Ajgain
Ajgain is a village in Nawabganj block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located northeast of Unnao, near the main Lucknow-Kanpur road.[3] It has a railway station on the Lucknow-Kanpur line, lying between Sonik and Kusumbhi.[4] It holds a market on Mondays and Fridays, with grain and vegetables being the main items of trade.[4] As of 2011, the population of Ajgain is 8,926, in 1,481 households.[2]
History
Ajgain was originally called Bhanpara after its founder Bhan Singh, who was a Dikhit.[3] It was renamed at the behest of an astrologer to be more auspicious; the present name is derived from Aja, a name of Brahma the creator.[3] Ajgaon was made the headquarters of a pargana after Beni Bahadur Kayasth, the chief minister of Shuja-ud-Daula, was granted a jagir in the existing pargana of Jhalotar in 1770.[3] The two parganas were rejoined upon the British annexation of Oudh State in the 1850s, and from then on the combined pargana bore the name Jhalotar-Ajgain.[3]
At the turn of the 20th century, Ajgain was described as a large village, with a population of 2,431 people in 1901.[3] It had a train station by then, to the northwest of the village, and it also had a police thana and an upper primary school with about 70 students.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Ajgain as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 2,612 (1,372 male and 1,240 female), in 511 households and 456 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 810 acres.[4] It had a medical practitioner and a post office then.[4] It had one grain mill, one small miscellaneous food processing establishment, and nine bicycle repair shops.[4] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 700 people.[4] It had a police force consisting of 2 sub-inspectors, 1 head constable, and 15 constables at the time.[4]
References
- ^ "Geographic Names Search WebApp". Search for "Ajgain" here.
- ^ a b c d "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 237–61. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nevill, H.R. (1903). Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 141, 189–90. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 127, 136, 156, lviii-lvix of section "Hasanganj Tehsil", cxxiv, cxxvi–cxxvii. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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