About Sultanpur
Sultanpur is a city and a municipal board in Sultanpur District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located on the right banks of the Gomti (a major tributary of the Ganga River), Sultanpur is the administrative headquarters of Sultanpur District and is a part of Faizabad Division. It is situated 135 kilometres east of state capital Lucknow. The common language of the people of Sultanpur is Awadhi, a dialect of Hindi.
Although the area has been part of successive North Indian kingdoms through centuries, the recorded history of the city began in the colonial times. Long a center of Hindu and Buddhist culture it came under Muslim occupation in the 12th century. The city was completely destroyed during the military operations of the Revolt of 1857.
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