Amethi

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Amethi (Hindi: अमेठी Amethi [ ʌme ː ʈ ʰ i]) is a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with around 13,000 inhabitants ( 2001 census). It is located some 100 kilometers north of Allahabad and 130 kilometers southeast of Lucknow in the region of Awadh ( Oudh ) in Central Uttar Pradesh. The next largest cities are Sultanpur 33 km east and 65 km west Raebareli. Amethi is the largest city of the district of Amethi, the administrative center of the district is but Gauriganj.

Amethi is considered as a political bastion of the Nehru - Gandhi dynasty. Both Sanjay Gandhi (1980 ), Rajiv Gandhi ( 1981, 1984 and 1989 ), Sonia Gandhi (1999 ) and Rahul Gandhi (2004 and 2009) were elected from the constituency of Amethi in the Lok Sabha.

Amethi is connected via the railway from Lucknow to Varanasi via Raebareli on the railway network.