Cities and Towns in Unnao District  (English, Paperback, unknown)

Chapters: Unnao, Mohan, Uttar Pradesh, Purwa, Safipur, Maurawan, Nyotini, Bangarmau, Auras, Ugu, Rasulabad, Hyderabad, Uttar Pradesh, Bighapur, Majhara Pipar Ehatmali, Bhagwant Nagar, Fatehpur Chaurasi, Ganj Muradabad, Gangaghat, Nawabganj, Unnao, Kursath, Unnao, Baksar, Musandi, Pariyar. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Unnao - In ancient times, the area which comprises Unnao, formed part of the Kosala Mahajanapada. It was later included in Oudh. This region has been inhabited since antiquity as traces from ancient times remain at some places in the district. After the First War of Indian Independence in 1857, power was transferred from the British East India Company to the British Crown, by the Queen's Proclamation of 1858. Once the order was restored, the civil administration was re-established in the district which was named Unnao, with headquarters at Unnao. It assumed its present size in 1869. The same year the town of Unnao was constituted a Municipality. There are various historical articles available on Unnao. The latest one is still in progress by Mr. Shaheer A. Mirza who is tracking the history of early Mughal settlements in a village called Jalalabad (settled by one Mirza Jalal Beg during the reign of Humayun) around Qasba Asiwan of Hasanganj Tehseel. There are shrines of Sufi saints in the Qasba of Safipur where people of both Muslim and Hindu communities pay their homage. One of the most famous personalities of Unnao is Maulana Hasrat Mohani, who was born in 1881 at Mohan. He was a freedom fighter and Urdu poet. After his graduation in 1903, he threw himself into the freedom struggle, inspired by Rao Ram Bux Singh. He took up the editing of the newspaper Urdu-A-Muallah in 1913 and continued his struggle through his articles. As a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1589587