Martinganj
Block Tehsil & Town
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAzamgarh
TehsilMartinganj
Government
 • TypeTaluka
 • BodyNagar Panchayat
 • MLAkamlakant Rajbhar (SP)
 • MPSangeeta Azad (BSP)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
223224
Area code05452
Vehicle registrationUP-50

Martinganj is a Nagar panchayat located in the Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Its coordinates are 25.910 latitude and 82.809 longitude. Lucknow is the state capital, located around 232.5 km (144.5 mi) from Martinganj. The other surrounding state capitals are Patna 234.6 km (145.8 mi), Ranchi 381.1 km (236.8 mi), and Gangtok 598.1 km (371.6 mi).

History

Martingan was settled during the British Raj. The town was established as a tehsil in 2012 under the [[SHIVAM SAROJ ministry]]. In October 2020, it was proposed to make Martinganj a nagar panchayat by the Yogi Adityanath ministry.[2]

Languages

The official language is Hindi, and additional official is Urdu.[1]

Religious festivals

Hindu Festival like Navratri, Vijayadashami Mela and Ramlila are celebrated. The primary Muslim festivals celebrated annually in the village are the ld-ul-fitr', (Ramadan), Bakrid, Mid-Sha'ban, Bara Wafat and Muharram.

Politics

In the 2019 general elections Sangeeta Azad of the Bahujan samajwadi Party became the Member of Parliament from the Lalganj constituency. In the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election of 2017 Sukhdev Rajbhar of the Bahujan Samaj Party became the Member of Legislative Assembly from Didarganj (Assembly constituency). The Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, and the Bharatiya Janata Party are the major political parties in this area.

Nearest airport

Local media

Mostly all major English, Hindi and Urdu daily newspapers, including The Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala and Hindustan, are available in Martinganj. Almost all big Hindi TV news channels have stringers in Azamgarh.

Communication networks

All prominent telecommunication network provider in India offer their services in Martinganj.

GSM Service Providers CDMA Service Providers Broadband Service Providers
Idea Cellular Airtel TATA Communications
Reliance Communications Tata Indicom Airtel
Airtel BSNL WLL Reliance Communications
Vodafone Aircel Vodafone
Aircel Reliance Communications BSNL Broadband

Radio services

All radio services available in Martinganj.

  • Voice Of Azamgarh 90.4 MHz Community Radio.[3]
  • Air Vivid Bharti 102.2 MHz which Broadcast from Mau District & Covers Azamgarh city too.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "अंग्रेजों के जमाने में बसा यह कस्बा बनेगा नगर पंचायत, शासन ने मांगा प्रस्ताव". Patrika News (in Hindi). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Voice of Azamgarh Website". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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