Coordinates: 25.45° N 81.85° E
- This article is about the Indian city. For other uses, see Allahabad (disambiguation).
Allahabad Allahabad (Hindi: इलाहाबाद, Urdu: إلٰهآباد, Ilāhābād) is a city in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The name was given to the city by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1583. Its English rendering is Allahabad, implying a naming based on Allah ('the god' or 'God'), God's Arabic reference in Islam. However this is not case as the city's actual name, and the way it is spoken and written in India, is Ilāhābād; ilāh being Arabic for 'a god' (in this context from Din-i-Ilahi, the religion founded by Akbar), and '-ābād' is Persian for 'prosperous place of'.
The city is also known as Prayag (Sanskrit for 'place of sacrifice' and is considered to be the spot where Brahma offered his first sacrifice after creating the world). It is one of four sites of the Kumbh Mela, the others being Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik. It has a position of importance in the Hindu religion and mythology since it is situated at the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna, and Hindu belief says that the invisible Sarasvati River joins here also.
Because solar events in Allahabad occur exactly 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich, the city is the reference point for Indian Standard Time, maintained by the city's observatory.
Allahabad At A Glance
Allahabad is one of the largest cities of the State of Uttar Pradesh in India. It encompasses a large area and is an inland peninsula surrounded by the rivers Ganga and Yamuna from three sides with only one side connected to the mainland. Along with a large number of areas within Allahabad City, there are several satellite cities on the other side of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, and are considered as satellite cities of Allahabad. There are also a large number of Townships and Villages near Allahabad City within Allahabad District.
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Government, Civic amenities and Important Offices
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Allahabad is governed by a number of bodies, the prime being the Allahabad Nagar Nigam (Municipal Corporation) and Allahabad development Authority, which is responsible for the master planning of the city. Other facilities are provided by various other government utilities. For example, water supply and sewage system is maintained by Jal Nigam, a subsidiary of Nagar Nigam.
Power supply is by the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. Nagar Nigam also runs a bus service in the city and suburban areas.
Having been seat of government during the period the British ruled the country, many important provincial offices like Police Headquarters, Directorate of Education, Board of Secondary Education, Board of Revenue are located here besides the High Court of Judicature. In addition to other offices of the federal government, like the Commissionerate of Income Tax and Central Excise and Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension), office of Linguistic Minorities etc., the Principal Accountant General, representative of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Supreme Audit Institution of the country) also is headquartered here.
Allahabad is an important station for Indian Railways. It has the headquarters of the Central Organisation for Railway Electrification. This organisation carry out all the electrification work of Indian Railways. Allahabad is also the head quarters of North Central zone of Indian Railway.
Phone services in Allahabad are by BSNL, Airtel, Hutch, Reliance India Mobile and Tata Indicom. Internet services are provided by BSNL, Sify iWay and Reliance.
Allahabad is home to a large number of important government offices. Some of them are the Public Service Commission, Board of Revenue, Education Directorate, State board of Education, Police Head Quarters(UP), Income Tax and Excise Tribunal, AG of UP, numerous railway offices and a number of Defence establishments. There are as many as five defence establishments in and around the city. They are
- City Cantonment
- Chatham Lines Cantonment
- Bamrauli and Manauri air fields
- Allahabad Fort
- Ordnance depot in Naini.
Bamrauli air field is the headquarters of the Central Air Command of India.
Allahabad High Court is the High Court for the state of Uttar Pradesh (along with a bench at Lucknow). It is one of the largest courts in the world in terms of the number of judges.
References
http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/delup.htm
