Bahadurganj is a

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located of Zahurabad pargama of the Kasimabad

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. Bahadurganj is located one the banks of

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and Bhainsahi rivers.

History

Bahadurganj before named as Abdulpur was established by

Nawab Sheikh Abdullah Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi , Sindhi, Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...

in year 1742, who was a

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Ghazipur Ghazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur city is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ghazipur also constitute ...

and son of Nawab Qasim Khan, Nawab of Qasimabad. He also served as a minister in court of

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emperor

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and Saadat Ali Khan of

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. He was a relative of Rustam Ali , a

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and Murtza Khan a Mughal minister. He also build Qasimbad fort after his father death in 1739. Sheikh Abdullah died in 1744 , He had four sons of whom the eldest was Nawab Fazil Khan who then became a Nawab of Ghazipur , for some time his brother Karam Ullah Khan was made the nawab but then in 1748 he died and . Fazal Ali again became the nawab till 1757. He then became immensely powerful and his estate was spread over 1647 villages. His estate remained in the hands of his family till 1788 but then it got divided and got in the control of Sarkar of

. Nawab Azim Ali Khan was a nephew of Fazal Ali and grandson of Sheikh Abdullah who then received a pension of rupees one lakh. Azim Khan's family then migrated to Bahadurganj establishing a new capital of

Zamindari A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

estate. They were two brothers named as Nawab Abdul Khan and Nawab Bahadur Shah Khan. Their family setteld at the original house of Abdulpur and then Nawab Bahadur Shah established a Bazar after his name know known as Bahdurganj. The geographical area of the village was 686 acres in year 1900 and it had many nearby villages under its zamindari. The place where their family lives is respectively known as Das ana and Chah ana and was before a fortified place. After some years, more families migrated to the Abdulpur and Bahadurganj. The Bhadurganj market then got divided in four parts name as Bahadurganj, Puraniganj, Imamganj and Dakhinganj.

Location

Bahadurganj is located 12 km from Mau and about 42 km from

. It is located at the southern bank of the

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Religions

The major religious groups are Muslims and Hindu, constituting 57% and 44.8% of the population respectively.

Local culture

Major festivals in Bahadurganj include

Ram Navami Rama Navami () is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of the deity Vishnu. people from different parts of Jharkhand attended the world famous international Hazaribagh procession organized in the city every ...

Mawlid Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi ( ar, المولد النبوي, translit=mawlid an-nabawī, lit=Birth of the Prophet, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic , , among other vernacular pronunciations; sometimes , ) ...

, and

Muharram Muḥarram ( ar, ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after R ...

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, which occur annually. Celebrations are also organized at

Dashahara Vijayadashami ( sa, विजयदशमी, Vijayadaśamī, translit-std=IAST), also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. It is observed on the tenth day in the Hindu ...

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, Ramzan-ul-Mubarak,

Diwali Diwali (), Dewali, Divali, or Deepavali ( IAST: ''dīpāvalī''), also known as the Festival of Lights, related to Jain Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Tihar, Swanti, Sohrai, and Bandna, is a religious celebration in Indian religions. It is ...

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, Shab-e-Barat,

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, and

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, as well as the nationa
holidays
of

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and

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. Despite the lack of a major

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community in the town, the month of

is celebrated by some. On the tenth day of Muharram, the ritual of

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is held on the east side of the town. On the banks of the Tamsa River, which is also called the Dhobi Ghat, is the nearby village Rasulpur, through a Tujia river. There are three tahas of this town. People start coming here in the afternoon, and the three wooden equals of the town also go. In this town, people from all religions gather in celebration of different festivals.

Demographics

As of the 2011 India

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, Bahadurganj had 13 wards and a population of 22068. 51.56% of the population is male; 48.44% is female. Bahadurganj has an average literacy rate of 71.26%, higher than the state average of 67.68%. The literacy rate is 78.01% among men and 64.08% among women. 16.80% of the population is under 6 years of age. The

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, District Cooperative Bank, and Sub Post Office provide banking services and ATM facilities. Sub Post Office is now providing CBS facilities.

Weather

Neighbourhoods

*Bahadurganj *Puraniganj *Bhumihar Toli *Dakinganj *Chhawani *Abdulpur (Das ana and Chah ana) *Sadar Bazar *Takia WM. *Imlitar *Kasab Tola *Jama Masjid *Chowk Dwar *Mallah Toli *Mahua Tar *Barwa Tar *Gudadi Bazar (Ghas Bazar) *Darji Tola *Anar Masjid *Imam Ganj *Nayi Basti *Dumdera *Pattigarh (Gadhwa Par) *Chandika Sthan

References

{{Ghazipur district Cities and towns in Ghazipur district