Bakas, also spelled Bakkas, is a village in Gosainganj block of

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. As of 2011, its population is 8,171, in 1,444 households. It is the seat of a

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History

Around the turn of the 20th century, Bakas was described as "a considerable village" in the northern part of the

pargana Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...

Mohanlalganj Mohanlalganj is a tehsil and community development block in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It has historically constituted part of the village of Mau (Mohanlalganj), Mau. History The eponymous market, called Mohanlalganj, was establishe ...

, with a population of 2,200. The lands belonging to the village stretched northward to the bank of the

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; they were extensively cultivated, with loamy soil and irrigation provided from tanks and wells. Bakas hosted a weekly market, and it was held in

zamindar 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 ...

i tenure by the Janwars of Mau.

References

Villages in Lucknow district {{Lucknow-geo-stub