आरा
ara bharat ke bihar praant ke bhojapur zile ka ek pramukh nagar tatha vyaparik keandr hai. yah nagar ek pramukh rel tatha s dak jankshan hai. bihar ki rajadhani patana yahaan se 32 mil ki doori par sthit hai. ara sthit 'd lital haus' ek aisa bhavan hai, jisaki raksha aangrezoan ne 1857 ee. ke vidroh mean kuanvar sianh se l date hue ki thi. ara ko 1865 ee. mean nagarapalika banaya gaya tha. yahaan ke darshaniy sthaloan mean 'arany devi' aur 'madhiya ka ram mandir' prasiddh hai.
sthiti
yah nagar varanasi se 136 mil poorv-uttar, patana se 37 mil pashchim, ganga nadi se 14 mil dakshin aur son nadi se 8 mil pashchim mean sthit hai. yah poorvi relave ki pradhan shakha tatha ara-sasaram relave lain ka jankshan hai. dihari se nikalane vali son ki poorvi nahar ki pramukh 'ara nahar' shakha bhi yahaan se hokar jati hai.
itihas
ara ati prachin aitihasik nagar hai. isaki prachinata ka sanbandh mahabharat kal se hai. paandavoan ne bhi apana gupt ajnatavas yahaan bitaya tha. jenaral kaniangham ke anusar yuvanachvaang dvara ullikhit kahani ka sanbandh, jisamean ashok ne danavoan ke bauddh hone ke sansmaranasvaroop ek bauddh stoop kh da kiya tha, isi sthan se hai. ara ke pas masar gram mean prapt jain abhilekhoan mean ullikhit 'aramanagar' nam bhi isi nagar ke lie aya hai.
puranoan mean likhit moradhvaj ki katha se bhi is nagar ka sanbandh bataya jata hai. bukanan ne is nagar ke namakaran mean bhaugolik karan batate hue kaha ki ganga ke dakshin ooanche sthan par sthit hone ke karan, arthath 'ad' ya 'arar' mean hone ke karan, isaka nam 'ara' p da. 1857 ke pratham svatantrata sangram ke pramukh senani kuanvar sianh ki kary-sthali hone ka gaurav bhi is nagar ko prapt hai.
vyaparik tatha prashasanik kendr
ganga aur son nadi ki upajaoo ghati mean sthit hone ke karan ara anaj ka pramukh vyaparik kshetr tatha vitaran keandr hai. 'vir kuanvar sianh vishvavidyalay' sahit yahaan anek mahavidyalay haian. reloan aur pakki s dakoan dvara yah patana, varanasi aur sasaram adi se ju da hua hai. nagar ki akriti shadbhujakar hai aur isaka kshetraphal chhah varg mil hai. nagar ke akar par dharatal ka prabhav adhik hai. bahudha son nadi ki badhoan se adhikaansh nagar kshatigrast ho jata hai. prashasanik keandr hone ke karan yahaan ki adhikaansh janasankhya vakalat, daktari, naukari evan prashasanik karyoan mean lagi hai. 22.2 pratishat log vyapar se tatha 24.3 pratishat krishi se jivikoparjan karate haian. udyog dhandhe mean lage logoan ki sankhya apekshakrit bahut hi kam hai. (nri.ku.sian.)
janasankhya
san 1953 mean ara ki janasankhya 53,122 thi, jo 2001 ki janaganana ke anusar 2,03,395 ho gee.
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tika tippani aur sandarbh
hindi vishvakosh, bhag-1 |lekhak: nripendr kumar sianh |prakashak: nagari pracharini sabha, varanasi |sanpadan: kamalapati tripathi |prishth sankhya: 422 |
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