Amethi

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Settlement.name: Amethi
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 12
Settlement.map_caption: Map of Amethi, (Uttar Pradesh)
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttar Pradesh#India#Asia#Earth
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: Right
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Amethii
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Division
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type4: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ayodhya
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Awadh

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Elevation: 100
Image: Amethi Railway Station.jpg

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postal code: 227405
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History
The Rajas of Amethi
Growth of the modern town
Demographics
Transport
Institutions, industries and organisations
Villages
Notable people
References

Amethi is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the Amethi district. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. Amethi was 72nd district of Uttar Pradesh which came into existence on 1 July 2010 by merging three tehsils of the erstwhile Sultanpur district namely Amethi, Gauriganj and Musafirkhana and two tehsils of the erstwhile Raebareli district, namely, Salon and Tiloi. The town is part of the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency and Amethi Assembly constituency, which became reputed as a stronghold of the Indian National Congress party. The Congress leaders belonging to Nehru-Gandhi family won several elections from Amethi during 1980–2014. In 2019, Smriti Irani of Bhartiya Janta Party won this seat. Irani was defeated in 2024 by Kishori Lal Sharma of Indian National Congress.

==History==