History

Amethi is the name of a district in Ayodhya division 0f Uttar Pradesh. Gauriganj town is the headquarters of the Amethi district. Amethi was the 72 district  of Uttar Pradesh which came into existence on 1st July 2010 by merging three  tehsils of the  Sultanpur district namely  Amethi, Gauriganj, Musafirkhana and one tehsils  Tiloi of Raebareli district and was named as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar. At present  the name of district is Amethi