District Court, Prayagraj

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Location

The district of Prayagraj(Allahabad) lies between latitude 24°47 and 25°47 North and long 81° and 82°21 East. The length from East to West is 170 Km. and breadth from North to South is 101 Km. The northern boundary of Allahabad is formed with the districts Pratapgarh and Jaunpur, the former being separated from it by river Ganga, at a distance of about 35 km. On the east lies district Varanasi, on the South-East that of Mirzapur, on the South State of Madhya Pradesh, on the South-West, the district of Banda and on the West of that district of Fatehpur situates. The present Kaushambi district was carved out from Allahabad District on 04th April, 1997.

Original name of the district

Mohd. Gori subjugated the kingdom of Kannauj of which Kara was a part. He created the Subah of Kara Manikpur, in which all the territory was covered by the district seems to have been included Kara being made the capital of Subah. During the times of Khilji and Tughlaq, Manikpur was separated and Kara continued to be the capital of Subah of same name. During the time of Akbar, the greater part of present district lay in the sircar of[...]