Civil Lines, Bareilly

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Civil Lines
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°20′23″N79°25′21″E / 28.339817°N 79.422483°E / 28.339817; 79.422483
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh
Metro Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Government
  BodyBareilly Municipal Corporation
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bareilly City, Bareilly division, Uttar Pradesh
Civic agencyBareilly Municipal Corporation

Civil Lines is a Civil Lines commercial street located near the town centre in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located centrally in the city of Bareilly.

The name Civil Lines comes from the time of the British Raj, when the city of Delhi was organized into separate areas where the British Military and Civilian buildings were located. Areas where civilians lived were demarcated as Civil Lines. Later most of the prominent North Indian cities, including Bareilly, adopted this name for their commercial areas.

The civil lines of Bareilly was settled between the old city and the cantonment in the late nineteenth century; only British officers used to live in the area then. [1] Apart from the cantonment, the police lines and the railway station were also located to the south of the civil lines, While the district prison was to its west and the circuit house was situated to its north-east, where several upper class bungalows were built. [1] A few years later, the Company Garden (now Gandhi Udyan) was constructed towards its east. [2]

After independence, the civil lines started expanding in the northeast direction, and it was at this time, that a residential colony named Rampur Garden started to settle on this side. [3] Most of the government offices in Bareilly are located in the Civil Lines or Rampur Garden. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lal 1987 , p. 8
  2. Lal 1987 , p. 9
  3. 1 2 Lal 1987 , p. 11

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