Ballia Today (बलिया आजतक)

The name Ballia is derived from name of the sage Valmiki, the author of Ramayana Another belief about the origin of the name is that it has been derived from the sandy nature of the land of the place, locally known as "Ballua" (balu meaning sand).other view is that it has been named after being capital state owned by king bali. who has given up his kindom and body to lord vishnu in Vaman incarnation.it was initially named as 'balian', later transformed to ballia.The hero of First War of Indian Independence(1857), Mangal Pandey was born here. National Hero of "Quit India Movement"(1942) Chittu Pandey was also from Ballia. Former Prime minister of India Late Chandra Shekhar ji was a native of Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district. The city of Ballia, is the birth place and workplace of Maharshi Bhrigu. Mahrishi Durvasa Rishi also belongs to Ballia, Village Dubhar was his Tapovan, during tapasya, he ate Dub (grass) i.e. Dub-Aahar, so the village named as Dubehar.
Group created on 16 June 2012.