Dildarnagar Gaon also known as Deendarnagar is a neighbourhood in Dildarnagar Town of Kamsaar in

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. It is 4.5 km from Phooli and 11 km from

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. It was the capital of Dildarnagar estate.

History

Dildarnagar was founded in 1698 AD by a Rajput Kunwar Naval Singh who adopted Islam and kept his name Raja Deendar khan. Deendar khan kept the name as Deendarnagar but because of mispronunciation during the

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over India the name of the village Dildarnagar during 1860s. Kunwar Naval Singh use to live in the village named Samohta located in

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state of

. One day Mughal emperor

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passed to the village and adopted the brother of Naval Singh and kept his name Danish khan. After that, the whole family shifted to

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and adopted

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and then came to

and bought the village name as Akhanda in 592 coin used during Aurangzeb's empire in the year 1698AD and started living there. Later in 1874 the small village of Dildarnagar Fatehpur Bazar which was the market area of the town located 2 km away from Dildarnagar Gao became a town and

Dildarnagar Junction railway station Dildarnagar Junction railway station is a railway station in Dildarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. It serves 10,000 passengers, making it the busiest railway station in the Ghazipur district. It is the junction where the Dildarnagar–Tarighat branch li ...

was built.

References

Dildarnagar Dildarnagar Fatehpur Cities and towns in Ghazipur district {{Ghazipur-geo-stub