Etawah

**Etawah** is a ceety on the banks o Yamuna River in the state o Uttar Pradesh in Indie. It is the admeenistrative heidquairters o Etawah destrict. The ceety wis a important centre for the Indie Rebellion o 1857 (Allan Octavian Hume, the foonder o Indie Naitional Congress wis destrict collector then). An aw is the place o sangam or confluence atween Yamuna an Chambal. It is the steid o the remains o the Great Hedge o Indie an aw. Population o Etawah in 2001 census wis 211,460.

## Geografie
Etawah wis a toun an destrict o Breetish Indie, in the Agra diveesion o the Unitit Provinces. The toun is situatit on the left bank o the Yamuna, an haes a station on the Indian Railways (North Central Zone), 386&nbsp;km frae Allahabad. Deep fissurs intersect the various quairters o the toun, ower which broad roads connect the heicher portions bi brigs an embankments. Considerable tred is carriet on bi rail, Naitional Heich-gate 2 (Four lane heich-gate, connectin Delhi tae Kolkata, pairt o Golden Quadrilateral, which wis earlier Grand Trunk Road) an river.

The destrict o Etawah lees in the wastren portion o Uttar Pradesh 26° 47" north latitude an 72° 20" east langitude. In shape it is a parallelogram wi a lenth frae north tae sooth 70&nbsp;km. an east tae wast 66&nbsp;km. on ane side an 24&nbsp;km. on the ither side. It is  boondit on the north bi the destricts o Firozabad an Mainpuri, while the smaw extent o wastren mairch adjoins tahsil Bah o the Agra destrict. The eastren frontier mairches wi the destrict o Auraiya, an alang the sooth lee Jalaun an the destrict o Bhind, the diveesion line bein, except for a short distance, the Chambal an Yamuna rivers. The tot aurie in 1999 is calculatit tae be 2434&nbsp;km.

The destrict exhibits a strikin variety o surface an scenery. The greater portion lees athin the Doab or level alluvial plain atween the Ganges an the Yamuna. This pairt faws naturally intae twa sections, dividit bi the deep an fissured glen the river Sengar.

The tract tae the north-east o that stream is rich an growthie, bein wattered bi the branches o the Ganges canal, an ither important wirks. The sooth-wastren region haes the same naitural avantages, but possesses nae great irrigation seestem, an is consequently less fruitfu than the opposite slopes. Near the banks o the Yamuna, the plain descends intae the river glen bi a series o wild ravines an terraces, inhabitit anerly bi a scattered race o hereditar herdsmen. Ayont the Jamuna, a strip o laund extends alang the tangled gorges o the Chambal an the Kuari Nadi, far intae the borders o the Gwalior state. This ootlyin tract embraces a series o rocky glens an muntain torrents, crouned bi the ruins o native stranghaulds, an interspersed wi nairae ledges o cultivable alluvium. The climate, ance het an sultry, haes nou acome comparatively moist an equable unner the influence o irrigation an the plantin o trees.

Etawah is locatit at . It haes a average elevation o 197&nbsp;metres (456&nbsp;feet).

## Demographics

As per provisional data o 2011 census, Etawah haed a population o 15,81,810. The leeteracy rate wis 82.89 per cent.

## History

### Auncient era
This region is believit tae hae existit even in the Bronze Age. The earliest Aryans who livit here wur the Panchalas. Thay are said tae hae haed close connections wi Kurus.

Tradeetion haulds the history o the toun stairtit wi its foondation bi a successor o Keeng Bharat. The region fynds mention in the Mahabharata an Ramayana epics an aw.

The Guptas, Kanvas, Kanishka, Naga keengs ruled ower this aurie. In the fowert century A.D., it wis pairt o unitit Indie unner the Guptas.

Durin the nint an tent centuries, this region wis govrened bi Gurjara Pratihara rulers. The conquest o Kannauj bi Nagabhata II haundit Pratiharas control ower this region. Durin the reign o Gurjara Pratihara monarch Mihir Bhoj, the region is mentioned as prosperous, safe frae thieves an rich in naitural resoorces.

### Revolt o 1857
Durin the First War o Unthirldom in 1857 major disturbances occurred in Etawah, an the destrict wis occupee'd bi the freedom fechters frae Juin tae Dizember. Breetish rule wis no completely restored till the end o 1858.

### Modren history an economy
Etawah haes experiencit modrenization an development unner Breetish Raj an in the post-unthirldom period.

The destrict is pairtly watered bi branches o the Ganges canal.

It is traversed bi the main line o the Indie railwey (northren zone) which runs frae Kanpur tae Agra an ayont. The railwey wis first biggit durin the British Raj.

Cotton, ileseeds, Ghee an ither agricultural produce, an a special breeds o goat i.e. Yamunapaari an buffalo are grown an exportit.

The region haes a 652 MW naitural gas-based pouer generation plant. Houiver it lacks manufacturing industries.

Etawah wis kent for its handloom products; msist o thaim are convertit intae pouerlooms thanks tae the advent o better technologie. 'Etawah' is derivit frae the burnor o bricks (whaur bricks are made); it haes thoosans o brick centre atween its boondaries.

## Transport
### Rail
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Etawah railwey station lees on Kanpur-Delhi section o Howrah-Delhi main line. Shatabdi Express an mony ither superfast trains hae a scheduled halt in Etawah.

### Road
Inner State Bus Station helps connect Etawah wi pynts athort the rest o Uttar Pradesh state. Naitional Heich-gate 2 passes throu Etawah, connectin it tae important ceeties lik Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Dhanbad an Kolkata.

Athin the ceety, Auto-rickshaws an manual rickshaws are the major form o transport. Bus services run at heich frequencies.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Wabsteid o Etawah Destrict
* Official Website of Live TV on Mobile in Etawah
* Local Directory of Etawah District 
* A zoomable driving map