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Ujariyaon
Ujariaon | |
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Coordinates: 26°52′N 81°0′E / 26.867°N 81.000°E[1] | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Lucknow |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Ujariyaon, also spelled Ujariaon, is a neighbourhood (mohalla) in Lucknow, in the Rajiv Gandhi 1st ward.[2] Once a separate village located 2 miles east of the city of Lucknow, Ujariyaon is located on the east bank of the Gomti River, between the smaller tributary streams the Kukrail and the Sahiri.[1]
Ujariyaon is surrounded by Lohiya Park, Ambedkar Park, St. Joseph Hospital, Manoj Pandey Chauraha, Mithai wala Chauraha, electricity office. Gomti Nagar was developed on the land of Ujariyaon Zamindars; the government initially started this housing project as "Ujariyaon Awasiya Yojna"; the name was later changed to "Gomti Nagar awasiye yogna". Ujariyaon has one of the biggest graveyards in Lucknow, called the Ganj Shaheeda, which has around 52 bighas of land and is registered as a Waqf property with the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board. Ganj Shaheeda also has a beautiful mosque at its centre called Masjid Ganj Shaheeda. Ujariyaon also has around 12 personal graveyards belonging to different Zamindar families.[3]