About Amethi

Amethi (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is a city and a municipal board in Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar district in Faizabad division of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the district. Amethi district officially named after Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, is a newest and 72nd district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is named after Dalit leader Amethi lies in latitude 26 degree 9 minute north and longitude 81 degree 49 minute east on Raebareli-Amethi-Sultanpur road about 40km south-west of Sultanpur. Also called as Raipur-Amethi, of which Raipur belonged to the Raja of Amethi who lived at Ram Nagar. His ancestors used to reside in Raipur-Phulwari where the old fort is still found. Here is also a temple called Hanumangarhi and a mosque both built about hundred years ago. About three kilometres north of Ram Nagar there is a tomb of famous poet , Saint Malik Muhammad Jayasi where he died, and the fort was built by Bachghoti Rajas. It is known...