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masauli is situated at uttarpradesh state in district barabanki.rafi ahmad kidwai which was a great freedom fighter also belongs to masauli.He was born on 18 February 1894 in the village of masauli, , the eldest of four sons of Imtiaz Ali Kidwai, He attended the Government High School, Barabanki, until 1913. He then attended the Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, where he graduated BA in 1918. He began work towards the degree of LLB, but, swept up by the khilafat and non-co-operation movements in 192021 (the first of Mahatma Gandhi's major all-India satyagraha, or non-violent civil resistance, movements) and jailed for his participation, he never completed it. He married Majid ul-Nisa in 1919. They had one child, a son, who died at seven years of age.
Parijat a special tree is about 35 Kms from Masauli.it is only one of this type tree in worldThere are a number ancienttemples and their remains around this place.Arjun brought this tree from heavens and Kunti used to offer and crownShivji with its flowers. The other saying being, that Lord Krishnabrought this tree for his beloved queen Satyabhama. Historically,though these saying may have some bearing or not, but it is true thatthis tree is from a very ancient background. The following is said inthe Harivansh Puraan about Parijaat. Parijaat is a type of Kalpvraksh,it is said to be foundonly in the heavens and, whosoever makes a wish under this tree, getsfulfilled. In the Religious and ancient literature, we find a number ofreferences to the Kalpvraksh, but no description whatsoever of itsexistence can be found anywhere in the world, except for onlyKintur (Barabanki).
The leaves of this tree in the lower portion has five tips like the fingers of a hand, while at the upper reaches it has seven. Its flower is very beautiful and white in colour, on drying out it takes on golden tinge
Shiv temple which is situated at village Mahadeva in tehsil Ram Nagar near masauliThe Shivling in this temple being one of the exotic and rarest of the 52 shivlings on the surface of earth.It is one of the ancient Temple
