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Khajurgaon
Khajurgaon is a village in Lalganj block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on the bank of the Ganges, 12 km from Lalganj, the block and tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 5,916 people, in 1,067 households. It has 5 primary schools and 1 community health centre. It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 12 other villages. Khajurgaon historically served as the seat of a taluqdari estate belonging to a branch of the Saibasi Bais. The estate was one of the largest in the district, and its holders claimed seniority over all the descendants of the legendary Bais raja Tilok Chand. Khajurgaon has a bazar known as Raghunathganj, and it hosts both a permanent market and a weekly haat. The haat is held twice per week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and it mostly involves trade in cloth and vegetables. History Khajurgaon historically served as the fortified capital of the Ranas of Khajurgaon, who were historicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murarmau
Murarmau is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 21 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. Murarmau historically served as the seat of the largest taluqdar estate in the district, held by the most senior branch of the Tilokchandi Bais. As of 2011, it has a population of 2,999 people, in 523 households. It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities. Murarmau serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 9 other villages. Murarmau hosts the Thakur Dwara cattle fair annually on Chaitra Badi 9. It also hosts a regular market twice per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays; vegetables and cloth are the main items traded. History The Rajas of Murarmau were the most senior branch of the Tilokchandi Bais, who were descended from the powerful Raja Tilok Chand. He had two sons; the older one, Pirthi Chand, established himself at the ancestral fort of Sangrampur, and the Rajas of Murarmau were among h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sareni, Uttar Pradesh
Sareni is a village and corresponding community development block in Lalganj tehsil of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Historically the seat of a pargana, it is located 18 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters, on the road to Daundia Khera in Unnao district. As of 2011, Sareni has a population of 4,819 people, in 792 households. It has 3 primary schools and no healthcare facilities. It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 10 other villages. History Sareni was supposedly first founded by a member of the Bais clan named Sarang Sah. It was first made headquarters of a pargana and tehsil during the reign of Saadat Ali Khan (which one is not specified in the source). Previously, the pargana had been part of four different ''mahal''s: Kahanjara, Nisgar, Deorakh, and Tara Singhaur. At the turn of the 20th century, Sareni had a police station, a post office, a cattle pound, and a large primary school. It was held in taluqdari tenu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rana (title)
Rana ( IAST: ''Rāṇā'', Sanskrit: ) is a historical title denoting an absolute Hindu monarch in the Indian subcontinent. Today, it is used as a hereditary name in the Indian and Pakistani subcontinent. "Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial sovereignty by Jat and Rajput kings in India. Rani is the title for the wife of a rana or a female monarch. It also applies to the wife of a raja. Compound titles include ''rana sahib'', ''ranaji'', ''rana bahadur'', and ''maharana''. Usage in the Indian subcontinent "Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial sovereignty by Rajput kings in India. Sisodia rulers of Mewar used the title of Mahārāṇā (महाराणा) extensively in their royal charters. Today, members of some Rajput clans in Indian subcontinent use it as a hereditary title. In Pakistan, mostly Muslims—but also some Hindus in Sindh (present-day Pakistan)—use it as a hereditary title. Umerkot, a state in Sindh, has a Hindu Thakur Sodha Rajput rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khiron
Khiron is a village and corresponding community development block in Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the main Raebareli-Unnao road, Khiron is an old Muslim town that historically served as the seat of a pargana. As of 2011, the village has a population of 9,955, in 1,714 households. It has six primary schools and one medical clinic. It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat that also includes 11 other villages. Khiron hosts an annual mela at the Balbhadreshwar Mahadeo temple on Phalguna Badi 13; the festival is part of Shivratri and is dedicated to the worship of Shiva. Vendors bring various everyday items to sell at the fair. Khiron also hosts markets twice per week, on Mondays and Thursdays; the main items traded are cloth and vegetables. History Khiron was fortified and made the seat of a pargana during the reign of Asaf-ud-Daula; the headquarters had previously been at Satanpur since its foundation and fortification by the Bais raja Sathna. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rae Bareli
Raebareli is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district and a part of Lucknow Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Sai river, southeast of Lucknow. It possesses many architectural features and sites, chief of which is a strong and spacious fort. As of 2011, Raebareli has a population of 191,316 people, in 35,197 households. History, Etymology and Post Independence Raebareli is supposedly a city founded by Bhars, and originally called Bharauli or Barauli. The meaning of the prefix "Rae"(pronounced Rai) is not clear — it may refer to the nearby village of Rahi, to the west, or it may alternatively derive from the title "Rai" borne by the Kayasth rulers of the place. The city was conquered by Ibrahim Shah of the Jaunpur Sultanate and then handed over to Sheikhs and Sayyids. The city's fort was built by Ibrahim Shah in 820 AH, most likely using materials from earlier structures. Apart from the gate on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dispensary
A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment. In a traditional dispensary set-up, a pharmacist dispenses medication per the prescription or order form. The English term originated from the medieval Latin noun and is cognate with the Latin verb '' dispensare'', 'to distribute'. The term also refers to legal cannabis dispensaries. The term also has Victorian antiquity, in 1862 the term dispensary was used in the folk song the Blaydon Races. The folk song differentiated the term dispensary from a Doctors surgery and an Infirmary. The advent of huge industrial plants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as large steel mills, created a demand for in-house first responder services, including firefighting, emergency medical services, and even primary care that were closer to the point of need, under closer company control, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiswara
Baiswara is a subregion of Awadh in Uttar Pradesh, India, which includes parts of Unnao and Raebareli districts. Unnao and Raebareli districts are part of Baiswara state. Baiswara is established by Bais Rajput king Abhaichand Bais. He was the 25th generation of Raja Harshvardhan of Thaneshwar. It is associated with the Bais Rajput The Bais () is a Rajput clan from India. History Their wealth caused Donald Butter, a visiting doctor who wrote ''Outlines of the Topography and Statistics of the Southern Districts of Oudh, and of the Cantonment of Sultanpur-Oudh'', to desc ... community. References {{reflist Awadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalmau
Dalmau is a historic town and tehsil headquarters in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated on the banks of the Ganga, between Raebareli and Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, Fatehpur, the town has several historical monuments including the old fort, several dargahs, and the Haji Zahid mosque. Dalmau is also home to the Ebrahim Sharki palace belonging to the Nawab Shuza-ud-daula. Visitors can also see the Baithak of Alha Udal and enjoy a stroll along the Dalmau Pump canal. Dalmau also enjoys a unique place in the literary world because it was here that the famous Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi "Nirala" wrote his poems while sitting on the fort and overlooking the scene below. Dalmau was also centre of sufism in fourteen century because Maulana Daud a Chishti saint who was attached to Dalmau royal court was living here and he wrote first awadhi masnawi world famous book Chandayan. Geography Dalmau is perched on a steep bluff whose height protects the town from flooding. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allahabad
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrative headquarters of the Allahabad district—the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India—and the Allahabad division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the seventh most populous city in the state, thirteenth in Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city. In 2011 it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city. Allahabad, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable urban agglomeration in the state (after Noida and Lucknow) and sixteenth in the country. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the city. Allahabad l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purwa
Purwa is a town and nagar panchayat in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 32 km southeast of Unnao, the district headquarters. Roads connect it with several major cities including Unnao, Lucknow, Kanpur, and Rae Bareli. As of 2011, its population is 24,467 people, in 4,128 households. Purwa is the headquarters of a community development block, which was first inaugurated on 1 April 1959 in order to oversee implementation of India's Five-Year Plans at a local and rural level. Most of the block lies within the tehsil of Purwa, but parts are in the tehsil of Bighapur instead. As of 2011, the block comprises 112 rural villages (including Asoha itself), with a total population of 125,619 people in 25,020 households. History Purwa is said to have been founded sometime around the year 1400. Its antecedent was the village of Newayan a few miles to the west, which was founded by a Raghubansi from Ayodhya named Raja Newan. Newayan was wiped out by the Loni River and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daundia Khera
Sangrampur, also called Daundia Khera, is a village in Sumerpur block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the high bank of the Naurahi river a bit to the west of the main Unnao- Dalmau road, it is most notable for its historic importance as the capital of the Bais of Baiswara. It was the seat of a pargana beginning in the 1700s. As of 2011, its population is 2,778 in 530 households. It has four primary schools and no healthcare facilities. History The traditional account of Sangrampur's founding is connected with the origins of the Bais of Baiswara. In 1191 Samvat, two Bais brothers named Abhai Chand and Pirthi Chand are said to have come to a bathing ceremony at the Shiurajpur ghat on the Ganges. Also present was the queen of Argal, accompanied by a few attendants and soldiers. The governor of the place attempted to rape her by force; her soldiers surrendered, and she cried out for help. The two brothers were able to successfully intervene, but Pirthi Chand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihar, Unnao
Bihar is a village in Sumerpur block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the main Unnao-Raebareli road, just to the east of the Loni river and near its confluence with the Kharahi, Bihar was briefly the headquarters of a tehsil in Raebareli district from 1860 until 1862, when it was moved into Unnao district. As of 2011, the population of Bihar is 5,952, in 1,088 households, and it has 5 primary schools and no healthcare facilities. History According to tradition, Bihar was founded by Birbhan, ancestor of the Bais taluqdars of Patan-Bihar, and named "Birhar" after himself. More realistically, the name was probably derived from a vihara or Buddhist monastery. Bihar was made the seat of a pargana under the Mughal emperor Akbar. At some point during the 1700s, it was the site of a battle between the Raos of Daundia Khera, the Raja of Maurawan, and the chief of Shankarpur, all from the Bais clan. It was chosen as the seat of a tehsil by the British in 1860, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
