Place:Banda, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India

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NameBanda
Alt namesBāndasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-14
TypeCity or town
Coordinates25.467°N 80.333°E
Located inBanda, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Banda (Hindi: बांदा, Urdu: باندہ) is a city and a municipal board in Banda district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Banda lies south of the Yamuna river in the Bundelkhand region. It is the administrative headquarters of Banda District. The town is well connected to major cities with railways and state highways. The town is near the right bank of the river Ken, 95 m. S. W. of Allahabad.

Banda was a town and district of British India, in the Allahabad division of the United Provinces. The population in 1901 was 22,565. It was formerly, but is no longer, a military cantonment.It had a Rai Bahadur Raiyse,Pt Mannulal Awasthi(183 villages) which was a royal family of Bundelkhand and one of the biggest jagirdars of1920's and 1930's, heir to which is now Mrs Amita Bajpai.Nearly 75% of Banda belonged to Rai Bahadur Pt Mannulal Awasthi up to 1947 under British India.

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