Dhamupur
Dhamupur is a village in the Jakhania taluka of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh State, India.[1]
Dhamupur | |
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village | |
  Dhamupur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Dhamupur Dhamupur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 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
- 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
- "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.
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