Badaun
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Budaun बदायूँ بدایوں City Of Saints |
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| Regional Major City | |
 Budaun
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| Coordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°ECoordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Region | Rohilkhand |
| Division | Bareilly |
| District | Budaun |
| Settled | 905AD (Modern City), 220BC (Ancient City) |
| Government | |
| • Body | Budaun Municipal Corporation |
| • Chairman | Fatma Raza |
| • MP | Dharmendra Yadav |
| • MLA | Abid Raza |
| Area | |
| • Regional Major City | 81 km2 (31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Regional Major City | 369,221 |
| • Rank | 17 |
| • Density | 5,489/km2 (14,220/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 457,665 |
| Demonym(s) | Badayuni |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 243601 |
| Telephone code | 05832 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-UP-BD |
| Vehicle registration | UP-24 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Sex ratio | 907 female/1000 male |
| Literacy | 82.0% |
| Civic agency | Budaun Development Authority |
| Governing body |
Government of UP Government of India |
| Climate | HS-TH (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 843 millimetres (33.2 in) |
| Avg. annual temperature | 27.5 °C (81.5 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 39.8 °C (103.6 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 11.5 °C (52.7 °F) |
| Website | http://www.badaun.nic.in/ |
| Also known as 'City of Saints' or 'Madinat ul Awliya', famous for its Pedas, 'Mentha City' of India. | |
Budaun (also spelled as Badaun) is a city and a headquarter of Budaun district,Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near the Ganges river. in the center of Western Uttar Pradesh. Budaun is a Hindu and Muslim dominated region. It was the most important post of Northern Frontier during Mughal reign. Budaun is a big market, historically famous and religiously important city. It is the heart of Rohilkhand. Budaun is 229 km from New Delhi and it takes 4 hours 47 mins to 7 hours to reach the city depending on mode of transport i.e. car or roadways bus service. Whilst not a main tourist destination, it still attracts thousands of people annually. Every year it is estimated that 1.5 lac to 2 lac people visit the city, most people come there for Ziyarat. Budaun is famous among the Barelwi sectors of Muslims due to the presence of hundreds of martyrs (Shahid) and saints buried there. Budaun was the capital of Delhi Sultanate for four years from 1210 CE to 1214 CE during Sultan Iltutmish rule.
Prof. Goti John referred this city was named Bedamooth in an ancient inscription based on stone scripts at the Lucknow Museum. Later this region was called Panchal. According to the lines on stone scripts there was a village Bhadaunlak near the city. The Muslim historian Roz Khan Lodhi said that at Ashoka The Great (?) built a Buddh Vihar and Quila; he named it BuddhMau (Budaun Fort). According to George Smith, Budaun was named after the Ahir prince Budh.
Budaun has an average elevation of 169 metres (554 feet). It has normal rainfall levels. Since Budaun was settled after demolishing a large fort, the city is irregularly elevated, with Sotha and Punjabi Mohalla at the top. The Civil Lines area is much plainer.
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