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On 13 October 2024, Bahraich saw communal violence between the Hindus and the Muslims following the murder of a Hindu man named Gopal Mishra, after he climbed onto the roof of a house of Abdul Hameed and removed green flag before replacing it with a saffron flag.
Bahraich is a city and a municipal board in Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the Saryu River , a tributary of the Ghaghara river, Bahraich is 125 kilometres (78 miles) north-east of Lucknow , the state capital.
Bahraich is a category "A" district i.e. having socio-economic and basic amenities parameters below the national average. [2] Hindus are the majority population, but Muslims are a large minority. In urban areas Muslims are the majority. There are small populations of Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists in the district. [3]
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts and 1 temporary district.These districts, most of which have populations above 12 lakhs, are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience.
About 50 villages are located in the Mahasi Tehsil of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh along the floodplains of the Ghaghara River. The surrounding forests and grasslands host wolf populations. [4] [1] Sugarcane is widely cultivated in the region and the wolves often use the tall standing crops in the sugarcane fields to hide themselves. [1]
Jamia Arabia Masoodia Noorul Uloom (then Madrasa Arabia Noorul Uloom) was founded in Qazipura, Bahraich, on 1 Dhu al-Qadah 1349 AH (29 March 1931 AD) by Mahfoozur Rahman Nami, after the demise of his father Noor Muhammad Bahraichi, on the suggestion of Khwaja Khalil Ahmad Shah, a freedom fighter and political leader of the Indian Congress Party in Bahraich.
Bahraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bahraich in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Bahraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency .
Khwaja Khalil Ahmad Shah was born on 9 December 1890 in the Qazipura locality of Bahraich. His father, Ahmad Shah, was of Kashmiri origin, having migrated to Bahraich. Shah belonged to a respected family; one of his brothers, Khwaja Akbar Shah, was a barrister.