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/></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Purvanchal</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Continent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_region" title="Bhojpuri region">Bhojpuri</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023 estimate)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">62.8 million</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Purvanchal</b> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Eastern region</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is a subregion of the larger <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_region" title="Bhojpuri region">Bhojpuri region</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur" title="Gorakhpur">Gorakhpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a> are important cities in this region. The <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shashtri_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport">Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport</a> in Varanasi is the largest international airport in this region. </p><p>It primarily consists of the <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>-speaking areas of eastern Uttar Pradesh. </p><p>It is a proposed state in the state of Uttar Pradesh for which people of this area have been fighting for quite some time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Since the late 20th century, there has been a demand for a <a href="/wiki/Proposed_states_and_union_territories_of_India#Uttar_Pradesh" title="Proposed states and union territories of India">separate Purvanchal state</a>, carved out of the state of Uttar Pradesh. The region remains one of the most underdeveloped in India in terms of <a href="/wiki/Human_development_index" class="mw-redirect" title="Human development index">human development index</a> and <a href="/wiki/Economic_prosperity" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic prosperity">economic prosperity</a>. Due to general lack of well-developed industries and employment opportunities, the region suffers significant <a href="/wiki/Brain_drain" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain drain">brain drain</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demand_for_separate_state">Demand for separate state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvanchal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Demand for separate state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People from the <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_region" title="Bhojpuri region">Bhojpuri region</a> have demanded separate statehood for Purvanchal, with <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a> or <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur" title="Gorakhpur">Gorakhpur</a> as its capital<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> as the official language of Purvanchal state. </p> <ul><li>1947: In 1947, a convention on Bhojpuri language and literature was held in <a href="/wiki/Siwan_district" title="Siwan district">Siwan</a>, Bihar. The demand for a separate Bhojpuri state was first made by <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Sankrityayan" title="Rahul Sankrityayan">Rahul Sankrityayan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, the issue of constitutional recognition of Bhojpuri came up when the constitution came into force. Rahul demanded for a separate Bhojpuri state by joining the Bhojpuri speaking regions of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces of British India">United Provinces</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1968: The demand for a separate Bhojpuri state resurfaced in the late 1960s when the rightist organization of eastern India, Anand Marg took up the issue. The Anand Margis organized a conference at the largest cattle fair of Asia, <a href="/wiki/Sonepur_Cattle_Fair" title="Sonepur Cattle Fair">Sonepur Mela</a> in 1968 and raised the demand for a separate state for the Bhojpuri-speaking people .<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5 November 2006: Hundreds of Bhojpuri speaking people gathered in Bihar's <a href="/wiki/Sasaram" title="Sasaram">Sasaram</a> to demand creation of a separate Bhojpuri state for those who speak the language. Meeting under the aegis of the 21st All India Bhojpuri Sahitya Sammelan they demanded the creation of a separate state and protection of the interests of the people speaking Bhojpuri.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 June 2008: <i>A separate state can ensure the security of borders as well as overall development in which the region is lagging far behind in comparison to western and central <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></i>, said <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a> (then a <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> Member of Parliament from <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur" title="Gorakhpur">Gorakhpur</a>; he became Chief Minister of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> in 2017).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 July 2013: Members of Bhojpuriya Jila Yuva Morcha took out a procession in Bihar's <a href="/wiki/Arrah" title="Arrah">Arrah</a> demanding formation of a separate state for Bhojpuri speaking people and constitutional rights for <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri language</a> and had taken to rail blockade near Purbi Gumti.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 December 2013: People associated with the Bhojpuri Andolan held a two-day convention at Taraiya in <a href="/wiki/Saran_district" title="Saran district">Saran district</a> under the banner of Saran Pramandal Bhojpuri Sahitya Sammelan and demanded a separate state for Bhojpuriyas consisting of the Bhojpuri-speaking districts of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015: Thousands of people gathered at Shastri Ghat near <a href="/wiki/Varuna_River" title="Varuna River">Varuna river</a> in <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a> to demand the establishment of Purvanchal state with Varanasi as its capital. In this, Suhaldev Bharatiya Samaj Party's national president Om Prakash Rajbhar said that the central and state government should stop giving false assurances. The movement has started from the revolutionary land of Varanasi, now it is not going to stop. The wheel of development has completely stopped in Purvanchal since independence.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 March 2017: BJP MP from <a href="/wiki/Sasaram" title="Sasaram">Sasaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chhedi_Paswan" title="Chhedi Paswan">Chhedi Paswan</a> evoked the demand of separate Purvanchal state to boost development in the <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> areas. He said that the formation of Purvanchal state is mandatory by joining the Bhojpuri speaking areas of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a> as its capital.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 May 2017: Members of Purvanchal Rajya Jan Andolan Sanstha staged a train stop demonstration in Banaras demanding the creation of a new Purvanchal state. The agitators kept shouting slogans in support of Purvanchal state while stopping the train.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 July 2017: <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a> states his support for the division of the state for development of the region of the <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri-speaking population</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 August 2018: <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> Minister <a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Rajbhar" title="Om Prakash Rajbhar">Om Prakash Rajbhar</a> demands separate statehood for Purvanchal, pushes for liquor ban.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>19 September 2018: the Purvanchal State Movement got national exposure when Vandana Raghuwanshi, an activist of "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvanchal_Rajya_Janandolan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Purvanchal Rajya Janandolan (page does not exist)">Purvanchal Rajya Janandolan</a>", set a state-run Volvo bus on fire as it was about to depart for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a> from Roadways Bus Station of <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a>, in response to the central government's indifference to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuj_Rahi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anuj Rahi (page does not exist)">Anuj Rahi</a> Hindustani's hunger strike, which was on its 35th day.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11 March 2019: Rajkumar Ojha, convenor of the Purvanchal Rajya Gathan Morcha, started a three-day fast in the Collectorate premises of <a href="/wiki/Jaunpur_district" title="Jaunpur district">Jaunpur</a>, demanding the creation of a separate Purvanchal state and formation of the State Reorganization Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5 August 2021: Purvanchal Rajya Morcha officials raised the demand for separate Purvanchal state in <a href="/wiki/Jaunpur_district" title="Jaunpur district">Jaunpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 December 2021: Twenty one thousand lamps were lit at <a href="/wiki/Assi_Ghat" title="Assi Ghat">Assi Ghat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a> demanding a separate Purvanchal state.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 June 2023: Under the banner of 'Purbiha Log Party', people have called for uniting the people and intensifying the demand for creating a separate Purvanchal state. Under this sequence, the first meeting of the District Working Committee of Purbiha Log Party was held in Padrauna of <a href="/wiki/Kushinagar_district" title="Kushinagar district">Kushinagar district</a>, Uttar Pradesh.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 September 2023: Members of Nagrik Vikas Party took out a strong procession for the formation of Purvanchal state in <a href="/wiki/Ballia_district" title="Ballia district">Ballia</a>, Uttar Pradesh and handed over their 13-point demand letter to the SDM for the formation of a separate Purvanchal state.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvanchal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is predominantly <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>-speaking region.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvanchal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_region" title="Bhojpuri region">Bhojpuri region</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Awadh" title="Awadh">Awadh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> 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