Ballia district

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Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Ballia district is a part of Azamgarh Division.

The great nationalist and the hero of First war of Indian Independence, Mangal Pandey was born here. The city of Ballia, the district headquarters, is believed to the birth place and workplace of Maharshi Bhrigu. The language spoken in Ballia is Bhojpuri, a dialect of Hindi.

Former Prime minister of India Late Chandra Shekhar was a native of Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district.

[edit] External links

Official district web site

Divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra division: Agra \| Aligarh \| Etah \| Firozabad \| Mainpuri \| Hathras \| Mathura
Allahabad division: Allahabad \| Fatehpur \| Kaushambi \| Pratapgarh
Azamgarh division: Azamgarh \| Ballia \| Mau
Bareilly division: Badaun \| Bareilly \| Pilibhit \| Shahjahanpur
Basti division: Basti \| Sant Kabir Nagar \| Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot division: Banda \| Chitrakoot \| Hamirpur \| Mahoba
Devipatan division: Bahraich \| Balarampur \| Gonda \| Shravasti
Faizabad division: Ambedkar Nagar \| Barabanki \| Faizabad \| Sultanpur
Gorakhpur division: Devaria \| Gorakhpur \| Kushinagar \| Maharajganj
Jhansi division: Jalaun \| Jhansi \| Lalitpur
Kanpur division: \| Auraiya \| Etawah \| Farrukhabad \| Kannauj \| Kanpur Dehat \| Kanpur Nagar
Lucknow division: Hardoi \| Lakhimpur Kheri \| Lucknow \| Raebareli \| Sitapur \| Unnao
Meerut division: \| Bagpat \| Bulandshahr \| Gautam Buddha Nagar \| Ghaziabad \| Meerut
Mirzapur division: Mirzapur \| Sant Ravidas Nagar \| Sonbhadra
Moradabad division: Bijnor \| Jyotiba Phule Nagar \| Moradabad \| Rampur
Saharanpur division: Muzaffarnagar \| Saharanpur
Varanasi division: Chandauli \| Ghazipur \| Jaunpur \| Varanasi