Nawabganj, Barabanki

Nawabganj, Barabanki Nawabganj नवाबगंज نوابگنج
town
Nawabganj, Barabanki Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°56′N 81°11′E / 26.94°N 81.19°ECoordinates: 26°56′N 81°11′E / 26.94°N 81.19°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Barabanki
Government
• Chairman	Ranjeet Bahadur Srivastava
Elevation	93 m (305 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
• Total	806,929
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	225001
Telephone code	05248
Vehicle registration	UP-41
Website	nppnawabganj.in

Nawabganj is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a tehsil and nagar parishad for Barabanki town.^[2] It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.

History

Nawabganj has been known as such since the Nawabi.^[3]

Battle of Nawabganj

Battle of Nawabganj
Part of the Indian Mutiny
Date 12-14 June 1857 Location Nawabganj Result British victory
Belligerents
East India Company	rebel sepoys Oudh State Local Taluqdars
Commanders and leaders
Sir Hope Grant	Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Raja Balbhadra Singh of Chahlari
Strength
5000	16000
Casualties and losses
36 killed 62 wounded	1000 killed and wounded

Battle of Nawabganj was a conflict between rebel sepoys, troops of Oudh State and local Taluqdars and troops of East India Company from 12 to 14 June 1857 during Indian Mutiny.^[4]

During the Sepoy war of 1857-1858 the whole of the Bara Banki taluqdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance after the capture of Lucknow.^[5][6] In the battle of Nawabganj in 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated the revolutionaries.^[7] Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari along with other 1000 revolutionaries were killed in action while fighting British at Obri around 2 km from Barabanki on the confluence of riverlets Rait and Jamuria.^{[8][9][10][11]}

British Rule

During the British rule Nawabganj headquarters of tehsil and pargana of same name. Area of Nawabganj Pargana around 1878 was 79 square miles and it was bounded in North by Ramnagar and Fatehpur, on the east by Daryabad, on the west by Dewa, and on south by Partabganj. Out of 77 villages, 44 were taluqdari and 33 Mufrad. Out of 44 taluqdari villages 25 were held by Jahngirabad Estate, the rest were divided between several neighbouring estates. Nawabganj contained village of Bara Banki which had civil railway station having junction on Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (about half a mile north of the town).^[12]

Geography

Nawabganj is located at 26°56′N 81°11′E / 26.94°N 81.19°E. It has an average elevation of 93 metres (305 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[13] Nawabganj had a population of 75,087. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawabganj has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 62%. In Nawabganj, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Nawabganj
Religion			Percent
Hindus			83%
Muslims			9%
Jains			7%
Others†			1%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.5%), Buddhists (<0.5%).

Administration

Tehsil Nawabganj

Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj, Barabanki on Lucknow-Faizabad Road ( NH 28).

Tehsil Nawabganj has 4 Block panchayats,^[14] they are:

1. Banki
2. Dewa
3. Harakh
4. Masauli

View of building of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj, Barabanki.

Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj has 25 wards.^[15] They are:

Ward No.	Name	Population (2001)
1	Gandhi Nagar	3148
2	Valmiki Nagar	5309
3	Peer Batawan Saravgi	1913
4	Begumganj Saravgi	3060
5	Kanoongoyan Poorvi	3000
6	Poorvi Peerbatawan	3180
7	Police Line	2259
8	Lajpat Nagar	2216
9	Gularia Gaarda	2782
10	Azad Nagar	3208
11	Kanoongoyan	2574
12	Tehsil Colony	2948
13	Katra Baradari	2969
14	Satypremi Nagar	2103
15	Kailash Ashram	3412
16	Durgapuri	3788
17	Nehru Nagar	2680
18	Munshiganj	1882
19	Bheetri Peerbatawan	4526
20	Barhiyan Tola	3174
21	Barhiyan Pashchimi	3253
22	Dushehrabagh	4603
23	Bheetri Poorvi	3424
24	Saravgi	1489
25	Rasoolpur	2591

Health infrastructure

Tehsil Nawabganj has following health infrastructure:^[16]

• Health centres – 7
• PHCs – 8
• Sub centres – 17

References

1. Nawabganj Population
2. Barabanki Information on District Administration
3. Benett, William Charles (1878). Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M (Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh ed.). Printed at the Oudh Government Press. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
4. Benett, William Charles (1878). Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M (Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh ed.). Printed at the Oudh Government Press. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
5. Gazetteer of the province of Oudh, BARA BANKI DISTRICT ARTICLE #226-263
6.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bara Banki". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
7. The geography of British India, political & physical By George Smith
8. Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari @ nppnawabganj.in
9. ORIGIN OF NAME OF DISTRICT @ nppnawabganj.in
11. Misra, Amaresh (2004). Lucknow:Fire Of Grace. Rupa Publications. ISBN 9788129104854. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
12. Benett, William Charles (1878). Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M (Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh ed.). Printed at the Oudh Government Press. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
13. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
14. Population
15. http://nppnawabganj.in/population.aspx
16. http://jsk.gov.in/hindi/up/up_barabanki.pdf