Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and development work of Chittaura Lake on February 16, 2021 through video conferencing.
- The event in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh marks the birth anniversary of Maharaja Suheldev.
- The complete project will include installation of an equestrian statue of Maharaja Suheldev and development of various tourist amenities like cafeteria, guest house and a children’s park.
- Suheldev was a legendary king of Shravasti who is known to have defeated and killed the Ghaznavi general Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud in Bahraich in the early 11th century.
- Raja Suheldev finds mention in the 17th century Persian-language historical account ‘Mirat-i-Masudi’ .
- ‘Mirat-i-Masudi’ is the biography of Salar Masud, written by Abd-ur-Rahman Chishti during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
