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'''Pilibhit''' is a city and a [[municipal board]] of [[Pilibhit district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Pilibhit is the north-easternmost district of [[Bareilly division]], situated in the [[Rohilkhand]] region of the sub-[[Terai|Himalayan Plateau]] belt next to foothills of [[Sivalik Range]] on the boundary of [[Nepal]], known for the origin of river [[Gomti River|Gomati]] and one of the most forest-rich areas in [[North India]]. Pilibhit was also known as ''Bansuri Nagari'' – the land of flutes, for making and exporting roughly 95% of India's flutes.<ref name=PilibhitasBansuriNagari>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-varun-country/443157/0|title=Pilibhit as Bansuri Nagari|access-date=24 January 2010|work=The Indian Express|date=5 April 2009}}</ref> | '''Pilibhit''' is a city and a [[municipal board]] of [[Pilibhit district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Pilibhit is the north-easternmost district of [[Bareilly division]], situated in the [[Rohilkhand]] region of the sub-[[Terai|Himalayan Plateau]] belt next to foothills of [[Sivalik Range]] on the boundary of [[Nepal]], known for the origin of river [[Gomti River|Gomati]] and one of the most forest-rich areas in [[North India]]. Pilibhit was also known as ''Bansuri Nagari'' – the land of flutes, for making and exporting roughly 95% of India's flutes.<ref name=PilibhitasBansuriNagari>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-varun-country/443157/0|title=Pilibhit as Bansuri Nagari|access-date=24 January 2010|work=The Indian Express|date=5 April 2009}}</ref> | ||