Fatehpur district

Fatehpur district

Fatehpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Located on the banks of the sacred rivers Ganga and Jamuna, Fatehpur was mentioned in the "puranic" literature. The "ghats" of Bhitora and Asni were described as sacred in the "puranas". Bhitora, the site of the sage Bhrigu, was an important source of learning. The Bajpai famiy from Mauzmabad has played an important role in the development of the city. Famous for their grandeur and literary frame of mind, the family played a vital role in the struggle against the British. Vasudev Bajpai, a learned poet famous for his creation "Hamir huth" is considered one of the outstanding poets of his times. state of India. Fatehpur district is a part of Allahabad Division.

Historical places

Bawani Imali: This monument is the symbol of sacrifices offered by freedom fighters. On 28 April 1858, fifty two freedom fighters were hanged on an "Imali" tree by the British army. The "Imali" tree still exists, people believe that the growth of tree has stopped after the massacre. This place is very near to town Khajuha in Bindki Subdivision of the district.

Bhitaura: This is block headquarter situated at the bank of holy river Ganga. This is the place where renowned saint Bhrigu worshipped for a long time that's why called BHRIGU THAURA. Here, flow of river Ganga is towards north direction, which is very important from the religious point of view.

Hathgam: This is also block headquarter and birth place of great freedom fighter Late Shri Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi & renowned Urdu poet Shri Iqbal Verma . It is said, this was populated by Saint Parashar .

Renh: A very old village situated on the bank of river Yamuna. Two decades before a very old idol of Lord Vishnu, made up of precious alloy, was found in this village . Now that idol is in a temple in village Kirtikheda on Bindki Lalauli road .

Shivrajpur: This village is situated at the bank of river Ganga near Bindki, which is a sub-division. In this village, there is a very old temple of Lord Krishna, which is known as "Mirabai Ka Mandir" (temple of Mirabai). It is said that idol of Lord Krishna was founded by Mirabai, a renowned devotee of Lord Krishna and a member of royal family of Mewar state.

Tenduli: A village situated on Chaudagara-Bindki road. It is believed that victims of snake/dog biting, persons suffering from parapsychological problems get relief from the temple of Baba Jhamdas in this village.

Bindaki: It's a very old city about 15 miles off fatehpur which was named after its emperor raja VENUKI. A very rich city by its secularism having fertile land lying in between river Ganga & river Yamuna. Thus, this is among a few oldest tehsil in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Besides having a grand religious and historical background, this is motherland of Martyr Jodha Singh Ataiya, and many other freedom fighters & renowned Hindi poet Rashtra-kavi Sohan Lal Dwivedi.

Khajuha In the ancient time khajuha was known as khajuha Garh.It was having a great importance in moughal era, in that time of Aurangzeb it was the main cantonement of Allahabad region.Khajuha is also known as the Lord Shiva Nagari.There Are 86 grand marvillous Shiva temples in this small town.

AsotharAsothar is a town situated in Fatehpur District of Uttar Pradesh. This town, lying between Ghazipur and Kishanpur, is to the south of Fatehpur and 14 km from Khaga. A lot of Jain sculptures were discovered here like smaller mound bearing five large Digamber Jain figures which people call the five Pandavas.It is also believed that Shiv Ling from Mahadev temple emerged from the ground.

Important characteristics

*Longitude: 81 20' E
*Latitude: 26 16' N
*Height above MSL: 114.66 M
*Area: 4152 km²
*Max.Temp: 45-48 °C (During May & June)
*Average rainfall: 904 mm (per year)
*Common language: Hindi & Urdu
*% of Literacy: 44.6%
*STD Code: 05180

Railways

This city is well-connected with important cities by train. Fatehpur Station is on main route of New Delhi-Howrah. Trains are available frequently.Longest platform on the route of howrah to delhi.

JAI HIND JAI FATEHPUR

Roads

Fatehpur is fairly well connected to other parts of Uttar Pradesh and India with national and state highways. The national highway (NH2)(Grand Trunk Road known as G.T. Road) passes through Fatehpur. Fatehpur is 72 km far from Kanpur, 121 km far from Allahabad and state capital Lucknow is 120 km far. There are frequent buses to Kanpur, Allahabad, Banda, and Lucknow. Fatehpur has great history in regard of 1857 freedom fight.

""=Markets and areas=

The main market of Fatehpur city is Chowk. A few other markets and main areas of this city are:
* Chowk (main market)
* Amarzai
* Baqar Ganj
* Harihar Ganj
* Lala Ki Bazar
* Mahajari Mohalla.
* Qaziana
* Verma Tiraha
* Patel Nagar
* Pani Mohalla
* Collector Ganj
* Chaudhrana
* Shadipur Chauraha
* Murain Tola
* Civil Lines
* Jayaram Nagar
* Abu Nagar
* Abunagar Kakaraha
* Lathi Mohal
* Pakka talab
* Deviganj
* P.A.C (Police Lines)
* RadhaNagar
* Kheldar
* Shakun nagar v.p road
* Krishnabihari nagar
* Shyam Nagar (PAC Road) Agni Chauhan
* chooriwali gali(ladies market)
* Maswani
* Gautam Nagar
* V.I.P Road
* Zaidoon

=List of the schools & colleges=
*Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College, V.I.P Road Fatehpur
*Government Inter College (G.I.C)
*Maharishi Vidya Mandir
*PlayWay English School
*A.S Inter College ,Jwalaganj
*Government Girls Inter College (G.G.I.C)
*Muslim Inter College (M.I.C)
*MadarSuhag Inter College
*Patel Junior HighSchool
*Rail Bazar Inter College
*Nirankari Inter College
*Nav Bharti School
*Mahabharat Computer Education (near B.R.Ambedkar college)
*New Munbhavan Nursery School
*Tender Hearts School
*C.i.c.peeranpur
*Dr.satya.n.sec.s.jwalaganj
*M.c.r.s.s.devi Ganj
*N.h.d.i.c.shadipur
*P.g.s.s.lodhi Ganj
*S.s.i.c.rail Bazar
*viveka nand vida mandir civil line
*chatrapati shiva ji nersary school abu nagar .
*St. Joseph Lal Kothi
*Smt.r.a.i.c.devi Ganj
*Usha.s.sec.s.radha Nagar
*The holy child public school.
*Assir Malta Hakim Nusrat Hussain Intermidiate College-Jahanabad.
*V.b.sec.s.civil Lines
*Fatehpur Public School, G.T.Road,Baqargunj, Fatehpur
*S.D.Public School, Sant Nager, Dhakauli Fatehpur
*M.S.Public School, maswani Fatehpur
*Police Mordern School (P.A.C.)
*Children Public Sr.Sec.School,Fatehpur(Affiliated to C.B.S.E. New Delhi)
*Noorul Huda English Medium School,Fatehpur (Affiliated to C.B.S.E. New Delhi).

Schools in Bindki

*D.i.c. Bindki
*Gandhi H.s. Old Bindki
*Nehru I.c. Bindki
*Rajkiya S.d.g.i.c. Bindki
*S.m.m.Sanskrit V. Bindki
*Sarvoday Inter College, GopalGanj
*Children Public School,
*L B S i c puremitan jamaravan ZHANDU LAL MAHAVIDYALAYA CHORMARKET

Temples

District Fatehpur was set up on November 10, 1826 as a separate district, taking fertile land lying in between river Ganga and river Yamuna. In the Vedic era the region of this district was known as "Antardesh", which means the fertile area between two big rivers.

In the city there are a few famous temples:
* Jai Siddheshwar Temple, Chandiyana
* Kalkan Mandir
* Tambeshwar Temple
* Hanuman Mandir, Chowk
* Bhittora Ghat Temple
* bara shivala temple
* hanuman mandir murian tola
* Jain Mandir (Near Railway Station)
*Bharat Mata Mandir (Children Public Sr.Sec School) the city center . MosqueThere are many of the dargah and mosques in the city
*Masjid Baqar Gunj
*Hazrat Mir Syed Saleh shab Rehmatullah alai-Mutavalli-Syed Shehzad Ahmad Advocate...
*Baradari Masjid-Founder Syed Abul Qasim and Syed Basir Uddin Ahmed Saheb.
*Masjid Dalalaan
*Masjid Qaziana
*Masjid Aayesha
*Masjid Noori(Zaidoon)
*Masjid yed Shah Razaali
*Unchi Masjid
*jama masjid abu nagar g.t road

Related links

*http://www.fatehpur.nic.in


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