Raebareli

Raebareli () is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district, and a part of Lucknow Division and comes under the Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UP-SCR). The city is situated on the banks of the Sai River, and center of four metropolitan cities i.e. Lucknow, Prayagraj, Ayodhya, and Kanpur. It possesses many architectural features and sites, chief of which is a strong and spacious fort. As of 2011, Raebareli had a population of 191,316 people, in 35,197 households.

History, etymology and post-independence

Raebareli is supposedly a city founded by Bhars, and originally called Bharauli or Barauli.

Since the time of Ibrahim Shah, Raebareli has continuously been an important regional town. Rana Beni Madhav Baksh Singh is well known freedom fighter of this district. Munshiganj retaliation of common people for freedom shows an example for the rest of Oudh.

After the uprising, Raebareli was chosen as the site of the new district headquarters.

Raebareli has a warm subtropical climate with very cold and dry winters from December to mid February and dry, hot summers from April to mid June. The rainy season is from mid-June to mid-September when it gets an average rainfall of 1200 mm mostly from the south-west monsoon winds. During extreme winters, the maximum temperature is around 12 °C and the minimum is between 3-4 °C. Fog is quite common from late December to late January. Summers can be quite hot with temperatures rising to the 40-45 °C range.

Raebareli has been ranked 1st best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results'

Civic administration

Raebareli is one of the six districts of the Lucknow Division, which is headed by a Commissioner headquartered at Lucknow. He serves as a link between the districts in his division and the State Government. The General Administration of the district is vested in the District Officer who is called Deputy Commissioner for revenue and District Magistrate (D.M.) for criminal jurisdiction. Raebareli is divided into 6 sub divisions:

===Raebareli Municipal Committee===

Raebareli Municipal Committee (Hindi: Raebareli Nagar Palika) is the Municipal Committee responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Raebareli. The organization is known, in short, as RMC. This civic administrative body administers the city's cleanliness and other public services like public health and parks. The head of the RMC is the chairman. The present chairman is Shatrohan Sonkar.

Places of interest

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Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
Sri Aastik Swami Temple

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Raebareli has a population of 191,316 people, in 35,197 households.

Transport

Air

The nearest airport to Raebareli is Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Amausi, Lucknow which is approximately 80 km from Raebareli. Other airports close to Raebareli district are Kanpur Airport, Prayagraj Airport and Varanasi Airport.

Road

Raebareli is on the route of National Highway 30, between Lucknow and Prayagraj and connected to major cities. Important highways through Raebareli are:

Raebareli-Ayodhya Highway (NH330A)
Raebareli-Tanda Highway (NH128)
Kanpur-Raebareli-Varanasi Highway (NH31)
Lucknow-Raebareli-Prayagraj Highway (NH30)

; Expressway

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Ganga Expressway is an under-construction 594 km long, 6 lane wide (expandable to 8) greenfield expressway project in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

It will pass through 12 districts including Raebareli.

;Ring Road

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Ring Road Raebareli is an elevated section of road at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is an outer bypass road and crosses the Sharda River. It has been constructed to divert the traffic between Lucknow and Prayagraj, allowing vehicles to get to their destinations without entering the city of Raebareli.

Railways

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Raebareli Junction lies on Varanasi-Rae Bareli-Lucknow line and Raebareli-Allahabad rail line of the Northern Railway. A rail line is being built from Raebareli to Faizabad via Akbarganj, on the Northern Railways network.<br />

Raebareli is well connected with some of the major cities of the country and the rest is inter-connected with other trains. Some of the destinations covered by trains passing through Rae Bareli Junction are Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Jaisalmer, Shaktinagar, Puri, Bhopal, Howrah, Amritsar, Jodhpur, Bareilly, Dehradun, Lalkuan, Jammu Tawi, Saharanpur, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kanpur and others.

;High-speed rail corridor

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Delhi-Varanasi high speed rail corridor is India's second bullet train project after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor. The 865-kilometre (537 mi) high speed rail corridor will connect Varanasi to Delhi through 12 stations.

Delhi-Varanasi high speed rail corridor will have 12 stations including Raebareli.

Notable people

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thumb|Sonia Gandhi|150px

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Syed Ahmad Barelvi, Indian Islamic reformer
Shrish Chandra Dikshit, PS and former MP
Meenakshi Dixit, actress
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, poet, writer
Indira Gandhi, 3rd Prime Minister of India
Sonia Gandhi, politician, former President of the Indian National Congress
Malik Muhammad Jayasi, poet, writer
Maharaja Chandu Lal, poet, politician
Leela Mishra, actress
Uma Shankar Mishra, politician
Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, scholar, writer
Rabey Hasani Nadwi, scholar, writer
Munawwar Rana, poet, writer
Syed Sibtey Razi, politician, former governor of Assam and Jharkhand
Deenanath Sewak, former MLA, former minister, government of Uttar Pradesh
Ashok Singh, politician
Dinesh Pratap Singh, politician
Sudha Singh, athlete
R. P. Singh, cricketer
Swapnil Singh, cricketer