Bijnaur, Lucknow

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Bijnaur
Village
Bijnaur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Bijnaur
Bijnaur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°44′26���N 80°54′15″E / 26.74042°N 80.904183°E / 26.74042; 80.904183Coordinates: 26°44′26″N 80°54′15″E / 26.74042°N 80.904183°E / 26.74042; 80.904183[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictLucknow
Area
[2]
 • Total7.516 km2 (2.902 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total14,105
 • Density1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Bijnaur is a village in Sarojaninagar block of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It was historically a major town, serving as the seat of a pargana in Lucknow tehsil.[3] It is located east of the main road from Lucknow to Kanpur.[3] East of Bijnaur, there is a series of that make up the source of the .[3] As of 2011, its population was 14,105, in 2,515 households.[2] It is the seat of a gram panchayat.[4]

History[]

According to tradition, Bijnaur was founded by and named after Bijli Raja, a Pasi king who had a fort at , a bit to the north.[3] Bijnaur is then said to have been captured by the legendary Muslim conqueror Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud, and the remains of old brick tombs on the west side of Bijnaur are said to mark the graves of some of his companions.[3] According to , however, it is unlikely that Salar Masud ever came here, and instead the Muslim conquest of Bijnaur only happened at the end of the 12th century CE.[3] The conqueror, he claimed, would have been , the ancestor of the Lucknow Sheikhs and the Pirzadahs of Bijnaur.[3] The Pirzadahs then ruled Bijnaur for several generations before losing control due to family conflicts.[3] In their place, Bijnaur came to be ruled by the Sheikh Chaudhris and Qanungos, who remained the main landlords until modern times.[3]

At the turn of the 20th century, Bijnaur was described as a town picturesquely located among trees, with good farmland surrounded by wide plains.[3] Its houses were mostly of mud, except for the brick houses of the Sheikh zamindars, and there was a bazaar held twice weekly along with a cattle market.[3] There was also an with a regular attendance of about 60 students.[3] Bijnaur had formerly been a centre of trade, but it had declined substantially in the late 19th century, after the British annexation of Oudh State in 1856.[3] The local manufacture of cotton cloth had also dwindled, although it remained a significant local industry at the turn of the century.[3] Its population in 1901 was 3,593, including a Muslim population of 1,326.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Search for "Bijnaur" here https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Lucknow, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 166–183. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nevill, H.R. (1904). Lucknow - A Gazetteer. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 175–81. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Villages | District Lucknow , Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". lucknow.nic.in.
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