Bithoor

Bithoor or Bithur is a small town in Kanpur District, 23.4 kilometres by road north of the centre of Kanpur city, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Bithoor is arranged on the correct bank of the Ganga, and is the focal point of Hindu journey. As per Hindu folklore, Bithoor is the origination of Ram's children Luv and Kush. Bithoor is additionally the inside for Revolt of 1857 as Nana Sahib, a mainstream opportunity contender who was based there. The city is enrolled as a region of Kanpur Metropolitan Area.

Bithoor has been nearly connected with the Indian freedom development, particularly the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It was at one time home to a significant number of the insubordination's most conspicuous members including the Rani of Jhansi, Lakshmi Bai. Amid the British Raj, Bithur used to be a piece of Cawnpore region now Kanpur in the United Provinces. The remainder of the Peshwas, Baji Rao II, was ousted to Bithur; his embraced child, Nana Sahib, made the town his central command.

Bithur was caught by General Havelock on July 19, 1857. The town was destroyed by the British who leveled Nana Sahib's castle and the sanctuaries in the town in countering for the ruthless slaughtering of more than 300 British men, ladies and kids who had been tricked out of their safeguards at Cawnpore with a guarantee of détente amid the Siege of Cawnpore.