaraka in Sanskrit – used in this article when referring to the city in a historical context), also known as Dwarawati [...]

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Durgapur, West Bengal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Durgapur (Bengali: দুর্গাপুর) is a city of the state of West Bengal, India, located about 160 km from Kolkata. It was a dream child of the great visionary Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the second chief minister of the state. The well laid out industrial township, designed by Joseph Allen Stein [...]

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