Dhadhor (Dharhor) are a subgroup of the Yadav caste in India. Some live in the region between Etawah and Mainpuri in the state of Uttar Pradesh. [1] They are a tribe of Aheers in Benares and Gorakhpur divisions respectively. They are reckoned in the Tushreeh-ul-Akwam amongst the Doab Aheers. [2] The Dharhor Ahirs claim to have been the first settlers of the Senapur village (Jaunpur), and it may be that they had the responsibility of protecting the original Thakur settlers. [3] They are the secondmost represented subcastes of Yadavs in East Uttar Pradesh. [4]
Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometres east of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur district, North Eastern Railway Zone and Gorakhpur division. The city is home to the Gorakhnath Math, a Gorakhnath temple. The city also has had an Indian Air Force station since 1963. Gita Press, the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts like Ramayana and Mahabharata, has been established here since 1926.
Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 228 km southeast of state capital Lucknow. Demographically, Jaunpur resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it is located.
Azamgarh district is one of the three districts of Azamgarh division in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Gorakhpur district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This district is a part of the Gorakhpur division. The city of Gorakhpur, or Gorakhpur is the administrative headquarters of this district and Gorakhpur division. It borders Sant Kabir Nagar district to the west, Kushinagar and Deoria districts to the east, and Maharajganj and Azamgarh districts to the north and south.
Barhalganj is a town in the municipality of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The town is surrounded by several rivers, which are of religious significance to the Hindu population in Uttar Pradesh. Barhalganj is situated on the left bank of the Ghaghra river, a tributary of the Ganges, and the town is connected to the district of Mau by a bridge over the Saryu river.
DDU Gorakhpur University is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It has entered the league of top five state universities of the country by achieving NAAC Grade A++ rank. It has become the first university of the state to get a 3.78 score. It is about two kilometres (1.2 mi). from the downtown to the east and almost walking distance from railway station to the south.
Gorakhpur Junction railway station is located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has the world's second longest railway platform after Hubballi Junction railway station in Karnataka. It serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway, part of Indian Railways. The station offers Class A+ railway station facilities.
Kamlesh Paswan is an Indian politician and is a Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha of India and Minister of State in Ministry of Rural Development. Paswan represents the Bansgaon constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.
Purvanchal Expressway is a 340.8 km long, 6-lane wide access-controlled expressway in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The expressway connects Chand Saray village near Gosainganj in Lucknow district with Haydaria village on NH-31 in Ghazipur district. It is developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). The Purvanchal Expressway has a 3.2 km long airstrip at Akhalkiri Karwat village near Kurebhar in Sultanpur district for emergency landing of aircraft. The construction work was started by the UPEIDA on 10 October 2018 and was inaugurated and opened to the public on 16 November 2021.
Durga Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He is also a former transport minister and forest minister. He represents the Azamgarh constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.
Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founding president of the Samajwadi Party, former Minister of Defence in India, and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Vijay Bahadur Yadav is an Indian politician and a member in 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Since 2012, he represents Gorakhpur Rural as a member of Samajwadi Party. Earlier he represented Maniram in 2007–2012 as Bharatiya Janata Party.
Jagmohan Yadav is a retired 1983 batch IPS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh Cadre who has served as the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.
Praveen Kumar Nishad is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of Lok Sabha from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh since 2019 elections. He is the son of Sanjay Nishad, founder of the NISHAD Party. He is an engineer with a degree from Gautam Buddh Technical University, Lucknow.
Caimpiyarganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Caimpiyarganj in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 320 amongst 403 constituencies.
Gorakhpur Rural is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gorakhpur Rural in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 323 amongst 403 constituencies.
Chauri-Chaura is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Chauri-Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bipin Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 17th and 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Gorakhpur Rural in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sangeeta Yadav is an Indian politician. She is a member of parliament. She was a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. She represented the Chauri-Chaura Assembly constituency in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh and is a national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha.
Sangram Singh is an Indian politician, farmer, and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from the Phephana Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Samajwadi Party.