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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amorha Khas
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Basti district|Basti]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of tehsils in India|Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Harraiya]]
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| population_total = 5977
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 272127
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 05546
| registration_plate = UP-51
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'''Amorha Khas''' is a [[gram panchayat]] in [[Basti district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In the freedom struggle of 1857, about 250 martyrs of '''Amorha''' State were hanged by the British Government from [[peepal tree]]s located at [[Chhawani]].<ref name="basti.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://basti.nic.in/Tourist%20gen%20info/placeof%20interest.htm|title=Places of Interest|work=basti.nic.in|accessdate=9 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629215843/http://basti.nic.in/Tourist%20gen%20info/placeof%20interest.htm|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
<ref name="panchayatportals">{{cite web|url=http://www.panchayatportals.gov.in/web/54686_amodha-khas-gram-panchayat/sagy|publisher=panchayatportals.gov.in|title=AMODHA KHAS-Gram Panchayat - National Panchayat Portal - Govt. of India|accessdate=2017-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043812/http://www.panchayatportals.gov.in/web/54686_amodha-khas-gram-panchayat/sagy|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Geography==
Amorha Khas is located at {{coord|26.7625985|N|82.3938621|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Amorha,+Uttar+Pradesh+272127/@26.7625985,82.3938621,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3990ba9551b83f8b:0xd330489c49ec78d9?hl=en
|title = Google maps location of Amorha
|publisher = Google maps
|accessdate = 2013-04-01
}}</ref>
[[File:राजा ज़ालिम सिंह राज्य, अमोढ़ा (Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh).jpg|thumb|Amorha]]
[[File:Ramrekha Mandir, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India (रामरेखा मन्दिर - अमोढ़ा).jpg|thumb|Ramrekha Mandir, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India (रामरेखा मन्दिर - अमोढ़ा)]]
[[File:Chaturbhuji Mandir, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India.jpg|thumb|Chaturbhuji Mandir, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh]]

==History==
Amorha was ruled by the indigenous [[Bhar]]s & Kshatriyas drove out the Bhars by force and founded an estate known as the Amorha Raj.<ref name="Alexander 1880">{{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=E. |title=Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces |date=1880 |publisher=North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=434 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJ4IAAAAQAAJ |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref>

Raja Zalim Singh was the King of Amorha. He was a Suryavanshi Rajput and Suryavanshi Rajputs of Basti and Ayodhya are his descendants.
Raja Zalim Singh along with the Nawab of Oudh fought against the British imperialists for India's Freedom Struggle. On 13th Aug 1857, the British imperialists realised it was very difficult to establish their rule in Amorha due to fierce resistance by the Raja. This forced the British officer, Col. Robert Craft, to back off from the region on 2nd Mar 1858. The last queen of Amorha, and the wife of Raja Zalim Singh, Rani Talash Kanwar, took arms against the British and was killed in a bloody battle.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Raja Zalim Singh was a brave Indian freedom fighter. He repulsed all British invasions in his region. He defended his territory against the British with utmost valour for a long time until one day when he was taken off guard and surrounded by the British army. He managed to escape via a secret tunnel and continued to fight guerrilla warfare against the British.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> [[Amorha Khas]] is a large village located in [[Harraiya]] of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with a total of 1009 families residing there. The [[Amorha Khas]] village has population of 5977 of which 2933 are males while 3044 are females as per Population Census 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://basti.nic.in/|title=District Basti Government of Uttar Pradesh - Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla|website=basti.nic.in|accessdate=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810000130/http://basti.nic.in/|archive-date=10 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Famous places ==
[[Amorha Khas]] is situated at a distance of 41 km from the district headquarters. Its old name was Ambodha, and it was once a province (state) of Surajbansi Rajput Raja Zalim Singh. Zalim Singh's Mahal is here, Old wall of mahal is still there with the mark of a bullet used by the English. Also a temple [[Ramrekha Mandir]] is here.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy|author=Thomas, D.|date=1998|publisher=Leo Cooper|isbn=9780850526233|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9KkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|page=16|accessdate=2017-01-14}}</ref><ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=The final settlement report on the Gonda district|author=Benett, W.C.|date=1878|volume=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6gIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA22|page=22|accessdate=2017-01-14}}</ref><ref name="google3">{{cite book|title=Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)|author=Michael, B.A.|date=2014|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=9781783083220|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTKNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA151|page=151|accessdate=2017-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116201833/https://books.google.com/books?id=iTKNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA151|archive-date=16 January 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Kotahi_Mandir,_Amorha,_Basti,_Uttar_Pradesh.jpg|thumb|Kotahi Mandir, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Sansad Aadarsh Gram - Amorha Khas (अमोढ़ा ख़ास).jpg|Sansad Aadarsh Gram Amorha Khas (अमोढ़ा ख़ास)
File:Lohia Samagra Gram - Amorha Khas (अमोढ़ा ख़ास).jpg|Lohia Samagra Gram Amorha Khas (अमोढ़ा ख़ास)
File:Raja Zalim Singh Smarak Sthal, Amorha Khas (राजा ज़ालिम सिंह स्मारक स्थल, अमोढ़ा ख़ास).jpg|Raja Zalim Singh Smarak Sthal, Amorha Khas, Basti, Uttar Pradesh (राजा ज़ालिम सिंह स्मारक स्थल, अमोढ़ा ख़ास, बस्ती उ0प्र0)
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons Category|Amroha}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Basti district]]
[[Category:Villages in Basti district]]

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