During Mughal period, the area was known as Sindh-Sagar, and west of the tract now included in the Rawalpindi district was then comprised in the Fatehpur Mathal.
Rawalpindi emerged as a fiscal district during Sikh rule.
The district takes its name from its Headquarters town “Rawalpindi” which means the abode of Rawals.
North of the district Pratapgarh, south of Chitrakoot, east of Allahabad, and west of Fatehpur districts.
Etah is a district of Agra Division and is bounded in the north by the Badaun district, in the west by district of Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, and Agra, in the south by Mainpuri and Firozabad, and in the east by Farrukhabad.
Mainpuri is a district of Agra division bounded in north by Etah District, in the east by districts Farrukhabad and Kannauj, in the south by district Etawah and in west by the districts Firozabad and Etah.
80º 07' and 81º 34' E. It is bounded in the north by district of Fatehpur in the east by the district of Chitrakut in the west by the district of Hamirpur and Mahoba and in the south by Satna, Panna, and Chhatarapur the districts of adjoining Madhya Pradesh.
The district is linked with roadways to all the adjoiniong districts of Kanpur, Allahabad, Chitrakut, Fatehpur, Hamirpur, Mahoba and the adjoining districts of Madhya Pradesh.
There are mainly three rivers in the district namely Ken, Baghain and Yamuna.
Hamirpur is bounded by districts Jalaun (Orai), Kanpur and Fatehpur in north, Banda in east, Mahoba in south and Districts of Jhansi and Jalaun on the West.
The eastern border adjoins the district of Kanpur Dehat, and along the south lie Jalaun district.
Hathras district is in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, and is named after the town.
Repolling has been ordered at 84 booths in Belaganj, 69 in Konch, 48 in Gaya (Mufassil), three in Gaya (town), eight in Imamganj, 28 in Gurua, 11 in Bodh Gaya, 18 in Narachati, 17 in Fatehpur and 41 in Atri assembly constituencies in Gaya district.
Repolling is also underway in 41 in Makhdhumpur, 43 in Jehanabad, 57 in Ghosi in Jehanabad district besides 16 in Sandesh, 11 in Barhara, 14 in Ara, 10 in Shahpur, five in Jagdishpur, 23 in Piro and five in Sahar constituencies in Bhojpur district.
Amid tight security, repoll began this morning in 658 booths spread over the naxal-hit Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Nawada districts, which went to poll in the first phase of assembly elections in Bihar on February 3.
During Mughal period, the area was known as Sindh-Sagar, and west of the tract now included in the Rawalpindi district was then comprised in the Fatehpur Mathal.
The Rawalpindi district extended from the Jhelum to the Indus and comprised seven tehsils.
It was in Rawalpindi that a treaty of peace was signed between Afghanistan and India as a consequence of the end of the Afghan war.
Heavily-armed assailants intercepted their motorcycle at Jamaita village while they were going to their camp office at Fatehpur in Gaya district and pumped bullets into their bodies killing them on the spot.
Meanwhile, the dawn-to-dusk bandh in Gaya and Jehanabad districts, called by the CPI-ML (Liberation) to protest the killings, today evoked a mixed response with no untoward incident reported so far.
Police Superintendent Sanjay Singh said raids were still on in different areas to arrest others involved in the killings of Sarita and Mahesh Kant, convenor and co-convenor of the NGO, working for the revival of cooperative farming, women empowerment and village self-dependence.
This is the second such incident within a span of 10 days in the district, where the vulnerability of the farmhouses has been exposed once again.
The incident occurred late last night at Mehra Farmhouse located on the Fatehpur Road in Mehrauli.
According to the Police, unlike colonies and residential areas, where proximity can often act as a deterrent for the miscreants, farmhouses tend to be the easiest targets for criminals as they are located in isolated areas.
For admirers of Mughal architecture, outside the complex, in the nearby district of Mehrauli, there are a number of fine buildings, including the Madhi Masjid, the Jamali Kamali Masjid, the Tomb of Adham Khan, and the Zafar Mahal.
Across the river from the Taj is the small, marble Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah, a Mughal minister whose wealth allowed for an attention to decorative detail that is important in the development of Mughal architecture and foreshadowed the ornamentation of the Taj, construction of which began a few years later.
The last two, Purana Qila and Shahjahanabad, built by the Mughal emperors Humayun and Shah Jahan, respectively, survive, the latter corresponding to today's Old Delhi and comprising the famous Red Fort and the Jama Masjid.
TS account of a tiger shoot in North Bengal, near Ramshai, Jalpaiguri District, 1924, with F.W. Strong I.C.S., officiating Commissioner of division in which Ramshai is situated.
TS account of journey made by car from Delhi to Firozabad, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Bharatpur, Jaipur, Amber, Ajmer, Udaipur.
Grant and Miss Fordyce; his affairs he does not yet know about; dined at J, and T. Courts at their country house, Fulham '3 or 4 miles from town'; no further news of his affairs; wishes he was not so shy and could swear more.
It comprises the seven districts of Cawnpore, Fatehpur, Banda, Hamirpur, Allahabad, Jhansi and Jalaun.
In shape it is an irregular oblong, and it is very difficult to define its boundaries, as at one extremity it wanders into Oudh, while on the south the villages of the state of Rewa and those of this district are hopelessly intermingled.
The modern buildings of Allahabad include Government House, the High Court, the Mayo memorial and town hall, the Muir central college, the Thornhill and Mayne memorial library and museum, the Naini central jail, and the Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals.
Five operatives of two outlawed political outfits were killed and at least 10 others wounded in two police operations yesterday in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district.
Of the five slain in Chuadanga, PBCP cadres Mabud Ali, 25, and Habibul Islam, 36, of Fatehpur village were in police custody and killed in 'crossfire' in the early hours yesterday, police claimed.
Ershad's wife alleged Ranjan Das, an accomplice of slain founder of New Purbo Banglar Communist Party Monoranjon alias Mrinal, was seen assisting the Rab in their search.
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