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About Hardoī
Hardoi is a city and municipal board in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Hardoi district. It is also known as Prahalad Nagari. Hardoi is about 110 km from the state capital Lucknow and about 385 km from New Delhi.
From the Wikipedia article Hardoi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
According to traditional accounts, the name Hardoi is believed to be a distorted version of the erm Hari-Drohi (Hindi: "Against God"), which in turn is related to Hiranyakashipu, a daitya king and key character in the backstory of the festival of Holi. There is an area in Hardoi that locals claim was the site of Holika's pyre in which she sat with Prahlad who was Hirnakashyap's son.
There are other versions as well. The city derives its name from Raja Hardeo, Bhar chief who built it, but tradition either attributes it to a Thathera ruler named Raja Harnakas or to a religious devotee named Hardeo Babar who supposedly lived here around 1000 CE. In any case, the site was inhabited from an early date; below the old town is an ancient khera that covers 16 acres. Around 1300, a group of Chamar Gaurs led by Nir Singh are said to have conquered the place from the Thatheras, destroyed their fortress, and re-founded the city.
From the History section of Hardoi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 103 km away.
- Sāndi 21 km southwest, about 21 min by car
- Gopāmau 22 km northeast, about 22 min by car
- Pihānī 26 km north, about 26 min by car
- Bilgrām 26 km south, about 26 min by car
- Mādhoganj 31 km south, about 31 min by car
- Benīganj 33 km east, about 33 min by car
- Shāhābād 33 km northwest, about 33 min by car
- Ant 34 km east, about 34 min by car
- Misrikh 40 km east, about 40 min by car
- Kannauj 43 km southwest, about 43 min by car
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- GIC Hardoi, Updesh8090, CC BY-SA 4.0
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