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About Pīlibhīt
Pilibhit (pronounced [piːliːbʱiːt̪] ) is a city and a municipal board in Pilibhit district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Pilibhit is the north-easternmost district of Bareilly division, situated in the Rohilkhand region of the sub-Himalayan Plateau belt next to foothills of Sivalik Range on the boundary of Nepal, known for the origin of river Gomati and one of the most forest-rich areas in North India. Pilibhit was also known as Bansuri Nagari – the land of flutes, for making and exporting roughly 95% of India's flutes.
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History
Pilibhit forests area are a home for the striped cats, tiger, bear, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008. was declared in September 2008 based on its special type of ecosystem with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.
It is believed by locals that Pilibhit was ruled by an ancient king named Mayurdhwaj or Moredhwaj or King Venu, a great devotee of lord Krishna and a loyal friend of Arjun. King Venu's name and the geography of his kingdom can be traced in the Hindu epic Mahabharat.
The city Pilibhit was an administrative unit in the Mughal era under Bareilly suba. For security, the Mughal subedar Ali Mohammed Khan constructed four magnificent gates around the administrative building in 1734 AD. These gates were named Barellwi Darwaza at the west, Hussaini Darwaza at the east, Jahanabadi Darwaza at the north and Dakhini Darwaza at the south. Because of a lack of proper maintenance, all the gates have been lost; only their ruins remain. He also constructed a jama asjid (congregational mosque) in Pilibhit.
The last king of the Shah dynasty of Doti, Nepal, Prithvipati Shah, was sheltered in Pilibhit by the ruler of Rampur State Faizullah Khan in 1789 AD, after being attacked by the Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal.
From the History section of Pilibhit on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bareilly Air Force Station (BEK) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 42 km away.
- Baldeopur 6 km northeast, about 6 min by car
- Jahānābād 8 km west, about 8 min by car
- Nawābganj 19 km southwest, about 19 min by car
- Barkhera Kalān 20 km south, about 20 min by car
- Kālīnagar 27 km east, about 27 min by car
- Richha 28 km west, about 28 min by car
- Deoraniān 32 km west, about 32 min by car
- Baheri 34 km northwest, about 34 min by car
- Sitārganj 35 km north, about 35 min by car
- Pūranpur 36 km east, about 36 min by car
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Photo credits
- Jamiamasjid pilibhit02, Shamikh Faraz, CC BY 3.0
- Pilibhit July 2012 02, Makks2010, CC BY-SA 3.0
- मनकामेश्वर महादेव,पीलीभीत।, अरविंद त्रिवेदी।, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Varungandhipilibhit, PeggyPeppy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Varungandhipilibhit (cropped), PeggyPeppy, CC BY-SA 4.0
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