Bah is a Block and sub-division in

Agra district Agra district is one of the 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is the historical city of Agra. Agra district is a part of Agra division. Geography The district lies in the cultural region of Braj. Agra district is ...

of Uttar Pradesh in India. The township is on the State Highway 62 of Uttar Pradesh. The place is surrounded by three rivers giving it its name.

Geography

This place is situated in

of Uttar Pradesh. Three rivers, Yamuna, Chambal and Utangan irrigate its land and separate it from the states Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. There has been several demands to make the Bah-Bateshwar district.

History

The history of Bah can be dated back to Vedic Era. However, no archaeological findings have been found in the area but, analyzing using historical maps gives an insight of the history of place and various kingdoms or republics that have acquired the place Prior to establishment of first known township the place was primarily a forest in the fertile land of Yamuna plains. The first known townships was established by Maharaja Kalyan Singh of Bhadawar naming the place "Bah". The name "Bah", literally meaning 'to flow' in local language, signifies the character of place. It is surrounded by three rivers: Chambal, Yamuna and Utangan. From the very establishment of the township the Mughal Empire was declining so Mughal influence didn't reached the town and the history is much preserved locally for the region. From the very establishment the town has been a free place. Following is a list of kingdoms, janapadas and republics that have resorted control over the area. The list has been compiled on basis of Map analysis of Various States so is prone to errors, but general details are credible but not final: * Mahabharat Era: Part of Surasena * Vedic Period:

Kunti Kingdom The Kunti Kingdom was the kingdom of Kunti-Bhoja, one of the prominent kings among the Bhoja Yadavas. Kunti, the mother of Pandavas and the first wife of Kuru king Pandu, was the adopted daughter of Kuntibhoja. Her given name was Pritha and she w ...

* 700 BCE - 322 BCE : Part of Surasena Kingdom. * 345 BCE - 321 BCE : Part of Magadha,

Nanda Dynasty The Nanda dynasty ruled in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent during the fourth century BCE, and possibly during the fifth century BCE. The Nandas overthrew the Shaishunaga dynasty in the Magadha region of eastern India, and expanded ...

* 321 BCE - 180 BCE : Part of Magadha,

Mauryan Empire The Maurya Empire, or the Mauryan Empire, was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in the Indian subcontinent based in Magadha, having been founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, and existing in loose-knit fashion until 1 ...

* 180 BCE - 124 BCE : Part of

Shunga Empire The Shunga Empire (IAST: ') was an ancient Indian dynasty from Magadha that controlled areas of the most of the northern Indian subcontinent from around 185 to 73 BCE. The dynasty was established by Pushyamitra Shunga, Pushyamitra, after taking ...

* 124 BCE - 1st BCE : Part of

Kosala The Kingdom of Kosala (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indian kingdom with a rich culture, corresponding to the area within the region of Awadh in present-day Uttar Pradesh to Western Odisha. It emerged as a janapada, small state during the late Ve ...

Principality, under Deva dynasty (Saketa) * 1st BC - 1st CE : unknown, maybe

Datta Dynasty The Datta dynasty is a dynasty of ruler who flourished in the northern India in the areas of Mathura and Ayodhya around the 1st century BCE – 1st century CE.History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE – 100 CE, Sonya Rhie Qu ...

* 1st CE - 2nd CE : probably

Mitra Dynasty There were several, possibly related, dynasties known as Mitra dynasty ruling in different regions of India: * Mitra dynasty (Ayodhya) *Mitra dynasty (Kosambi), rulers of Vatsa (now Allahabad), c. 100 BCE–350 CE * Mitra dynasty (Magadha) *Mitra d ...

* 127 CE - 265 CE :

Kushana Empire The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, i ...

* 266 CE - 335 CE : Unknown, probably under Nagas or Ahicchatras or both * 336 CE - 510 CE : Gupta Empire, with some periods of discontinuity due to Hunas. * 510 CE - 605 CE : Various post-Gupta, dominantly Maukhari Dynasty, Kannauj Kingdom. * 606 c. CE - c. 650 CE : Pushyabhuti Dynasty, King Harsh * 650 c. CE - end of 8th CE : Varman Dynasty * 800 c. CE - 950 c. CE : Mostly by Gurjar-Pratihars * 950 c. CE - 1000 c. CE:

Pala Dynasty The Pāla Empire (r. 750-1161 CE) was an imperial power during the post-classical period in the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal. It is named after its ruling dynasty, whose rulers bore names ending with the suffi ...

* 1000 c. CE - 1065 c. CE : Paramara Dynasty (mainly Bhoja) * 1065 c. CE - 1150 c. CE : Tomara Dynasty * 1150 c. CE - 1192 c. CE :

Chauhans of Ajmer The Chahamanas of Shakambhari (IAST: Cāhamāna), colloquially known as the Chauhans of Sambhar or Chauhans of Ajmer, were an Indian dynasty that ruled parts of the present-day Rajasthan and neighbouring areas in India, between the 6th and 12th ...

* 1194 c. CE - 1206 c. CE : Ghurid Dynasty * 1206 c. CE - 1527 c. CE :

Delhi Sultanate The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526).

* 1527 c. CE - 1605 c. CE : Mughal Empire * 1605 c. CE - 1800 c. CE : Bhadawar State (Largely free from Mughal suzerainty) * 19th c. CE - 15th August 1947 : Part of princely state of Bhadawar - British Raj and

Company Rule Company rule in India (sometimes, Company ''Raj'', from hi, rāj, lit=rule) refers to the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when ...

. * 15th of August 1947 - 26th of August 1951 : Dominion of India * 26th of August 1950 - Present :

Bhārat Gaṇarājya India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

(English : Republic of India) ** State of Union of India: Uttar Pradesh

Demographics

As of

2011 Indian Census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Bah had a total population of 16,211, of which 8,564 were males and 7,647 were females, giving a sex ratio of 893. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,173. The total number of literates in Bah was 10,950, which constituted 67.5% of the population with male literacy of 72.4% and female literacy of 61.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Bah was 78.0%, of which male literacy rate was 84.4% and female literacy rate was 70.9%. The Scheduled Castes population was 1,645. Bah had 2661 households in 2011.

Language

The main spoken language is Hindi, which is also the official language. Urdu is the additional official language..

Administration

In the present time, Bah is a Tehsil place comprising three blocks namely Bah, Jaitpur and Pinahat.

Politics

Bah (Assembly constituency) Bah Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Agra district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha constituency. First ...

represents the area.

Notable people

* Genda Lal Dixit (30 November 1888 – 21 December 1920) was an Indian revolutionary who led the Shivaji Samiti group of freedom fighters against the British Raj. * Ankit Sharma is an athlete who competes in the long jump event. He was born on 20 July 1992 in

Pinahat Pinahat (formerly Shreenagar) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh and situated on the Bank of Chambal River (the Ghadiyal Sanctuary). It is about 55 km from A ...

block.

References

{{Agra district Cities and towns in Agra district