Amethi is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the Amethi district. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. Amethi was 72nd district of Uttar Pradesh which came into existence on 1 July 2010 by merging three tehsils of the erstwhile Sultanpur district namely Amethi, Gauriganj and Musafirkhana and two tehsils of the erstwhile Raebareli district, namely, Salon and Tiloi. The town is part of the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency and Amethi Assembly constituency, which became reputed as a stronghold of the Indian National Congress party. The Congress leaders belonging to Nehru-Gandhi family won several elections from Amethi during 1980–2014. In 2019, Smriti Irani of Bhartiya Janta Party won this seat. Irani was defeated in 2024 by Kishori Lal Sharma of Indian National Congress.
Bayana is a historical town and the headquarters of Bayana tehsil in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan in India. Hindaun City is nearest city of Bayana - 33 km. Bayana is also known as the city of 'Vansasur'. It was the site of famous Important Battle of Bayana in 1527 between Rajput ruler Rana Sanga ruler of Mewar and Mughal emperor Babur.
Sumitra Singh is an Indian politician and senior Jat leader from the Shekhawati region in Rajasthan. She was the first woman Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. She was elected as member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for nine terms, out of which in three terms she represented Pilani constituency while she represented Jhunjhunu constituency for six terms. She is one of the most successful woman politicians of Rajasthan state.
Bagli is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Malwa region of Dewas district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Bagli is around 66 km (41 mi) from Dewas.
Thakur Balwant Singh Bakhasar was the dacoit of Bakhasar in Barmer district. The areas of his operation and influence were bordering areas of Barmer district, Sanchore in Rajasthan.
Arun Kumar is an Indian politician who represented Jahanabad constituency in Lok Sabha. He won the seat in the 2014 Indian general election and 1999, and he is a founding member of the Rashtriya Samata Party (Secular). He is the founder and head of Gyan Bharti Model Residential Complex school in Hisua, Nawada. He often visits the school during Annual Day functions as chief guest. He was a close friend of dreaded don turned politician of Bihar ex MP Anand Mohan Singh of Saharsa. He founded Bharatiya Sab Log Party in 2020.
Chandrashekhar Janrao Deshmukh ; born 9 February 1956) is an Indian farmer, politician, and senior BJP leader.
Vishal Singh is an Indian social worker. His organization serves almost 900 attend to patients at three hospitals daily. In addition to Balrampur Hospital, Singh runs a similar free kitchen at King George's Medical University and at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia hospital.
Jagdish Piyush was an Indian Hindi writer, a leader of the Indian National Congress and Educationist from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was also the media representative of former prime minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi and in 1984, he also gave the slogan of Amethi Ka Danka, Bitiya Priyanka.
Brijeshwar Singh, is a writer, poet and theatre promoter based in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. His patronage and promotion of theatre through the Rang Vinayak Rang Mandal theatre repertoire and the annual theatre festival being organized in his own Windermere Theatre earned him the U.P. Sangeet Natak Academy award for 2020. His Daya Drishti Charitable Trust helps children born with thalassemia avail regular and lifesaving transfusions. His second book 'Next Patient, Please' was released on 26 March 2022. He was featured among top 75 personalities of Rohilkhand region of Uttar Pradesh by Amar Ujala. The list was published on the 75th foundation day of the newspaper.
Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath was an Indian revolutionary and independence activist. He is known for the assassination attempt on the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, by throwing a bomb at him during a procession in New Delhi.
Ramdev Singh was the first trade union leader of Hindalco Industries Limited, Renukoot of Aditya Birla Group. He was popular among workers of Hindalco and other factories of Sonbhadra and Mirzapur. He led several strikes with thousands of workers against Hindalco management to reform laborers’ miserable conditions. He was quite famous among wagers between 1963–1977. Workers called him Neta ji and trusted him as their leader.
Jang Bahadur Singh is an Indian Bhojpuri folk singer and wrestler, who was popular during the 1940s to 1970s in the Bihar, Jharkhand & Bengal Region. He is an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi and his principles. He was born in Kausad village in the Siwan district of Bihar on 10 December 1920. He is a singer of 'Vyas Style', a genre of Bhojpuri folk singing. He was a celebrated wrestler in Bihar and Bengal Region. He was given the title of Sher-e-Bihar when he defeated a heavy weight wrestler from Bengal side. He used to inspire the youth to fight for freedom by singing patriotic songs, for which he was also imprisoned by the British. Nowadays, he resides in his paternal village living his remaining years of life in peace.
Kohra was an estate (taluqdari) of Oudh, British India. The taluqdari was controlled by the Bandhalgoti clan of Rajputs. Now it is part of Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Chetavani ra Chungatya is a patriotic Dingal poem composed by Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath in 1903 and addressed to Maharana of Mewar, Fateh Singh, exhorting him to uphold the traditions of his lineage and to not attend the Delhi Durbar. The couplets had the desired effect on the Maharana who decided not to attend the durbar despite being present in Delhi. The work remains one of the great literary works produced during the freedom struggle. It consists of 13 stanzas or sortha (saurashtra-duha).
Babu Himmat Sah was the founder and the first ruler of Kohra (estate) of Oudh, British India and belongs from Bandhalgoti clan of Rajput. He was the younger son of Raja Bikram Sah, who was the Raja of Amethi. He built Kohra on the day of Ganga Dussehra in 1636 and also established Lord Chaturbhuj and Shiva temple as the first establishment, then built Kohra Fort, where he was crowned.
Raja Devi Bakhsh Singh was a British-era King from Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. He was born in 19th century AD. He featured in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and is represented as symbol of religious harmony in India.
Babu Ishwar Sharan Singh was an Indian freedom fighter, social worker and politician. He was born in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. He was elected as an Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Gonda Assembly constituency. He died on 26 August 1991.
Surendra Singh Jadawat is an Indian politician and former Chairman of Rajasthan Heritage Conservation and Promotion Authority. He was a Minister of State in the Third Ashok Gehlot ministry. He has also represented Chittorgarh Assembly constituency in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly between 1998 and 2003 and 2008–2013. He is a member of All India Congress Committee.
Kinjal Singh is an Indian Administrative Service officer working as the Director General of Medical Education in Uttar Pradesh. She is the former vice chairman of the Kanpur Development Authority.
10th Bandhalgoti Ruler of Kohra 