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41-640: Budaun ( romanised : Badāʾūn or Badāyūn, pronounced bədaːjuː ) is a medieval city and headquarters of Budaun district , in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . It is located about a mile east of the Sot river , and 27 km north of the Ganges , in the Rohilkhand region of Uttar Pradesh . According to the 2011 census , it has a population of 159,221, which is projected at 161,555 at present. Budaun rose to historical importance as

82-562: A civil enclave at the Indian Air Force 's 'Trishul Air Base' in Izzatnagar neighborhood of Bareilly , which is located at a distance of 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the city. The Indira Gandhi International Airport , located in Delhi is the nearest International Airport. The Budaun railway station is the primary railway station serving the city. Budaun is a Category-'NSG 05' station of

123-690: A History of Hansi, a book published by Rotary International. He has also written two other books and has been linked to a number of local social organisations. Hansi is known for its famous sweet peda which is made from milk and is sent to many other towns and cities for retail selling. Many hansi street food is famous in linked cities. There are many famous stories about Hansi city like buried gold in hansi, lal sadak and Jagannath Puri samadha. The city of Hansi has five gates of entry – Delhi Gate (East), Hisar Gate (West), Gosain Gate (North-west), Barsi Gate (South) and Umra Gate (South west). The peculiarity of this town

164-509: A Sufi saint. Adding to its allure is an aura of spirituality throughout the town. Budaun is home to a number of ruins that can be traced back to the Mughal era. The Budaun Fort and the iconic clock tower Ghanta Ghar, are among the prominent attractions, as are the tombs of rulers such as Iltutmish and Ala-ud-Dīn Alam Shah, who was the last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty. The 13th century Jama Masjid , which

205-715: A feudal lord (jagirdar), made Hansi as his capital. Hansi was seized by the British East India Company rule in 1802. From 1819–32, Hansi was a District HQ which was later shifted to Hisar in 1832. Hansi was also the headquarters of Colonel James Skinner CB (1778 – 4 December 1841) the Anglo-Indian immigrant and mercenary in India, who became known as Sikandar Sahib. 1st Skinner's Horse and 3rd Skinner's Horse (formerly 2nd Skinner's Horse) were founded by Colonel James Skinner at Hansi in 1803. These units are still part of

246-416: A few Jains that inhabited Hansi during this Mughal rule. Jagannath Puri Samadha has also many devotees because of their belief that Jagannath Puri was not a common human being but a supreme being. There are many famous stories of Jagannath Puri like a walkable wall, sweat lotus, and so on. The Marathas captured Hansi area in 1778. They tried to establish a state for some time in this area until Hansi fell to

287-617: A full-fledged tertiary government Medical college and hospital was established in 2019. The college is affiliated with the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University , Lucknow and is recognized by the National Medical Commission . Badaun is well connected with the rest of the state through roads and rail services, however the city lacks an airport. The nearest airport is the Bareilly Airport –

328-583: A high school for boys. Aditya Yadav is the MP of the Budaun Constituency and is the son of Shivpal Singh Yadav . Budaun has large population of Hindus According to British historian Matthew Atmore Sherring , they came from Hansi and Hisar in Haryana . As of 2011 census, Budaun City had a population of 159,221 (83,475 male 75,746 female = 1000/907), 39,613 (12.3%) of whom were aged 0–6. The adult literacy rate

369-555: A hundred years later, under Shah Jahan , the seat of the governorship was transferred to Sahaspur-Bilari. Budaun and its district was ceded to the British government in 1801 by the Nawab of Oudh . In 1911, Budaun was a town and district of British India, in the Rohilkhand division of the United Provinces . At the time, an American Methodist mission maintained several girls’ schools and

410-1312: A mere transliteration between Hindi-Urdu will not suffice as formal Hindi is more inclined towards Sanskrit vocabulary whereas formal Urdu is more inclined towards Persian and Arabic vocabulary; hence a system combining transliteration and translation would be necessary for such cases. In addition to Hindi-Urdu, there have been attempts to design Indo-Pakistani transliteration systems for digraphic languages like Sindhi (written in extended Perso-Arabic in Sindh of Pakistan and in Devanagari by Sindhis in partitioned India ), Punjabi (written in Gurmukhi in East Punjab and Shahmukhi in West Punjab ), Saraiki (written in extended-Shahmukhi script in Saraikistan and unofficially in Sindhi-Devanagari script in India) and Kashmiri (written in extended Perso-Arabic by Kashmiri Muslims and extended-Devanagari by Kashmiri Hindus ). Hindustani has

451-601: A monument, on approach road from Hansi to Rohnat Lal Sadak, to the martyrs has been constructed after the independence. Guru Gobind Singh also came to Hansi in 1705 and inspired the public to revolt against Mughal rule. In 1707, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur attacked Hansi. Hansi was under Maratha rule in 1736 and, after Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, was lost to Ahmed Shah Abdali . Maharaja Jassa Singh Ramgarhia in 1780s also took this area under his control for some years and then left. George Thomas , an Irish mercenary and raider who rose from an ordinary sailor to become

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492-427: A proper road after entering the city. The city is full of cattle . You will enjoy many free cattle on the roadside view but beware of them. The city is really beautiful and so many linked cities and villages. As per census of India data, Hansi had a population of 75,730 in 2001, which rose to 86,770 by 2011,and in 2020 its becomes about 93098. In 2011, female sex ratio was 883 per 1000 men and female child sex ratio

533-527: A proposal to carve the new Hansi district out of the Hisar district. It is believed that Hansi was founded by King Anangpal Vihangpal Tomar for his guru " Hansakar " (957 AD). Later, the son of King Anangpal Tomar , Drupad established a sword manufacturing factory in this fort, hence it is also called " Asigarh ". Swords from this fort were exported as far away as to Arab countries. As per Talif-e-Tajkara-e-Hansi by Qazi Sharif Husain in 1915, around 80 forts across

574-652: A readable text for both the readers. Note that Hindi–Urdu transliteration schemes can be used for Punjabi as well, for Gurmukhi (Eastern Punjabi) to Shahmukhi (Western Punjabi) conversion, since Shahmukhi is a superset of the Urdu alphabet (with 2 extra consonants) and the Gurmukhi script can be easily converted to the Devanagari script. The following consonants are mostly used in words that are directly borrowed or adapted from Sanskrit . These consonants are mostly found only in languages like Sindhi and Saraiki . The following

615-562: A rich set of consonants in its full-alphabet, since it has a mixed-vocabulary ( rekhta ) derived from Old Hindi (from Dehlavi ), with loanwords from Parsi (from Pahlavi ) and Arabic languages, all of which itself are from 3 different language-families respectively: Indo-Aryan , Iranian and Semitic . The following table provides an approximate one-to-one mapping for Hindi-Urdu consonants, especially for computational purposes (lossless script conversion). Note that this direct script conversion will not yield correct spellings, but rather

656-566: Is an excerpt from the Hindustani poem Tarānah-e-Hindi written by Muhammad Iqbal . Hansi Hansi , is a city and municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana . It appears that at one time Hansi was larger, more prosperous and more important than Hisar. The town has several important buildings of archeological importance. In 2016, the Haryana government put forward

697-460: Is considered to be of immense religious significance among both Hindus and Muslims. At the first glance, with its dusty avenues and sleepy streets, it seems nothing more than a secluded small town. But there are numerous ruins and monuments that reveal many legends from its past. Casting a nostalgic charm, Budaun transports visitors to an era of mighty rulers and mystic Sufi saints like Nizamuddin Auliya -

738-574: Is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Hisar sarkar , producing a revenue of 5,434,438 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 7000 infantry and 500 cavalry. It had a brick fort at the time. Shahjahan came to Hansi, met the famous Hindu saint Jagannath Puri Samadha Hansi and after his approval Hindus were allowed to settle in Hansi. In addition to the Hindus, Hansi had Muslims and

779-609: Is located at 29°06′N 75°58′E  /  29.1°N 75.97°E  / 29.1; 75.97 . It has an average elevation of 207 metres (679 ft) People Density is 348 people per km^2 .Area is 1272.32 km^2. It is located at a distance of 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of Hisar on NH-9 . Geographically, it is semi-arid with around 46 cm of annual rainfall. Many roads in Hansi city have been broken for years and have not been developed well yet. Every year many roads break because of heavy vehicles, rain, and other factors. When you travel to Hansi city you may not find

820-414: Is not possible, majorly since Hindi is written in an abugida script and Urdu is written in an abjad script, and also because of other constraints like multiple similar characters from Perso-Arabic mapping onto a single character in Devanagari. However, there have been dictionary-based mapping attempts which have yielded very high accuracy, providing near-to-perfect transliterations. For literary domains,

861-416: Is that its altitude increases after entry from any of the gates. Deserts guard this city towards its west (cities like Tosham, Devsar, Khanak). Another prominent feature of this ancient city is its fort. Extended in an area of 30 acres (120,000 m ), it is square in shape and has security posts in all the four corners. During the period of Firoz Shan Tuglaq about 1302, a tunnel was constructed connecting

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902-475: The 1857 war of liberation (Gadar), Lala Hukam Chand Jain was martyred in 1857 by Britishers. In 1947 when British India was divided into Pakistan and India, a large number of Muslims including Syeds and Ranghars migrated to Pakistan from Hansi city and their villages (such as Baliali and Khanak ). Pakistani cricket player Inzamam-ul-Haq 's parents migrated to Pakistan from Hansi after partition. Dr. Bhup Singh, historian, has written Hansi ka Etias ,

943-561: The Ahir prince Budh. Though it is an ancient as well as archaeological-rich city yet it do not get much more importance in terms of archaeology. Recently, in a village in Budaun known as Kheda Jalalpur village, fragments of Hindu temple idols, ancient bricks have been recovered from the mound of that village. According to the ASI , these remains belong to the post- Gupta period (7th-8th century). According to

984-572: The Indian Army . He also built the Sheikhpura Kothi , on Hansi-Ugalan road off NH9 Hansi bypass, named after his son. Raham Ali ibn Mohammad Hussain ibn Maulana Abul Khair of Palwal was killed along with Aulia Khan Balooch at Pargana Hansi. Raham Ali was brother-in-law of Qazi Syed Mohammad Rafi . After the Anglo-Maratha Wars , Hansi came under British rule. Hansi took active part in

1025-775: The Indian Railways , and is located on the Bareilly-Kasganj Rail line under the Izzatnagar railway division of the North Eastern Railway zone . Train Services in Budaun were startes after the completion of the 63 miles (101 km) long Kasganj Extension Line from Bareilly to Soron in 1885 by the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway . The National Highway 530B passes through the city and connects it with Bareilly and Mathura . A number of State Highways also pass through

1066-583: The Sikh Empire and got absorbed into Jind State . The area came under British rule after 1803 till 1947. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , the British empire crushed over 100 people from Rohnat, Mangali, Hazampur, Jamalpur, Bhatla and other villages under a road roller on the road as punishment for participating in the mutiny. That road is now known as Lal Sadak (literally Red Road or Blood Road ) where

1107-484: The (Budaun District, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh) mythological stories, Budaun was named after prince Budh. The local tradition regarding this city is that it was founded in 905 A.D. by a prince whose name was Budh and after whom it was called Budaun. The ruins of Prasidh (a town on the Ramganga ) and the coins discovered at Pachoma near Bareilly point to the existence of a Hindu dynasty around the borders of Badaun and Bareilly in

1148-476: The 7th–8th centuries. They were apparently buried underground before the impending attack by Mahmud of Ghazni 's son Mas'ud I of Ghazni in 1037 CE. Masud attacked swordsmen of Hansi and took women into slavery who were later sold at Gazni . In 1192, Mohammed Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the Second Battle of Tarain , in the same year Battle of Bagar took place to occupy Hansi, Jatwan besieged

1189-582: The Budaun Depot come under the Bareilly region of UPSRTC. Hindi%E2%80%93Urdu transliteration Hindi–Urdu transliteration (or Hindustani transliteration ) is essential for Hindustani speakers to understand each other's text, and it is especially important considering that the underlying language of both the Hindi & Urdu registers are almost the same. Transliteration is theoretically possible because of

1230-452: The Muslim commander Nasrat Uddin at Hansi in 1192 CE, shortly after the defeat of Prithviraj . On receiving this news Qutb-ud-din marched twelve farsakhs, i.e., about 40 miles during one night. Jatwan raised the siege of Hansi and prepared for an obstinate conflict. "The armies attacked each other" says the author of Taj-ul-Maasir "like two hills of steel, and the field of battle (on

1271-520: The area were controlled from this centre "Asigarh". A few also say that it was founded by ill daughter Hansivati/Ambavati of Prithvi Raj Chauhan though there exists no proof of Prithiviraj's daughter by that name. Hansi hoard , a large hoard of Jaina bronzes was accidentally discovered at Hansi in February 1982. These include idols that may belong to the Gupta period (319 to 605 CE), while most belonged to

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1312-450: The borders of the Bager country) became tulip-dyed with the blood of warriors. Jatwan had his standards of God-plurality and ensigns of perdition lowered by the hand of power". Hindu rule ended in Hansi. This was the time when non-Muslims were not permitted to settle here. Slowly, Hansi lost its importance and was remembered only as a fort. Delhi started becoming the center of attention. Hansi

1353-484: The capital of the Delhi Sultanate for four years from 1210 CE to 1214 CE during the reign of Sultan Iltutmish . It was the most important post of Northern Frontier during Mughal reign. Budaun is a big market, historically famous and religiously important city. Budaun is 230 km south-east of New Delhi and 245 km north-west of Lucknow, both taking about 6 hours by road. Prof. Goti John referred this city

1394-593: The city. Prominent among them are the UP State Highway 18, connecting Budaun with Meerut , UP State Highway 43, connecting Budaun with Moradabad & Farrukhabad and UP State Highway 51, which connects Budaun with Gajraula & Bijnor . Inter-city bus services to and from the city are operated from the Budaun bus station by the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and private operators. The Budaun bus station as well as

1435-528: The common Hindustani phonology underlying Hindi-Urdu. In the present day, the Hindustani language is seen as a unifying language, as initially proposed by Mahatma Gandhi to resolve the Hindi–Urdu controversy . ("Hindustani" is not to be confused with followers of Hinduism , as 'Hindu' in Persian means ' Indo ') Technically, a direct one-to-one script mapping or rule-based lossless transliteration of Hindi-Urdu

1476-607: The distant past. An inscription, probably of the 12th century, gives a list of twelve Rathore kings reigning at Budaun then called Vodamāyuta. Kanauj was conquered after 1085 by Mahmūd, the son of the Ghaznavid Sultān, driving out the Rāshtrakūta chief. This the Rāshtrakūta chief then move their capital to Vodamāyuta, where they ruled until conquered by Qutb-ud-din Aibak . The first authentic historical event connected with it, however,

1517-467: The present Hansi to Hisar. The gate of fort has figures of gods, and pictures of gods, goddesses, birds can also be seen on the walls of the fort. The entry gate of the fort was built by George Thomas. This fort was declared a Protected Monument of National Importance in 1937 by the Archeological Survey, the present ASI, and is still in good condition, a must visit site for all archeologists. Hansi

1558-477: Was 73.%. The widely spoken language in the city is Hindi and Awadhi. The sex ratio of Budaun city is 907 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 882 per 1000 boys. The area of the city is 81 square km. Budaun Metro Area have a population of around 417000 and an area of 103 km (40 sq mi) With Badaun City, it includes Shekhupur, Bahedi, Islamganj, Chandanpur, Salarpur, Salarpur Industrial Estate, Shekhupur Firing Range, Padauna and Khera Buzurg. Budaun

1599-623: Was built by Iltutmish and the Qadri Dargah are among the popular shrines in Budaun. Budaun also hosts the ancient Gauri Shankar Temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva, it is India's first rasling a Shivling made by amalgamation of liquid mercury and gold. Higher Education institutions in the city include the Government Degree College, Government Girls Degree College and NMNS Dass College, all affiliated to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University , Bareilly . The Budaun Medical College ,

1640-516: Was its capture by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1196, after which it became a very important post on the northern frontier of the Delhi empire. In 1223, a mosque of imposing size, crowned with a dome, was built. In the 13th century two of its governors, Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, the builder of the mosque referred above, and his son Rukn ud din Firuz , attained the imperial throne. In 1571 the town was burnt, and about

1681-468: Was named Bedamooth in an ancient inscription based on stone scripts at the Lucknow Museum . Later this region was called Panchala . According to the lines on stone scripts there was a village Bhadaunlak near the city. The Muslim historian Roz Khan Lodhi said that Ashoka The Great built a Buddh Vihar and Quila ; he named it BuddhMau ( Budaun Fort ). According to George Smith, Budaun was named after

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