Ghazipur

Ghazipur
City
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The Tomb of Lord Cornwallis, Governor-General of Bengal
Nickname: 
City of Martyrs
Ghazipur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Ghazipur
Ghazipur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Ghazipur is located in India
Ghazipur
Ghazipur
Ghazipur (India)
Coordinates: 25°35′N 83°34′E / 25.58°N 83.57°E / 25.58; 83.57
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictGhazipur
Settled350–400 BCE
Founded1330
Officially Incorporated1820
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • BodyGhazipur Municipal Council
 • ChairpersonSarita Agarwal
Area
 • Total36.6 km2 (14.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total110,587[1]
 • Rank391
 • Sex ratio
902 /
DemonymGhazipuria
Languages
 • OfficialHindi & Urdu
 • RegionalBhojpuri
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
233001
Telephone code91-548
Vehicle registrationUP-61
Websitewww.ghazipur.nic.in

Ghazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur city is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ghazipur also constitutes one of the seven distinct tehsils, or subdivisions, of the Ghazipur district.[2][3]

Ghazipur is well known for its opium factory, established by the British East India Company in 1820 and still the biggest legal opium factory in the world, producing the drug for the global pharmaceutical industry.[4] Ghazipur lies close to the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border, about 80 km (50 mi) east of Varanasi.[5]

  1. ^ "2011 census of India".
  2. ^ "Tehsil | District Ghazipur, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India,"
  3. ^ "Ghazipur, a city established during Tughlaqs".
  4. ^ Paxman, Jeremy (2011). "Chapter 3". Empire:What Ruling the World Did to the British. London: Penguin Books.
  5. ^ "Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan|Books".

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