Tikunia Explained

Tikunia
Settlement Type:town
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Tikunia, Kheri
Coordinates:28.3832°N 80.9665°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kheri
Unit Pref:Metric
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:262906

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.

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.

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Displaced- Nepali Times.
  2. News: Forensic report confirms that weapons seized from MoS Ajay Mishra's son were fired . 4 December 2021 . ThePrint . 10 November 2021.
  3. News: 8 dead in violence during farmers' protest in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri . 4 December 2021 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.
  4. News: Eight killed in violence during protest against ministers in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri: Police . 13 October 2021 . Hindustan Times . 3 October 2021 . en.
  5. News: Ashish Mishra: India minister's son arrested over Lakhimpur violence . 13 October 2021 . BBC News . 11 October 2021.
  6. News: Lakhimpur Kheri: 15-Year-Old Still In Trauma After Seeing Father Being Crushed Under The Wheel . 13 October 2021 . outlookindia.com/ . en. 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. News: Saxena . Nidhi Suresh,Shivangi . Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Eyewitnesses recall what they saw on October 3 . 13 October 2021 . Newslaundry.
  8. Web site: LUCKNOW to TIKUNIA, Train, Bus from Lucknow to Tikunia, fare, timings . 2013-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215733/http://www.mustseeindia.com/how-to-reach/from-lucknow-to-tikunia . 2013-10-04 .
  9. News: Eight dead in violence during farmers' protest in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri . 4 December 2021 . Business Standard India . Press Trust of India . 3 October 2021.