Rudauli
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Rudauli popularly known as Rudauli Shareef (Hindi: रुदौली शरीफ़, Urdu: ), is a city and a municipal board in Faizabad district
in the India
n state
of Uttar Pradesh
.
or Delhi
or going towards Bihar
and Howrah stop here. Railway Minister of India Miss Mamta Banerji declared Rudauli Railway Station as a Model Station. The large high-tech highway project going on Lucknow-Ahyodhya highway will make it much easier to connect it with the state capital Lucknow and other cities of the Country in future.
The distance from Lucknow is 90 km; about 2 hours by railway and 3 hours by state transport. One has to step down at Bhelsar (भेलसर بھیلسر) to reach Rudauli by a 3 km internal road from Bhelsar.
, Rudauli had a population of 36,804. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rudauli has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 40%. In Rudauli, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
There is a fruit and vegetable mandi, grain market and wholesale market.
Rudauli, situated on Lucknow
-Faizabad
highway, is one of the most revered towns of the region of erstwhile Awadh
.
Even after Zamindari's abolition and decline of Taluqdar
ana system, it remained a center of Awadhi tahzeeb with a touch of ‘Rudaulviyat’ and helped nourish the cultural supremacy that it acquired over the last couple of centuries. It has also been the favored designation of some of the famous Sufi saints of India. For that reason, it is popularly known as “Rudauli Sharif”. Urdu
, which was at the heart of old tahzeeb of Awadh
, also got its share of Rudauli in almost every genre of Urdu literature.
was also born in Rudauli. Sheikh Safi, grand father of Abdul Quddus Gangohi
and Sufi Syed Mohammed Saleh encestor of syeds of mohalla sufiana is also buried in Rudauli.
) and Safia Naumani (Mother of one of the finest English poet of his time Agha Shahid Ali
) and Nayyara Hasan (Mother in law of jurist Tahir Mahmood
) can be mentioned.
Recently, Dr Nehal Raza though he is not a woman, has contributed immensely to the social cause of the town. Dr Raza had started his journey of social work at age of 14 years by forming his own Youth Federation and later on joined Lions Club. Today Dr Raza is known in every nook and corner of the area for his health camps which are organised on regular basis for poor and deprived people of Rudauli and adjoining villages. He has founded a public school at Rauzagaon, and a degree college on the outskirts of Rudauli in association of many others. His son Dr. Wasif Raza is also following his foot prints. He is much more talented than any other of his age but being away from Rudauli since childhood he might not focus ONLY on Rudauli; he is planning to reach millions with the help and support for social causes. Wasif's younger brother who is studying engneering from Ghaziabad will also joint him in this noble cause.
The other prominent citizen fro non-woman category, here comes from Dalmia family and the Mahdi family, who are associated with many businesses and known for their social harmony. Kashi Nath Dalmia is one of those persons who earned the repo of all through his humble and honest outlook towards the society.
Malik Ashraf Ali of notable Malik family founded the public school Awadh Montessori School. A portion of his ancestral home is now housing the school building.
The most famous and popular actor Naseeruddin Shah
recently informed that he was born in Rudauli. He visited his birth place along with his mother.
Faizabad District
See also: Faizabad Faizabad district is one of the 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Faizabad city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district occupies an area of 2,764 km²...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
.
Geography
Rudauli is located at 26.75°N 81.75°E. It has an average elevation of 105 metres (344 feet).Transportation
Rudauli is well connected by road and railway line, however no government or private buses are available to transport the passenger from Rudauli to the state capital or other cities. Almost all the trains going towards LucknowLucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
or Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
or going towards Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
and Howrah stop here. Railway Minister of India Miss Mamta Banerji declared Rudauli Railway Station as a Model Station. The large high-tech highway project going on Lucknow-Ahyodhya highway will make it much easier to connect it with the state capital Lucknow and other cities of the Country in future.
The distance from Lucknow is 90 km; about 2 hours by railway and 3 hours by state transport. One has to step down at Bhelsar (भेलसर بھیلسر) to reach Rudauli by a 3 km internal road from Bhelsar.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Rudauli had a population of 36,804. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rudauli has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 40%. In Rudauli, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Economy
Rudauli has a large gold and silver ornaments market.There is a fruit and vegetable mandi, grain market and wholesale market.
Banks
Rudauli has modern banking facilities. Many Banks such as State Bank of India, Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Gramin Banks are situated in the main market area. Automatic teller machines can also be found here for the convenience of those also who have their account in private banks.History
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
-Faizabad
Faizabad
City of Faizabad , previous capital of Awadh, is the headquarters of Faizabad District and a municipal board in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, situated on the banks of river Ghaghra . Faizabad has a twin city of Ayodhya, which is considered to be the birthplace of Rama...
highway, is one of the most revered towns of the region of erstwhile Awadh
Awadh
Awadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
.
Even after Zamindari's abolition and decline of Taluqdar
Taluqdar
A taluqdar or talukdar , is a term used for Indian land holders in Mughal and British times, responsible for collecting taxes from a district...
ana system, it remained a center of Awadhi tahzeeb with a touch of ‘Rudaulviyat’ and helped nourish the cultural supremacy that it acquired over the last couple of centuries. It has also been the favored designation of some of the famous Sufi saints of India. For that reason, it is popularly known as “Rudauli Sharif”. Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
, which was at the heart of old tahzeeb of Awadh
Awadh
Awadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
, also got its share of Rudauli in almost every genre of Urdu literature.
Monuments
Rudauli has some architectural monuments that still draw people from all over the country. Chief among these are Husainiya Irshadia (Imambara) and Masjid Irshad Hussain, constructed by Chaudhary Irshad Husain in the Irshad Manzil complex. The present muttawalli of both the waqfs is Choudhary Syed Mohammad Husain Irshad Zaidi (Makki Mian). Masjid Khalil-ur-Rehman was constructed by Chaudhry Mohd Atiq Siddiqui.Writers
- Ateeq Siddqui was a famous Urdu writer and politician.
- Khaliq Siddiqui, brother of Atiq Siddiqui who wrote the tarana of Jamia Millia IslamiaJamia Millia IslamiaJamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University located in Delhi. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988...
was a great Urdu writer and son of Khaliq Siddiqui, - Khan azmi Rudaulvi edit many books. Rudauli has the distinction that the anthem of the two big universities of India, Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...
and Jamia Millia IslamiaJamia Millia IslamiaJamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University located in Delhi. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988...
, was composed by poets from Rudauli. - Shah Moinuddin Ahmad Nadvi joined Daarul Musannifin, Azamgarh and became Editor and Publisher of Maarif and authored many books including Tareekh-e-Islam, Seerat-e-Sahaba, Islam Aur Arabi Tamaddun.
- Baqar Mahdi and Dr. Sharib Rudaulvi
- Chaudhary Mohammad Ali Rudaulvi, whose literary oeuvre is full of many different type of books, was a writer.
- Jafar Mahdi Razm, poet.
- Mohammad Haleem Ansari's work was published in Arabic journal Al-Hial published from Egypt. He translated many Arabic books including Al Attaqan Fi Uloomil Quran.
- Parwana RudaulviParwana RudaulviParwana Rudaulvi whose real name was Syed Meesam Tammar was an Indian Urdu language journalist.- Career :1950 Reporter in U. P...
, real name Syed Meesam Tammar Also the Anthem of Crescent Public School, Delhi was written by Parwana Rudaulvi
Sufis
Rudauli is the seat of famous Sufi saint Makhdoom Abdul Huq who is one of the pillars of Sabriya silsila. Sufi poet Abdul Quddus GangohiAbdul Quddus Gangohi
Abdul Quddus Hanafi Ghaznavi Chishti Gangohi bin Shaykh Muhammad Ismail bin Shaykh Safi al-din, was born in Rudauli, Barabanki India.He was a Sufi poet and leading Chisti shaykh...
was also born in Rudauli. Sheikh Safi, grand father of Abdul Quddus Gangohi
Abdul Quddus Gangohi
Abdul Quddus Hanafi Ghaznavi Chishti Gangohi bin Shaykh Muhammad Ismail bin Shaykh Safi al-din, was born in Rudauli, Barabanki India.He was a Sufi poet and leading Chisti shaykh...
and Sufi Syed Mohammed Saleh encestor of syeds of mohalla sufiana is also buried in Rudauli.
Makki Mian
The family of Makki Mian is the most respected and educated family in the city of Rudauli. It consist of freedom fighters,doctors engineers, army men and sailors. The most prominent among them are DR. Zahirul Hasan Zaidi, who was the personal doctor of the Sabah Royal Family of Kuwait.He also worked in the maternity hospital Kuwait from 1972 to 1996. DR.Ali Mohd Zaidi who was ranked among the 50 best IITans from India.Women
Though it is not so much known a fact today but women of Rudauli were also ahead of their times and there were some highly educated women who should be remembered for their contributions. In this context, Hima (Daughter of Chaudhary Muhammad Ali) and his grand daughter Sarvat Zehra Rizvi,popularly known as Holo, (wife of Syed Mohd. Naqi Rizvi) who was the only one left behind in India, was a great source of information about Radauli, Safia Akhter and Hamida Salim(sisters of Majaz and Ansar Harwani), Safia Akhtar (mother of famous poet-activist of the day Javed AkhtarJaved Akhtar
Javed Akhtar is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Some of his most successful work was done in the late 1970s and 1980s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed...
) and Safia Naumani (Mother of one of the finest English poet of his time Agha Shahid Ali
Agha Shahid Ali
Agha Shahid Ali was a Kashmiri American poet...
) and Nayyara Hasan (Mother in law of jurist Tahir Mahmood
Tahir Mahmood
Dr. Tahir Mahmood, Member, Law Commission of India, is a renowned jurist specializing in Islamic Law, Hindu Law, Religion and Law and Law Relating to Minorities. He has been Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, Member, National Human Rights...
) can be mentioned.
Recently, Dr Nehal Raza though he is not a woman, has contributed immensely to the social cause of the town. Dr Raza had started his journey of social work at age of 14 years by forming his own Youth Federation and later on joined Lions Club. Today Dr Raza is known in every nook and corner of the area for his health camps which are organised on regular basis for poor and deprived people of Rudauli and adjoining villages. He has founded a public school at Rauzagaon, and a degree college on the outskirts of Rudauli in association of many others. His son Dr. Wasif Raza is also following his foot prints. He is much more talented than any other of his age but being away from Rudauli since childhood he might not focus ONLY on Rudauli; he is planning to reach millions with the help and support for social causes. Wasif's younger brother who is studying engneering from Ghaziabad will also joint him in this noble cause.
The other prominent citizen fro non-woman category, here comes from Dalmia family and the Mahdi family, who are associated with many businesses and known for their social harmony. Kashi Nath Dalmia is one of those persons who earned the repo of all through his humble and honest outlook towards the society.
Malik Ashraf Ali of notable Malik family founded the public school Awadh Montessori School. A portion of his ancestral home is now housing the school building.
The most famous and popular actor Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian / Bollywood film actor and director. He is considered to be one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. In 2003, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions towards Indian cinema.-Early life:...
recently informed that he was born in Rudauli. He visited his birth place along with his mother.