Civil Lines | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 28.3398°N 79.4225°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
Subdivision Name3: | Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh |
Governing Body: | Bareilly Municipal Corporation |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Bareilly City, Bareilly division, Uttar Pradesh |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Bareilly Municipal Corporation |
Civil Lines is a Civil Lines commercial street located near the town centre in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located centrally in the city of Bareilly.
The name Civil Lines comes from the time of the British Raj, when the city of Delhi was organized into separate areas where the British Military and Civilian buildings were located. Areas where civilians lived were demarcated as Civil Lines. Later most of the prominent North Indian cities, including Bareilly, adopted this name for their commercial areas.
The civil lines of Bareilly was settled between the old city and the cantonment in the late nineteenth century; only British officers used to live in the area then. Apart from the cantonment, the police lines and the railway station were also located to the south of the civil lines, While the district prison was to its west and the circuit house was situated to its north-east, where several upper class bungalows were built. A few years later, the Company Garden (now Gandhi Udyan) was constructed towards its east.
After independence, the civil lines started expanding in the northeast direction, and it was at this time, that a residential colony named Rampur Garden started to settle on this side. Most of the government offices in Bareilly are located in the Civil Lines or Rampur Garden.