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Adalhat
Adalhat, now a rising rural market place, was a small village located in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Its name is derived from famous Sufi saint Adalshah Baba, whose Majar is still maintained in vill. Ibrahimpur, which is a cent percent Hindu village. Adalhat is located on SH 5A, also known as Shakti Nagar Highway, being upgraded from two lane to four lane, it has Varanasi in its north at a distance of 30 km and Robertsganj in south at a distance of 60 km. Legal administration of the place lies with Chunar Tahsil. Adalhat is not a revenue village, so not on all administrative records, but it comprises villages Ibrahimpur, Naithi, Hansapur, Garaundi, and Pathraura of Tahsil Chunar. It has police station and post office in name of Adalhat. About 50 years ago this place was confined to village Ibrahimpur only. There was only one primary school for about a dozen villages, nearby till 1951. A social worker and Sarpanch of this area Sri Sita Ram Gupta took initiative and a middle school was started in 1951 which gradually rose up to 10+2 standard now and named as Adarsh Inter College. The college is co-educational with about 3000 students and about an equal number of girls and boys. The connectivity by canal service roads and Sharma Road extended up to Bihar in east and being on main Varanasi-Shaktinagar road, opened doors to good business.…
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Adalhat, now a rising rural market place, was a small village located in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Its name is derived from famous Sufi saint Adalshah Baba, whose Majar is still maintained in vill. Ibrahimpur, which is a cent percent Hindu village. Adalhat is located on SH 5A, also known as Shakti Nagar Highway, being upgraded from two lane to four lane, it has Varanasi in its north at a distance of 30 km and Robertsganj in south at a distance of 60 km. Legal administration of the place lies with Chunar Tahsil. Adalhat is not a revenue village, so not on all administrative records, but it comprises villages Ibrahimpur, Naithi, Hansapur, Garaundi, and Pathraura of Tahsil Chunar. It has police station and post office in name of Adalhat. About 50 years ago this place was confined to village Ibrahimpur only. There was only one primary school for about a dozen villages, nearby till 1951. A social worker and Sarpanch of this area Sri Sita Ram Gupta took initiative and a middle school was started in 1951 which gradually rose up to 10+2 standard now and named as Adarsh Inter College. The college is co-educational with about 3000 students and about an equal number of girls and boys. The connectivity by canal service roads and Sharma Road extended up to Bihar in east and being on main Varanasi-Shaktinagar road, opened doors to good business.…
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- students: 3000 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the students is "3000 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374730483
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