Gadia, Barabanki

Village in Uttar Pradesh, India

26°33′N 81°05′E / 26.55°N 81.08°E / 26.55; 81.08Country

IndiaStateUttar PradeshDistrictBarabankiElevation

111 m (364 ft)Population

(2001)

• Total9,708Languages

• OfficialHindiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

225003

Gadia is a gram panchayat in Barabanki district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[1]

History

Gadia was one of the many talukas in the great Mughal and British Raj-era princely state of Oudh (Awadh).

Nawab of Awadh era

Salar Ahmad's Shaikh family of Juggaur, fourth in descent from Qazi Kidwa, a son of the Seldjuk Sultans of Rum, acquired the Gadia taluqa in 1843.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Gadia - a village in the tehsil/mandal of Nindaura in the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh". Retrieved 14 September 2013.
^ DG, Bara Banki, 1904, p 155.
^ Pluralism to Separatism Qasbas in Colonial Awadh by Mushirul Hasan – Oxford University Press
^ "Examination of the pluralism of India study of the Kidwai family of Barabanki, Lucknow". 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.