Dhannipur
Dhannipur is a village (hamlet) in Sohawal tehsil in Faizabad district (officially Ayodhya district) of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2][3] In February 2020, the government allotted 5 acres (2.0 ha) of agricultural land at Dhannipur in Ayodhya municipal corporation to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board as an alternative site for constructing a mosque,[2][4] to replace the Babri Masjid that was demolished in 1992.[3]
Dhannipur | |
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semi-urban area | |
  Dhannipur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Dhannipur Dhannipur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26.762°N 82.002°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ayodhya district |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Village Body |
| • Body | Gram Panchayat |
| • MLA | Ved Prakash Gupta |
| • Member of Parliament | Lallu Singh |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu,Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Nearest city | Faizabad |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ayodhya |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Faizabad |
| Civic Agency | Dhannipur village panchayat |
The Dhannipur land is almost 22 km away from the Ram Mandir, Ayodhya. Till 2020, The village already has 15 mosques.[5][2]
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References
- "Map of Dhannipur Village in Sohawal Tehsil, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh". www.mapsofindia.com.
- Khan, Arshad Afzaal (7 February 2020). "Uttar Pradesh: Obscure Dhannipur village basks in its mosque glory". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- Sharma, Ritwik (14 February 2020). "The mood in Dhannipur, a village in Ayodhya, chosen for the 'Babri Masjid'". Business Standard. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- "Where is Dhannipur? All about the site allotted to Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque". India Today. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- "Dhannipur near Ayodhya already has 15 mosques, local Muslims want hospital and college too".
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