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  Burhanpur - LoveToKnow 1911
BURHANPUR, a town of British India in the Nimar district of the Central Provinces, situated on the north bank of the river Tapti, 310 m.
Burhanpur was plundered in 1685 by the Mahrattas, and repeated battles were fought in its neighbourhood in the struggle between that race and the Mussulmans for the supremacy of India.
Burhanpur is celebrated for its muslins, flowered silks, and brocades, which, according to Tavernier, who visited it in 1668, were exported in great quantities to Persia, Egypt, Turkey, Russia and Poland.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Burhanpur   (385 words)

  
 Burhanpur, India
Burhanpur was plundered in 1685 by the Marathas, and repeated battles were fought in its neighborhood in the struggle between the Marathas and the Mughals for the supremacy of India.
Burhanpur was celebrated for its muslins, flowered silks, and brocades, which, according to Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, who visited it in 1668, were exported in great quantities to Persia, Egypt, Turkey, Russia and Poland.
Burhanpur district was created on August 15, 2003, when the southern portion of Khandwa district was made a separate district.
www.creekin.net /c4049-n85-burhanpur-india.html   (586 words)

  
 Burhanpur Travel Guide,Burhanpur India Travel,Burhanpur Travel Attractions in Madhya Preadesh
Interestingly, in Burhanpur, near the Gupteshwar Mandir is a tunnel, which links to Asirgarh.
About 5km from Burhanpur, at the meeting spot of the river Tapti and Mohana is this cenotaph.
21km from Burhanpur, this palace is on the Amravati road.
www.indiasite.com /madhyapradesh/burhanpur/index.html   (1815 words)

  
 Bird flu scare in Madhya Pradesh - News - Webindia123.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The death of a large number of chickens in poultry farms in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh in the past few days has prompted authorities to conduct tests to ascertain whether they had died due to bird flu.
Burhanpur is close to Gujarat and Maharashtra, the two states where cases of bird flu have been confirmed.
The four districts of Madhya Pradesh that have borders with Gujarat and Maharashtra are Burhanpur, Khandwa, Jhabua and Barwani.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=279571&...&cat=Health   (321 words)

  
 Burhanpur
The City Burhanpur is famous for its Muslim monuments,Gurudwara of Sikhk Religion, Dargah-e-hakimi of Bohra sect.
Burhanpur was internationally famous for its fine cloth manufacturing, Gold-wire drawing and other allied industries and crafts.
Dargah-e-Hakimi is situated at Lodhipura village, 2 Kms away from Burhanpur town in the memory of Quamili Saiyyadi and moula-e-bava Abdul Quadir Hakimm-ud-din.
khandwa.nic.in /Burhanpur/burhanpur.htm   (446 words)

  
 Burhanpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the administrative seat of Burhanpur District.
It is situated on the north bank of the Tapti River 310 miles (500 km) northeast of Mumbai.
Since Burhanpur was known as the gateway to Deccan, therefore it held an important place during mughal period, where at one or the other time either mughal prince or their ambassadors were appointed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burhanpur   (959 words)

  
 BURHANPUR - Online Information article about BURHANPUR
Burhanpur was plundered in 1685 by the See also:
Burhanpur is celebrated for its muslins, flowered silks, and brocades, which, according to See also:
burhanpur is also famous internationally for all bohra sect muslims for dargahe hakimi in memory of syedi wa maulaya abdul quadir hakimuddin R.A. THERE ARE ALSO ROZA {MAUSOLEUM} of 41 fatemi dail mutlaq syedna abdul taiyyeb zakiuddin R.A. and also syedi jeevanjee saheb THE VINCINITY IS ALSO surrounded with a beautiful landscaped garden
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BUN_CAL/BURHANPUR.html   (659 words)

  
 Burhanpur, Travel to Burhanpur, Burhanpur Hotel, Burhanpur Tourism, Burhanpur Travel Guide, Burhanpur Travel Agency, ...
Burhanpur: Burhanpur on the Itarsi-Bhusuwal line is 200 km from Indore, 69 from Khandwa, 337 from Bhopal and 99 km from Jalgaon-.
Buses too ply between Burhanpur and Indore and other cities of the state as well as the neighbouring states.
Burhanpur is associated with the last days of the empress of India, Mumtaz, who was buried here.
www.seemyindia.com /madhya-pradesh/madhya-pradesh-burhanpur.htm   (210 words)

  
 Jan Sangarsh Morcha PRESS RELEASE: 23 November
Over three thousand people participated in a rally in the town and a subsequent the public meeting, strongly opposing the proposed hike in the electricity tariffs.
In Burhanpur today (23rd Nov.) over 3000 people welcomed the yatra and took out a rally in the main parts of the city.
The meeting was also addressed by Vijaybhai, seniour activist of Adivasi Mukti Sangathan, and Alok Agrawaal, senior activist of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and convenor of Jan Sangharsh Morcha.
www.narmada.org /nba-press-releases/november-2002/burhanpur.html   (625 words)

  
 Burhanpur
Raja Ali Khan (1576-1596 A.D.), also known as Adil Shah, was asked to submit to Akbar, when the latter had sent an expedition to Khandesh, in the summer of 1577 A.D. The former, to avoid the unequal contest with the mighty Akbar, dropped his royal title of Shah and accepted the Suzerainty of Akbar.
The Burhanpur district did not remain unaffected by the Great Uprising of 1857, which swept the country, against the British rule.
The Burhanpur district was greatly affected with the beginning of freedom movement, Non-Co-operation movement, Civil Disobedience movement, Quit India Movement etc., to obtain the Independence of the Motherland India, from late 18th century till 15th August 1947.
www.indianngos.com /districts/burhanpur.htm   (674 words)

  
 [NAVAL SINGH SAHAKARI SHAKKAR KARKHANA MARYADIT] NSSK.ORG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
BURHANPUR (M.P.) is a Co-operative Sugar factory situated at Navalnagar 12 Km., a way from Burhanpur on main Burhanpur Khandwa Road.
Burhanpur is a railway station on Delhi-CST Mumbai broad gage line where most of mail and express train stop.
PRESS MUD – Press mud of sugar unit is sold to the farmers for use as organic manure in their cane fields for better yield of sugar cane.
www.nssk.org   (234 words)

  
 History of Burhanpur, the City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Burhanpur is an ancient historical city, situated in the centre of India, in Madhya Pradesh.
Nasiruddin Farsi in 701 inhabited the town and named it as Burhanpur - a historical coincidence that the city became the "burhan" - the Shield of Defenders - during the historical court battles fought between the 'Haq' and the 'Batil' during the times of 51st Dai Syedna Taher Saifuddin (A.Q).
Apart from this distinction, Burhanpur occupies a pride of place in Dawat, and the most sought after places of ziyarat - especially because of Syedi Abdulqader Hakimuddin Saheb.
archive.mumineen.org /publications/Dargah_Hakimi/burhanpur_history.html   (360 words)

  
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Burhanpur is a historical place and have followers of all religion.
About 3 KM from Burhanpur There is a village called Lodhi which was founded by a king from Lodhi family.
He came to Burhanpur in 1142 Hijri on his way of preaching Islam.
www.nwnet.co.uk /zafer-cheadle/dargah.htm   (421 words)

  
 The Bohra Chronicle December 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Zakvi Haveli in Burhanpur built by Sayedna Zakiuddin Saheb is considered a sacred and historical.
I had written a letter to you and on your address and I believe it has been delivered to you by your screen analyst in person and that you must have acquaintance with facts.
Before this crime could come in open, in public and FIR could be lodged it was hushed out and nipped in the bud.
www.dawoodi-bohras.com /chronicle/dec02/abuse2.htm   (206 words)

  
 Central Chronicle--Bhopal
He said that the doctors in Burhanpur had found that the chickens had died due to hailstorm.
He said vigilance had been intensified in four districts -- Jhabua, Badwani, Khandwa and Burhanpur -- adjoining Maharashtra and Gujarat, while a close eye was being kept on migratory birds in various districts.
Burhanpur collector Suraj Damor said he had received information about the death of chickens due to rains and hailstorm.
www.centralchronicle.com /20060318/1803022.htm   (258 words)

  
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But since it has been realized how much can be yielded by the province of *Bengal*, which formerly bore the title of kingdom, as I shall elsewhere indicate, its government has become the most important in the Empire of the Great Mogul.
There is a considerable trade in this town, and both at Burhanpur itself and in all the province an enormous quantity of very transparent *muslins* are made, which are exported to Persia, Turkey, Muscovie, Poland, Arabia, Grand Cairo, and other places.
They make, also, other kinds of fabrics at Burhanpur, and there is hardly another province in the whole of India which has a greater abundance of *cotton*....
www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/tavernier/vol1_chapter04.html   (1667 words)

  
 BURHANPUR
BURHANPUR is situated on the bank of river Tapti in the state of
The famous is the Jama Masjid in the heart of the city.This is the city where Mumtaz stayed and later died.
Aahoo Khana (The place were Mumtaz stayed and later died).
web.ukonline.co.uk /rashid/burhan.htm   (135 words)

  
 Bird flu fears spark fresh culling in Madhya Pradesh - Printer Friendly Page - Nation - Telugu Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Fresh culling began Saturday in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh in the wake of some poultry samples in neighbouring Maharashtra testing positive for the deadly bird flu virus.
Of the 3,509 samples from Madhya Pradesh tested at the Animal Disease Laboratory here, only one from Ichhapur village in Burhanpur district has tested positive for H5N1 virus on March 28, while the rest tested negative, the official said.
The teams were also monitoring the remaining poultry in the areas close to Burhanpur.
www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=1918   (271 words)

  
 Taj Mahal,Taj Mahal Agra,Taj Mahal Agra India,Indian Taj Mahal,Taj Mahal India,Mahal India,Taj Mahal Agra Tour,Tour to ...
The Taj Mahal was built by the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.
She died in childbirth while accompanying her husband to Burhanpur to control a rebellion.
The body of the queen was buried temporarily in the Zainabadi Garden in Burhanpur and moved to Agra after six months.
www.indiaprofile.com /monuments-temples/tajmahal.htm   (946 words)

  
 The Hindu : Other States / Madhya Pradesh News : Burhanpur to find a place in tourist map
BHOPAL: The historic city of Burhanpur in western Madhya Pradesh would soon become a major tourist attraction.
Burhanpur is famous for the "parkotedar" fort built by the famous Farukhi rulers.
Situated on the bank of Tapti, the city has a glorious tradition of producing cotton, silk and brocade that were even exported to Europe.
www.hindu.com /2005/12/21/stories/2005122112800500.htm   (266 words)

  
 MPPCB ultimatum to Burhanpur slaughterhouse : HindustanTimes.com
IF CONSENT letter or action plan is not received from the slaughterhouse of Burhanpur within two to three days, final notice of closure would be served on it by MP Pollution Control Board (MPPCB), Indore.
It may be recalled that show cause notices had been issued by MPPCB for proposed closure of slaughterhouses of Mhow, Khandwa and Burhanpur on August 16.
Civic bodies of Indore, Mhow and Khandwa have submitted action plan or consent letter, but the Burhanpur’ slaughterhouse has not submitted any papers; hence it is likely to face action.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Sep/01/5922_1478515,0015002100020005.htm   (235 words)

  
 Progressive Dawoodi Bohras: The Clergy and the Courts
In both Seth Chandabhai Galla case and Burhanpur Durgah case, hundreds of witnesses were examined and a huge mass of documentary evidence filed as exhibits.
The Burhanpur Durgah case is a remarkable instance of the fierce determination with which the case was contested by both sides.
As it often happens, it is, therefore, not surprising that as events begin to unfold in Burhanpur, secondary issues come to the fore and the real issues disappears backstage.
www.dawoodi-bohras.com /issues/clergy.htm   (5810 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
Bhopal, March 17: Over 400 chickens in poultry farms in Burhanpur, a district in southwest Madhya Pradesh, have died, triggering suspicion that avian influenza may have entered the state.
Suraj Damor, the district collector, said only 80 birds have died in farms in Ichhapur village in Burhanpur, situated near the Maharashtra border.
At the Bhopal laboratory, officials said the samples from Burhanpur are among the thousands that have come from various parts of the country.
www.telegraphindia.com /1060318/asp/nation/story_5981519.asp   (326 words)

  
 SHEIKH ABDUL KAYUM v. MULLA ALIBHAI [1962] INSC 231; [1963] 3 SCR 623; AIR 1963 SC 309 (17 August 1962)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A suit under s.92 Code of Civil Procedure was filed for removal of the ten members of the governing council, inter alia, on the ground the Hakimia Society and the ten members of the governing council had not been validly appointed trustees of the trust properties.
Trustees who have once entered upon the trust cannot renounce their duties and liabilities except with the permission of the Court or with the consent of the beneficiaries or by the authority of the trust deed itself.
Far from saying that some of the properties mentioned in the plaint as trust properties of the Burhanpur trust are not in fact covered by the trust deed, these respondents have all along made the definite case that they were validly appointed trustees of those properties in accordance with the trust deed of September, 1909.
www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1962/231.html   (4922 words)

  
 History's Wisdom...
A typical example is the old water works of Burhanpur on the banks of the Tapti river in Madhya Pradesh
The Burhanpur scheme consists of bhandaras or storage tanks, which collect groundwater from the underground springs flowing from the adjacent Satpura hills towards the Tapti.
The groundwater is intercepted at four places northwest of Burhanpur, and then flows through subterranean conduits to a junction - a chamber called jail karanj.
www.rainwaterharvesting.org /Solution/History_tour4.htm   (146 words)

  
 Khandwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the British Raj, it passed Burhanpur, the former center, as the main commercial center of the Nimar region.
From the mid 16th Century to the early 18th century, the Nimar region (including East Nimar), was under the rule/impact of Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah (Mughals), Peshwas, Sindhia, Holkar and Pawar (Marathas), Pindaris etc. Later from early part of the mid 18th century, the management of the Nimar region came under the British.
The Students of Robertson High School, Burhanpur (Burhanpur is now a new district but, formally part of Khandwa District) hoisted Tri-colour on the school building on the 15th August.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khandwa   (1041 words)

  
 Lodging facilities
Burhanpur is very conveniently connected from Mumbai (Bombay).
It is a one night train journey, with the train leaving Bombay at around 10.30 pm and reaching Burhanpur at 8.30am in the morning.
To accomodate the thousands of Zuwwar flocking to Burhanpur regularly, seeking spiritual solace, Dargah-e-Hakimi has a vast accomodation facility, with 150 old rooms and 102 new rooms, in the form of Duplex Bungalows.
www.angelfire.com /ia/dargahehakimi/lodging.html   (387 words)

  
 Iranica.com - FAÚRUÚQÈ DYNASTY
Although Malek Raja's successor, Nasá^r Khan, founded the cities of Burhanpur (q.v.) and Zayna@ba@d in honor of these two shaikhs in about 835/1431-32, recently discovered Sufi documents indicate that royal chroniclers considerably exaggerated the role of the early Ùeæt^s in support of the Fa@ru@q^s (Ernst, pp.
Nasá^r Khan's capture of the massive fortress of AÚs^r, which made possible the foundation of Burhanpur, encouraged the Fa@ru@q^s to undertake military expeditions in Gujarat and Berar while initially forming marriage alliances with the Bahmanids; Gujarati forces, however, compelled Nasá^r Khan to accept vassal status, which continued until the reign of M^ra@n Moháammad I (d.
The architecture of the Fa@ru@q^s, still unstudied, was distinctive, as can be seen from royal tombs and a fort at Burhanpur and large mosques at AÚs^r and Burhanpur (Beacon, pp.
www.iranica.com /articles/v9f4/v9f407.html   (901 words)

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