About Gorakhpur City

1: The Gorakhpur city is located in the eastern area of the Uttar Pradesh, India and it is also placed near the bank of Rapti river.

2: Gorakhpur city is the famous and religious place for the Gita Press and Baba Gorakhnath Mandir or Gorakshnath Mandir, In this mandir a lot of peoples come from many places for visiting its.
3: The city of Gorakhpur are named after a renowned ascetic saint, Baba Gorakshanath, the chief disciple of the yogi Matsyendranath.

4: Here is some tourist places, the most popular and famous places are the Vishnu Temple, Gorakhnath Mandir, Geeta Vatika, Indira Bal Vihar Park, Imambara, Lal Diggi Park, Arogya Mandir, Ramgarh Tal and Munshi premchand Park.

5: Gorakhpur City is the North Eastern Headquarters of Indian Railways, It is the biggest Broad Gauge railway junction in North India.

6: Gorakhpur district was the scene of the Chauri Chaura incident of February 4, 1922, which was a turning point in the history of India's freedom struggle.

7: In the Gorakhpur Jail, Where Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged for taking active part, in the fight against the British rule.

8: Gorakhpur came under direct British control in 1803. It was one of major centers of the 1857 uprising, and later played a major role in the Indian independence movement.

9: In 1934, an earthquake (8.1 on the Richter scale) caused much damage here in the city of gorakhpur.

10: Gorakhpur is also famous for, the birth place of Rahul Sankrityayan Ji and great Saint Paramhansa Yogananda.

11:Here is a University known as Din Dayal Upadhya University, that is 1/2 K.M far from railway station and also same from bus station.

12:Here is a Regional Engineering colleges known as "Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering Colleges" that is aprox 5 K.M far from main city of Gorakhpur, this college is placed at the gorakhpur deoria roads.

13:Here is a Medical College, known as B.R.D. Medical College, which is named after the prominent social worker Baba Raghav Das, it is located just eight kilometers from the Gorakhpur Railway Station.

14:This City have cyber cafe shops, hotels, parks, small zoos, NGO organizations, medical stores, shopping malls, banks, cinema halls and more colleges.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorakhpur