Izzatnagar

Izzatnagar
Neighbourhood
Izzatnagar railway station
Izzatnagar Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28.388607°N 79.421797°E / 28.388607; 79.421797
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh
Metro	Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Government
• Body	Bareilly Municipal Corporation
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	243 122
Lok Sabha constituency	Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bareilly City, Bareilly division, Uttar Pradesh
Civic agency	Bareilly Municipal Corporation

Izzatnagar is a locality in Bareilly in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The railway station it houses is one of the three Divisional Headquarters of North Eastern Railways.[1] Izzatnagar is also the location of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Central Avian Research Institute (CARI), Railway Mechanical Workshop [Established in year 1913], Diesel Loco Shed and Hartmann College.

Izzatnagar also houses the famous Trishul Air-base of Indian Air Force.

History

It is named after Sir Alexander Izat (1844–1920), a Scottish engineer and director of the Bengal and North Western Railway. He specialized in Bridge Engineering and came to Izzatnagar in 1896.

Famous attractions

• Dhopeshwar Nath temple
• Trivti Nathan temple
• Railway Officers Colony – Road no. 2, Izzatnagar. (It contains 12 Bungalows, on a 1 Kilometre long road, that age back to 1900s and are still in use by current bureaucrats and highly reputed Indian government officers.)
• Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar.
• Izzatnagar Kalibari, Krishna Nagar (Established in 1970)
• Shiv Parvati Temple
• ST. PAUL Church
• St. Lawrence Church (Established in 1966)
• Masihi Kalisiya Church, Defence Colony, Izzatnagar
• Balaji (Vishnu) Temple, Rajendra-nagar, Izzatnagar.
• Funcity, Pilibhit bypass road.
• Sai Baba Mandir
• Bada Bagh Hanuman Mandir

Education

Gulab Rai Montessori (GRM)Vidyalaya AFS, Bareilly, Kendriya Vidyalaya IVRI, Bareilly, Kendriya Vidyalaya NER, Bareilly Sacred hearts sr. Sec. Public school, Bareilly. Jai Narayan S V M Inter college, Bareilly.

Nearby Places

• Nainital – 143 km
• Pilibhit – 51 km
• Pantnagar – 63 km
• Almora – 184 km
• Muradabad – 110 km
• Budaun – 55 km
• Faridpur – 23 km
• Ghunsi Aonla Uttar Pradesh – 50 km

References

1. Izzatnagar Division – North Eastern Railway