Bindki
human settlement
Bindki is a city, sub-district and a municipality in Fatehpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
It is one of the few Indian towns which has separate markets for different commodities. The markets are Bajaja Gali for clothes, Sarafa Bajar for jewellery, Bartan Bajar for utensils, Kirana Gali for spices, Shoe market for footwears, Fatak Bajar for stationery and books, Najahi Gali for food grains, Ghihai Gali for ghee, etc. Bindki is an assembly constituency and Jaiki Patel from AD(S) is the present MLA. Dayanand Inter College, Nagar Palika Nehru Inter College and Sohan Lal Dwivedi Government Girls Inter College are various inter colleges in this town. 'Bindki Road' is the nearest railway station on Delhi Howrah route, 10 km (6.2 mi) away from Bindki.
History
6 km from Bindki, stands the memorial site of Bawani Imli massacre, wherein on 28 April 1858, 52 Indian freedom fighters, including Thakur Jodha Singh Ataiya, were executed by hanging from a tamrind tree, by the British colonial army.
Geography
Bindki is located at 26.03°N 80.6°E / 26.03; 80.6. It is about 30 km (19 mi) from Fatehpur, 55 km (34 mi) from Kanpur, 72 km (45 mi) from Banda and 127 km (79 mi) from Lucknow. It has an average elevation of 125 metres (410 ft).
Bindki and its environs have rich and fertile regions, lying in between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers.
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