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Landhaura is a town and a nagar panchayat in Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Landhaura Pargana
Landhaura was a zamidari of North India, which was founded by a khubad gotra Gurjar Cheiftain.[1]
When the area came under British occupation in 1803, it was ruled by Raja Ram Dayal Singh and "First Freedom Fighter" Vijay Singh Gujjar. Their present descendant Pranav Singh is a legislator for Khanpur constituency and a former cabinet-rank official in the State Government of Uttarakhand. Kranti movie is based on Landhaura directed by Manoj Kumar . [2][3][4]
Geography
Landhaura is located at Template:Coord.[5]
Demographics
Template:As of India census,[6] Landhaura had a population of 28786. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Landhaura has an average literacy rate of 72%, lower than the national average of 73%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 62%. In Landhaura, 22% of the population is under 6 years of age. Template:Bar box
Politics
It is an electoral constituency of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Haridwar district.[7][8][9][10][11]
References
- ↑ Roorkee Cantonment Board - History. Google. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ The poison in the gift: ritual, prestation, and the dominant caste in a north Indian village{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Chicago Press(1988). ISBN 0226707288
- ↑ "The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India (Cambridge South Asian Studies)"{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Eric Stokes. ISBN 9780511563416
- ↑ "A Princely Impostor?: The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal"{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Partha Chatterjee
- ↑ Wikimapia page for Landhaura
- ↑ Census of India 2011: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ↑ List of Public Representatives from Haridwar Template:Webarchive Official website of the Haridwar.
- ↑ Landhaura- UttarakhandTemplate:Dead link Election Commission of India, State Elections 2007.
- ↑ खुलासा: अफवाह पर जला लंढौरा, नहीं हुआ था धर्मग्रंथ का अपमान
- ↑ video: बवाल के बाद पहली बार रुड़की पहुंचे चैंपियन, हरीश रावत पर लगाए गंभीर आरोप
- ↑ लंढौरा बवाल के बाद चैंपियन ने बुलाई महापंचायत, पुलिस अलर्ट