Orai is a city and a municipal board in Jalaun district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the district headquarters for Jalaun District of uttar pradesh state which is part of Jhansi division. It is situated near HIGHWAY NH25 in between Jhansi and Kanpur and on Bilrayan-Panwari SH21 .It is located in the Bundelkhand region.

Orai has been named after a saint (Rishi) Uddalak because he worshipped there and has historical value because of its location, which is between Jhansi, Mahoba and Kalpi. Orai was also known as the City of King ‘Mahil’ who has betrayed his nephews Aalah and Udal it keeps its historical background by bhagwan vyas, Who worshipped of the bank of Yamuna at Kalpi a town of district Jalaun.

Orai,Jalaun was the scene of much violence during the Revolt of 1857. When the news of the rising at Kanpur reached Kalpi, the men of the 53rd Native Infantry deserted their officers, and in June the Jhansi rebels reached the district, and began their murder of Europeans. It was not until September 1858 that the rebels were finally defeated.

The existing railway line from Jhansi to Kanpur has been electrified and Orai railway station comes under the “model railway station” category

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