Basti District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India and Basti is the regional capital of the region. The Basti Region is part of the Basti Division. Basti was originally known as the valley. The origin of the name Vaishishthi stems from the fact that this place was the Ashram of Rishi Vashistha in ancient times. Lord rama and his younger brother laxman had been living with Rishi vasistha for some time. The tract containing the present circuit was far away and most of it was covered with forest. Gradually, however, the area was occupied, for the sake of recorded and reliable history, which could not, according to any evidence, determine the region's current name because of its original residence (Basti) chosen by Kalhan Raja as his Raj, a 16th-century event. . In 1801,. Basti became the headquarters of Tehsil and in 1865 was elected as the newly established regional capital.
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The region is located north-east of Uttar Pradesh. It forms part of the land located across the Ghagra River in the northeast corner of Utter Pradesh. The region lies between the parallelities of 26 ° 23 ′ and 27 ° 30 "North latitude and 82 ° 17" and 83 ° 20 "longitude. Contains a pamphlet of individuals which is unusual. The region is surrounded by Sant Kabir Nagar to the east and Gonda to the west. The Ghaghara River separates it from Faizabad and Ambedker Nagar while to the north the border border with Sidharth Nagar district is 2,688.00 Sq.km.
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The northern part of the district is bordered by the Siddharta Nagar district. In this area there are small nalas and lakes. The Ami River flows into the northeast border. The Garia River is usually the eastern boundary of the region, far away. In the central and southern part of the region, the Kuwana and Ghaghara rivers are major rivers, and besides these rivers there are many rivers, nalas and lakes in this area. The entire region of the region is made up of Ghaghara soil and streams.
This common and fertile land located north of the reconstruction of the Ghaghra River. Normal water flow is north-west-south-east. The region is bordered by Ghaghara as large rivers and small and large nalas. The Gahghara River flows in the southern corner of the region to Tahsil Harraiya, in Basti to the west and east and forms the border of the Basti and Faizabad districts and the Kuwana River flows through the tahsil Basti & Bhanpur. The Manwan River flows through tahsil Harraiya, from Basti in the northwest to southeast. The Ami River, in the north, is divided, the boundaries of the Basti & Siddharth Nagar region and to the east, the Garia River forms the boundary of the Sant Kabir Nagar district and flows through the tahsil Basti to the east.
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