Country: | IND |
State: | Uttar Pradesh |
Nawab Yusuf Road | |
Maint: | UPPWD |
Length Km: | 135 |
Direction A: | North |
Terminus A: | Ayodhya |
Junction: | Ayodhya, Akbarpur, Shahganj, Jaunpur |
Direction B: | South |
Terminus B: | Jaunpur |
Destinations: | Maya Bazar, Goshainganj, Akbarpur, Malipur, Shahganj, Jaunpur |
Nawab Yusuf Road is situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it connects Jaunpur to Ayodhya via Shahganj and Akbarpur.[1]
Previously this road was known as Lumbini - Dudhi Marg.
A section of Nawab Yusuf Road (from Ayodhya to Mirzapur) is now declared National Highway. It's now National Highway 135A.[2]
NH 135A will provide faster connectivity between two very important Holy cities - Ayodhya and Varanasi. NH 135A intersects Purvanchal Expressway in Baramadpur village situated in border of Sultanpur and Azamgarh district. NH 135A will go through Ayodhya, Akbarpur - Ambedkar Nagar, Khajuri, Malipur, Shahganj, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Aura - Mirzapur.
Barrister Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf, minister in the government of the United Provinces from 1926 to 1937. Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf was a descendant of the wazir of Shah Ibrahim, Sharqi sultan of Jaunpur in the 15th century.[3]