Bahraich district

Bahraich District is one of the of   of, and  town is the district headquarters. Bahraich District is a part of.

History
The district of Bahraich was part of the Great Estate made up of lands belonging to the Raja of Nanpara. Read the Wikipedia article on for a history of the ruling family up to the abolition of Zamindari in 1954. The Rajas of owned more than three hundred villages in the District including all the forests. A large part of the education system in the district was the legacy of the late Raja Sadat Ali of who built the major roads and hospitals.