Dhamupur is a village in the Jakhania taluka of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh State, India.[1]
Dhamupur | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 25°27′N 83°15′E / 25.45°N 83.25°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Ghazipur district |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 275202 |
Nearest city | Ghazipur |
Notable personalities
edit- Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid, who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra - India's highest gallantry award for displaying exemplary courage in the 1965 India-Pakistan war was born in this village.[2]
References
edit- ^ "1965 martyr Abdul Hamid's native village named after him". Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Dhamupur village remembers its war hero". Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 9 March 2018.