Tikunia

Tikunia is a nagar panchayat in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Khairatiya village is near about 10 km from tikunia in the east side.

Tikunia
town
Tikunia is located in Uttar Pradesh
Tikunia
Tikunia
Tikunia, Kheri
Coordinates: 28.38317°N 80.966478°E / 28.38317; 80.966478
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictKheri
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Location

Tikunia is very close to the boundary of Nepal, and residents have easy access to Nepal.[1]

History

In 2021, Lakhimpur Kheri massacre occurred on the Tikonia-Banbirpur road near Banbirpur village in the Tikunia area.[2][3] It was a vehicle-ramming attack and mob lynching incident during farmers’ protest against the three farm laws passed by the BJP led Union Government. It happened on 3 October 2021 at Tikunia[4] in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India resulting in deaths of eight people and injuries to 10 others. Four protesters and a journalist were run over by the car, three others were killed in the subsequent violence.[5][6] Two First information reports (FIR) on the incident were filed in the Tikunia police station.[7]

Administration and politics

Services

Tikunia police station serves the area.[7]

Transport

Tikunia is 188 km. from the state capital Lucknow[8] and 84.4 km from Lakhimpur Kheri. Tikunia can be reached by road following State Highway 21 (SH21).

Tikonia-Banbirpur road connects Tikunia with Banbirpur village.[9]

Tikunia has a railway station and can be easily reached by train or UPSRTC Bus services.

References
  1. "Displaced- Nepali Times".
  2. "Forensic report confirms that weapons seized from MoS Ajay Mishra's son were fired". ThePrint. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. "8 dead in violence during farmers' protest in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. "Eight killed in violence during protest against ministers in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri: Police". Hindustan Times. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "Ashish Mishra: India minister's son arrested over Lakhimpur violence". BBC News. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. "Lakhimpur Kheri: 15-Year-Old Still In Trauma After Seeing Father Being Crushed Under The Wheel". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 13 October 2021. The father and son were walking together along with hundreds of other farmers to their houses when the jeep came from behind and ran over many of them. In quick succession, two other vehicles, a Scorpion and Fortuner, followed it crushing all those who were already seriously injured and lying on the ground.
  7. Saxena, Nidhi Suresh,Shivangi. "Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Eyewitnesses recall what they saw on October 3". Newslaundry. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. "LUCKNOW to TIKUNIA, Train, Bus from Lucknow to Tikunia, fare, timings". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  9. "Eight dead in violence during farmers' protest in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.


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