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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
Tikunia is very close to the boundary of [[Nepal]], and residents have easy access to [[Nepal]].<ref>http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=1384#.Udwm-Du1GfU</ref> | Tikunia is very close to the boundary of [[Nepal]], and residents have easy access to [[Nepal]].<ref>http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=1384#.Udwm-Du1GfU</ref> | ||
== History == | |||
In 2021, [[Lakhimpur Kheri massacre]] occurred on the Tikonia-Banbirpur road near Banbirpur village in the Tikunia area.<ref name="Forensic report">{{cite news |title=Forensic report confirms that weapons seized from MoS Ajay Mishra's son were fired |url=https://theprint.in/india/forensic-report-confirms-that-weapons-seized-from-mos-ajay-mishras-son-were-fired/763937/ |access-date=4 December 2021 |work=ThePrint |date=10 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="Tikonia-Banbirpur road">{{cite news |title=8 dead in violence during farmers’ protest in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/8-dead-in-violence-during-farmers-protest-in-ups-lakhimpur-kheri-319626 |access-date=4 December 2021 |work=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref> It was a [[vehicle-ramming attack]] and [[mob lynching]] incident during [[2020-2021 Indian farmers' protest|farmers’ protest]] against the [[2020 Indian agriculture acts|three farm laws]] passed by the BJP led [[Union Government of India|Union Government]]. It happened on 3 October 2021 at Tikunia<ref name="Hindustan Times Eight killed">{{cite news |title=Eight killed in violence during protest against ministers in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri: Police |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/eight-dead-in-up-s-lakhimpur-kheri-after-jeep-runs-over-protesting-farmers-101633273679900.html |access-date=13 October 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> in [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India resulting in deaths of eight people and injuries to 10 others. Four protesters and a journalist were run over by the car, three others were killed in the subsequent violence.<ref name="Ashish Mishra BBC">{{cite news |title=Ashish Mishra: India minister's son arrested over Lakhimpur violence |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58839296 |access-date=13 October 2021 |work=BBC News |date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="Trauma">{{cite news |title=Lakhimpur Kheri: 15-Year-Old Still In Trauma After Seeing Father Being Crushed Under The Wheel |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-lakhimpur-kheri-violence-15-year-old-still-in-trauma-after-seeing-father-being-crushed-under-the-wheel/397489 |access-date=13 October 2021 |work=outlookindia.com/ |language=en|quote=The father and son were walking together along with hundreds of other farmers to their houses when the jeep came from behind and ran over many of them. In quick succession, two other vehicles, a Scorpion and Fortuner, followed it crushing all those who were already seriously injured and lying on the ground.}}</ref> Two [[First information report]]s (FIR) on the incident were filed in the Tikunia police station.<ref name="Eyewitnesses Newslaundry">{{cite news |last1=Saxena |first1=Nidhi Suresh,Shivangi |title=Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Eyewitnesses recall what they saw on October 3 |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/10/05/lakhimpur-kheri-violence-eyewitnesses-recall-what-they-saw-on-october-3 |access-date=13 October 2021 |work=Newslaundry}}</ref> | |||
==Administration and politics== | |||
===Services=== | |||
Tikunia police station serves the area.<ref name="Eyewitnesses Newslaundry" /> | |||
==Transport== | |||
Tikunia is 188 km. from the state capital [[Lucknow]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mustseeindia.com/how-to-reach/from-lucknow-to-tikunia |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215733/http://www.mustseeindia.com/how-to-reach/from-lucknow-to-tikunia |archivedate=2013-10-04 }}</ref> and 84.4 km from [[Lakhimpur Kheri]]. Tikunia can be reached by road following State Highway 21 (SH21). | |||
Tikonia-Banbirpur road connects Tikunia with [[Banbirpur]] village.<ref name="PTI 3 Oct">{{cite news |title=Eight dead in violence during farmers' protest in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/eight-dead-in-violence-during-farmers-protest-in-up-s-lakhimpur-kheri-121100300878_1.html |access-date=4 December 2021 |work=Business Standard India |agency=Press Trust of India |date=3 October 2021}}</ref> | |||
Tikunia has a railway station and can be easily reached by train or [[UPSRTC]] Bus services. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/GurudwaraKaudiyalaGhatSahibTikuniaKheri Gurudwara Kaudiyala Ghat Sahib, Tikunia Kheri] | * [https://www.facebook.com/GurudwaraKaudiyalaGhatSahibTikuniaKheri Gurudwara Kaudiyala Ghat Sahib, Tikunia Kheri] | ||