Kara, Uttar Pradesh

Kara is an old township situated near Sirathu, on the banks of river Ganges, 69 km (43 mi) west of the city of Prayagraj in Kaushambi district in Uttar Pradesh state in India. It was capital of a very big region for centuries under the Delhi Sultanate and Jaunpur Sultanate rule.

Kara
town
View of the right bank of the Ganges, near Currah, December 1788, by William Daniell
Kara
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Kara
Kara (India)
Coordinates: 25°42′N 81°21′E
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
Languages
  OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP
Websiteup.gov.in

Notable personalities:

SM Mustafa, former principal of AMU's Syed Hamid School basically belongs to the Zamindar family of Kara. [1]

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