.jpg)
Dalmau
Sign in to saveDalmau is a historic town and tehsil headquarters in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated on the banks of the Ganga, between Raebareli and Fatehpur, the town has several historical monuments including the old fort, several dargahs, and the Haji Zahid mosque. Dalmau is also home to the Ebrahim Sharki palace belonging to the Nawab Shuza-ud-daula. Visitors can also see the Baithak of Alha Udal and enjoy a stroll along the Dalmau Pump canal. Dalmau also enjoys a unique place in the literary world because it was here that the famous Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi "Nirala" wrote his
Weather now
cached 142h ago42°clear sky
22% 2.0 m/s OpenWeatherMap
7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dalmau
- Settlement.native_name
- Chhoti Kashi
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- City of Sufi and Saint
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_map
- Dalmau block map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Dalmau CD block
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Raebareli district
- Area
- +8.38
- Elevation
- +115
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Dalmow, On The Ganges - British Library X768 2(15).jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Name and history
- Demographics
- Culture
- Fort
- Schools
- Administration
- Notable residents
- Villages
- References
Dalmau is a historic town and tehsil headquarters in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated on the banks of the Ganga, between Raebareli and Fatehpur, the town has several historical monuments including the old fort, several dargahs, and the Haji Zahid mosque. Dalmau is also home to the Ebrahim Sharki palace belonging to the Nawab Shuza-ud-daula. Visitors can also see the Baithak of Alha Udal and enjoy a stroll along the Dalmau Pump canal. Dalmau also enjoys a unique place in the literary world because it was here that the famous Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi "Nirala" wrote his poems while sitting on the fort and overlooking the scene below.
Dalmau was also centre of sufism in fourteen century because Maulana Daud a Chishti saint who was attached to Dalmau royal court was living here and he wrote first awadhi masnawi world famous book Chandayan.