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Mahmudabad, (or Mahmoodabad) also known as ''Mahmudabad Awadh'' is a town and a
municipal board A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Sitapur district Sitapur district is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts which is situated in Uttar Pradesh States and territories of India, state of India, with Sitapur town as the district headquarters. Sitapur district is a part of Lucknow divis ...
in the Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
. Mahmudabad tehsil town is the main town in the mandal which has about 66 villages around, while the main city in the district is Sitapur which is about 70 km away and State Headquarter Lucknow is 52 km away. Mahmudabad is approachable by road from all the cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh, while Lucknow Airport situated about 60 km away is the nearest airport. Mahmudabad having a railway station, besides Munda Gopal Ash, Sidhauli and Ataria Railway stations are the nearest rail stations which are around 3 to 32 km distance, and some trains heading to Bihar from Delhi stop at these stations.


History

Mahmudabad Estate Mahmudabad Estate or Mahmoodabad Estate, governed from Mahmudabad, was one of the largest feudal estates in the erstwhile Kingdom of Oudh. The rulers are generally referred to as Raja of Mahmudabad or Raja of Mahmoodabad. History The Mahmuda ...
was one of the largest
feudal estate A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal allegia ...
s in the erstwhile
kingdom of Awadh The Kingdom of Awadh (, , also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the Britis ...
. Mahmudabad is the part of
Oudh State The Kingdom of Awadh (, , also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the B ...
(अवध रियासत) during British India. Its
raja Raja (; from , IAST ') is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian subcontinent, Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. T ...
, during the freedom struggle, had been an important member of the
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and a close friend of Jinnah. In 1962, he migrated to Pakistan, leaving his young son and heir behind in
Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...
. The vast Mahmudabad properties in UP were then seized as " enemy property" under defence rules. When the old raja died in London in 1974, his son Raja Mohammad Amir Khan began a long legal battle to get back his inheritance. In a landmark judgement in Sep 2005, the
Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judiciary of India, judicial authority and the supreme court, highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final Appellate court, court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India. It also ...
directed the Government of India to release the Mahmudabad properties and restore them to the present raja.But with the issuance of a new ordinance on enemy property in 2016, his properties in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Delhi again came under the control of the Government of India. Raja Mohammad Amir Khan has two sisters who migrated to England with their spouses (also part of the Mahmudabad clan) and children. Raja Mohammad Amir Khan has two sons Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who is a Professor of History and Political Science at
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and Amir Khan Mahmudabad. The novel “The Vanishing Indian Upper Class:Life History of Reza Mohammed Khan” was written by Raja Mohammad Amir Khan’s cousin Rajkumar Mohammad Amir Kazim Khan. A critique on how the upper class of India has transformed since independence of India (4).


Demographics

, Mahmudabad had a population of 41,911. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Mahmudabad has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 54%, and female literacy is 43%. In Mahmudabad, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.


Education

*sardar vallabh bhai patel kanya siksha sansthan *Prakash Vidya Mandir Inter College *BabuRam Savitri Devi Inter College Shekhpur * United Avadh Inter College * Adarsh Bal Vidya Mandir * Seth M.R. Jaipuria School, Mahmudabad Campus * Sardar Singh Convent Inter College * Sita Inter College * Maulana Azad Institute of Humanities Science and Technology * Jawahar Lal Nehru Polytechnic * Moulana Azad Law College * Seth Ram Gulam Inter and Degree College * Don Bosco High School * Calvin College Inter college
FAA Government Degree College Mahmudabad
* I T I College * Mahmoodabad Law College
Mahmoodabad College of Management & Technology
* Indian Institute of Computer Education * Universal Computer Education Centre * Krishna Institute of Computer Education *''BANKING'' ''FACILITIES'' * State bank of India *Uco Bank *Allahabad Bank *Punjab National Bank *HDFC Bank *Oriental Bank of Commerce *Bank of India *Axis Bank *Allahabad UP Rural Bank * *


References

4. The Vanishing Indian Upper Class, https://anthempress.com/the-vanishing-indian-upper-class-hb


External links

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