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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Budaun
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Jama Masjid Shamsi, Badaun.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Jama Masjid Shamsi]] [[Badaun]]
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = Right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.05|N|79.12|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_type3 = Division
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Rohilkhand]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bareilly division|Bareilly]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Budaun district|Budaun]]
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 905AD (Modern City), 220BC (Ancient City)
| founder =
| named_for = Prince Budh
| government_type =
| governing_body = Budaun Municipal Council
| leader_title1 = Chairman
| leader_name1 = Deepmala Goyal
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 81
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 164
| population_total = 159,221
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2011census />
| population_density_km2 = 5489
| population_metro =
| population_metro_footnotes =
| population_rank = 17
| population_demonym = Badayuni
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 243601
| area_code = 05832
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-UP-BD]]
| registration_plate = UP-24
| unemployment_rate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = Coastline
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{Convert|0|km|mi}}
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|HS-TH]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])
| website = http://www.badaun.nic.in/
| footnotes = Also known as 'City of Saints' or 'Madinat ul Awliya', famous for its Pedas, 'Mentha City' of India.
| leader_title2 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]]
| leader_name2 = [[Sanghmitra Maurya]]
| leader_title3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name3 = [[Mahesh Chandra Gupta]]
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]], English
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 907 female/1000 male
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1 = 73.00%
| blank4_name_sec1 = Civic agency
| blank4_info_sec1 = Budaun Development Authority
| blank5_name_sec1 = Governing body
| blank5_info_sec1 = [[Government of UP]] [[Government of India]]
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| blank3_name_sec2 = Avg. annual temperature
| blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|27.5|°C|°F}}
| blank4_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature
| blank4_info_sec2 = {{convert|39.8|°C|°F}}
| blank5_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature
| blank5_info_sec2 = {{convert|11.5|°C|°F}}
| official_name =
| leader_title4 =
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}}
'''Budaun''' ([[Hindi–Urdu transliteration|romanised]]: Badāʾūn or Badāyūn, pronounced [[Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu|bədaːjuː]]) is a medieval city and headquarters of [[Budaun district]],<ref name="District census">{{cite web | url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/520-budaun.html | title=Budaun District : Census 2011 data | publisher=Indian Census 2011 | access-date=17 January 2014}}</ref> [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is located about a mile east of the [[Sot River|Sot river]], and 27 km north of the river [[Ganges river|Ganges]],<ref name="badaun.nic.in">{{Cite web |url=http://badaun.nic.in/ |title=Nic Budaun Welcomes You |access-date=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163216/http://badaun.nic.in/ |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in the [[Rohilkhand]] [[Rohilkhand#/media/File:UP region map.gif|region of Uttar Pradesh]]. According to the [[List of cities in India by population|2011 census]], it has a total population of 159,221, which is projected at 161,555 at present.<ref>{{Cite web |last=World Population Review |title=Population of Cities in India 2023 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/cities/india}}</ref> Budaun rose to historical importance as the capital of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] for four years from 1210 CE to 1214 CE during the reign of [[Sultan]] [[Iltutmish]]. It was the most important post of Northern Frontier during [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] reign. Budaun is a big market, historically famous and religiously important city. Budaun is 230 km south-east of [[New Delhi]] and 245 km north-west of Lucknow, both taking about 6 hours by road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/distance/new-delhi-to-badaun.html|title=Distance between New Delhi and Badaun, New Delhi to Badaun Distance}}</ref>

== Etymology and archaeology ==
Prof. Goti John referred this city was named ''Bedamooth'' in an ancient inscription based on stone scripts at the [[State Museum Lucknow|Lucknow Museum]]. Later this region was called [[Panchal]]. According to the lines on stone scripts there was a village ''Bhadaunlak'' near the city. The Muslim historian Roz Khan Lodhi said that [[Ashoka The Great]] built a Buddh Vihar and [[Chusquea quila|Quila]]; he named it ''BuddhMau'' ([[Budaun Fort]]). According to George Smith, Budaun was named after the [[Ahir]] prince Budh.<ref name="Smith1882">{{cite book|author=George Smith|title=The student's geography of India: the geography of British India : political and physical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bm0qAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223|access-date=17 February 2012|year=1882|publisher=John Murray|pages=223–}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/badaun-shortage-of-milk-in-kilk-prodective-area-10672897.html|title = अहीर राजा बुद्ध की नगरी में दूध के लिए मारामारी}}</ref>

Recent Archaeology- Though it is an ancient as well as archaeological-rich city yet it do not get much more importance in terms of archaeology. Recently, in a village in Budaun known as Kheda Jalalpur village, fragments of Hindu temple idols, ancient bricks have been recovered from the mound of that village. According to the [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]], these remains belong to the post-[[Gupta Period|Gupta period]] (7th-8th century).

==History==
According to the (Budaun District, Govt. Of Uttar Pradesh) mythological stories, Budaun was named after [[Ahir]] prince Budh.<ref>District Budaun Government of Uttar Pradesh https://budaun.nic.in/hi/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%9a%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0/</ref> The local tradition regarding this city is that it was founded in 905 A.D. by an [[Ahir]] prince whose name was Budh. and after whom it was called Budaun.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Museum |first1=Indian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pf_8hvYWtsC&dq=budaun+founded+Ahir&pg=PA384 |title=Catalogue and Hand-book of the Archaeological Collections in the Indian Museum |last2=Anderson |first2=John |date=1883 |publisher=order of the trustees |language=en}}</ref> and an inscription, probably of the 12th century, gives a list of twelve [[Rathore]] kings reigning at Budaun then called Vodamāyuta.<ref name=eb>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Budaun |volume=4 |page=737}}</ref> Kanauj was conquered after 1085 by Mahmūd, the son of the Ghaznavid Sultān, driving out the Rāshtrakūta chief. This the Rāshtrakūta chief then move their capital to Vodamāyuta, where they ruled until conquered by [[Qutb-ud-din Aibak]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Ramesh Chandra|title=Ancient India|date=1977|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9788120804364|page=315|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNxiN5tzKOgC&q=%22Vodamayuta%22&pg=PA315|access-date=23 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>
[[Image:Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1895) (14762905532).jpg|thumb|left|Mission House of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Budaun (1895)]]

The first authentic historical event connected with it, however, was its capture by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1196, after which it became a very important post on the northern frontier of the [[Delhi]] empire. In 1223, a [[mosque]] of imposing size, crowned with a dome, was built. In the 13th century two of its governors, Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, the builder of the mosque referred above, and his son [[Rukn ud din Firuz]], attained the imperial throne. In 1571 the town was burnt, and about a hundred years later, under [[Shah Jahan]], the seat of the governorship was transferred to Sahaspur-Bilari. Budaun and its district was ceded to the British government in 1801 by the [[Nawab]] of [[Oudh]].<ref name=eb/>

In 1911, Budaun was a town and district of [[British Raj|British]] India, in the [[Rohilkhand]] division of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]]. At the time, an American Methodist mission maintained several girls schools and there was a high school for boys.<ref name=eb/>

==Politics==
[[Sanghmitra Maurya]] is the MP of the Budaun Constituency and is the daughter of [[Swami Prasad Maurya]]. Budaun has large population of [[Ahir]]s which according to British historian Matthew Atmore Sherring came from [[Hansi]] and [[Hisar (district)|Hisar]] which is in [[Haryana]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/hindutribesandc00shergoog | page=[https://archive.org/details/hindutribesandc00shergoog/page/n266 237] | quote=Ahirs. |title = Hindu Tribes and Castes| publisher=Thacker, Spink & Company |last1 = Sherring|first1 = Matthew Atmore|year = 1872}}</ref><ref>Hindu Tribes and Castes, Volume 1 page 334.</ref>

==Demographics==
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|title=Religions in Budaun City (2011)<ref name=census2011>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/119-budaun.html |title=Budaun City Population Census 2011 |website=Census 2011 India |publisher=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India |access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|43.94}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|blue|0.62}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|yellow|0.21}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.08}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
}}

{{As of|2011}} census, Budaun City had a population of 159,221 (83,475 male 75,746 female = 1000/907), 39,613 (12.3%) of whom were aged 0–6. The adult literacy rate was 73.%. The widely spoken language in the city is Hindi and Awadhi. The sex ratio of Budaun city is 907 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 882 per 1000 boys. The area of the city is 81 square km. Budaun Metro Area have a population of around 417000{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} and an area of {{cvt|103|sqkm}} With Badaun City, it includes Shekhupur, Bahedi, Islamganj, Chandanpur, Salarpur, Salarpur Industrial Estate, Shekhupur Firing Range, Padauna and Khera Buzurg.%.<ref name=2011census>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 7 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770|title = Untitled Page}}</ref>

==Tourism==
Budaun is considered to be of immense religious significance among both Hindus and Muslims. At the first glance, with its dusty avenues and sleepy streets, it seems nothing more than a secluded small town. But there are numerous ruins and monuments that reveal many legends from its past. Casting a nostalgic charm, Budaun transports visitors to an era of mighty rulers and mystic Sufi saints like Nizamuddin Auliya - a Sufi saint. Adding to its allure is an aura of spirituality throughout the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleartrip.com/india/budaun/|title=Budaun Tourism, Budaun Travel Guide - Cleartrip}}</ref> Budaun is home to a number of ruins that can be traced back to the Mughal era. The Budaun Fort and the iconic clock tower Ghanta Ghar, are among the prominent attractions, as are the tombs of rulers such as Iltumish and Ala Ud Din Alam Shah, who was the last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty. The 13th century [[Great Mosque, Budaun|Jama Masjid]], which was built by Iltumish and the Qadri Dargah are among the popular shrines in Budaun. Budaun also hosts the ancient [https://www.jagran.com/lite/uttar-pradesh/badaun-10202774.html Gauri Shankar Temple] dedicated to Hindu God Shiva, it is India's first Rasling<ref>{{Cite web |title=गौरीशंकर मंदिर में है देश का इकलौता रसलिंग |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/badaun-10202774.html |access-date=23 September 2022 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> a Shivling made by amalgamation of liquid Mercury and.Gold.

==Distance==
*[[Bareilly]] - 51 km via NH530b
*[[Delhi]] - 234 km via SH 18 and Eastern Peripheral Expressway
*[[Mathura]] - 165 km via NH 530b
*[[Agra]] - 172 km via NH21
*[[Kanpur]] - 253 km via SH 43
*[[Meerut]] - 215 km via SH18
*[[Muzaffarnagar]] - 270 km via SH18

==Notable people==


{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|

*[[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni|Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]]
*[[Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni]]
*[[Ada Jafri]]
*[[Ale Ahmad Suroor]]
*[[Alhaj Shamim Uddin]]
*[[Begum Abida Ahmed]]
*[[Bekhud Badayuni]]
*[[Dilawar Figar]]
*[[Fani Badayuni]]
*[[Ghulam Mustafa Khan]] Hindustani classical vocalist
*[[Iltutmish]]
*[[Inayat Hussain Khan]]
*[[Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi]]
*[[Ismat Chughtai]]
*[[Jeelani Bano]]
*[[Moulvi Fakhrey Alam]]
*[[Mahesh Chandra Gupta]]
*[[Nakhshabi]]
*[[Nissar Hussain Khan]]
*[[Nizamuddin Auliya]] - Sufi saint
*[[Rashid Khan (musician)|Rashid Khan]]
*[[Razia Sultana]]
*[[Rukn ud din Firuz]]
*[[Shabnam Romani]]
*[[Shakeel Badayuni]]
*[[Urmilesh Shankhdhar]]
*[[Zamir Ali Badayuni]]


}}

==See also==
* [[Badayuni]]
* [[Panchala]]
* [[Sotha]]
* [[Shyam Nagar]]
* [[Civil Lines, Budaun]]
* [[Great Mosque, Budaun]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Ghantaghar Bada Bazar
|North = Salarpur Industrial Area Menthol Industrial belt SriRam Nagar Colony
|Northeast = Shyam Nagar Sagar Tal Khera Navada
|East = KatraBrahampur Patiyali Sarai Khandsaari
|Southeast = Civil Lines Awas Vikas Shastri Nagar
|South = Police Lines Nekpur Samrat Ashok Nagar
|Southwest = Shekhupr Nayi Basti Lalpul
|West = Qaboolpura Sotha Chaudhari Sarai
|Northwest = Old City Jama Masjid Sheikh Patti
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[[Category:Cities in Uttar Pradesh]]
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