Faizabad Tourism, Uttar Pradesh India
(Faizabad is also known as Fyzabad)
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Faizabad Fast Facts
- State: Uttar Pradesh
- District: Faizabad
- Famous for/as: Faizabad Museum
- Population: 2,468,371
- Religions: Hindus, Muslims,Jains
- Area: 88 sq km
- Altitude: 1,200 m
- Language: Hindi, Urdu
- Best Season: Summer 35-45°C, Winter 6-25°C
- Weather: 37°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 18% Humidity
- Clothing: (Summer) : Cottons (Winter) : Woolens
- Local Transport: Rickshaws, taxis and buses
- Pincode: 224001
- STDCode: 05278
Faizabad Info
District Magistrate, Near Civil Lines
Faizabad, U.P. 224001
E-mail - dmfai at up dot nic dot in
Phone Numbers - 05278-222221, 224205
Faizabad, India Overview
City of Faizabad the old capital of Awadh, is the headquarters of Faizabad District and Faizabad division as well. Its a joint municipal board with Ayodhya in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, situated on the banks of river Ghaghra (locally known as Saryu). It was the first capital of the Nawabs of Awadh and has monuments built by the Nawabs of Avadh, like the Tomb of Bahu Begum, Gulab Bari etc. The Legend of Avadh, Umrao Jaan 'Ada', was born in Faizabad (her childhood name was Ameeran). Another legend and Hindi writer Mr. Radhika Prasad Tripathi was from this city. Akhtaribai Faizabadi, also known as Begum Akhtar, was born in Faizabad. She was a classical singer who performed Urdu ghazals, dadras, thumris, etc. Among other notable people from Faizabad are Mir Babar Ali Anis, a nineteenth century writer of Marsiya (elegies in Urdu) and Brij Narayan Chakbast, another nineteenth-century Urdu poet. Chakbast is credited to have translated the Ramayana into Urdu for the first time.
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Faizabad, India History
The earliest reference made to Faizabad is said to be in the Ramayana, in which the city is referred to as Saket, the mythical private estate of King Dashrath, father of Lord Ram but the other sources indicate that Saket, which means Heaven in Sanskrit, is the ancient name of holy city of Ayodhya not Faizabad. However, more accurately, the reference is found in Medieval and Modern history, when Nawab Saadat Ali Khan, Burhan-ul-Mulk was given the charge of the Subah of Awadh around 1722 by the Mughal Court. Nawab Sa'adat Khan made the first settlements along the banks of Ghaghra with a cantonment consisting of a fortress and mud barracks. Due to these temporary dwellings, Faizabad was first known as 'Bangla' (implied meaning- hutment).