Fatehpur district

In the Vedic era the region of this district was known as "Antardesh", which means the fertile area between two big rivers. Later, it was known as "Madhyadesh" which means the central region. The northern region of the district is influenced by "Avadhi culture", while the southern part shows the effect of the "Bundelkhand". The territory covered by the present-day Fatehpur district was part of Vatsa, which was one among sixteen mahajanapadas described in the Buddhist literature. General Karningham has written about "Bhitaura" and "Asani" places of this district while discussing the heritage of the Vedic Period. There is evidence that the Chinese traveller Xuanzang visited the Asani area within this district.

In village Renh, which is 25 km in the south-west of Fatehpur town, some articles of archaeological interest have been found, which date from 800 B.C. Many artefacts, including coins, bricks and idols of the Maurya period, 'Kushan period & Gupta period have been found throughout the district. Many temples of the Gupta period still exist in village Tenduli, Korari and Sarhan Bujurg which are important archaeological sites. Golden coins of the period of Chandragupta II have been recovered from the village of Bijauli. The bricks used in the fort of Asani are also of the Gupta Period.

Khajuha town, situated on Mughal road is a very old town. Its description has been found in the old Hindu scripture "Brahm Puran", which is 5000 years old.

The district is named after the headquarters town of Fatehpur. The name, according to local tradition, is derived from a battle won by Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur over Raja Sita Nand of Athgarhia. The belief is based solely on tradition and the name of the conqueror is sometimes given as Jalal-ud-din, the ruler of Bengal. Another derivation of the name is traced to Fateh-mand Khan who is supposed to have founded the town. It is based on a frag-mentary inscription found at Denda Sai, in tahsil Khaga, to the effect that Fatehmand Khan, an officer of Sultan Ala-ud-din, obtained a Farman from him in 1519 A.D. A difficulty, however, arises from the fact that in 1519 A.D. there was no king of the name, Ala-ud-din, and the title of the Sultan must be wrong if the date is correct. Again, Denda Sai is no less than about 48 km. from Fatehpur; and it is seemingly stretching a point too far to connect an inscription found there with the name of the founder of the town of Fatehpur.

In 1561 A.D., the Mughal emperor Humayun passed through this town while invading Jaunpur state. On 5 January 1659 A.D., Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had a fierce battle with his brother prince Shah Shuja (Mughal), and killed him near this place. To celebrate the victory, he constructed a large garden "Badshahi Bagh" and a big lodge having 130 rooms. During the Mughal regime, the control of Fatehpur changed hands between rulers of Jaunpur, Delhi and Kannauj.

In 1801 A.D., this region came under the control of East India Company. On 10 November 1826, Fatehpur has designated as the District headquarters. It has many historic places like Bawni Imli in which English men were allegedly hanged on a tree during excesses in the Great Indian Mutiny. It is situated at Bindki.

In 1966 this was given the status of a sub-division (Paragana), while the headquarters was at Bhitaura, which is now a block office.

According to the 2011 census Fatehpur district has a population of 2,632,733[1] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[2] or the US state of Nevada.[3] This gives it a ranking of 154th in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 634 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,640/sq mi) .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.05%.[1] Fatehpur has a sex ratio of 901 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 67.43%.[1]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.49% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 2.49% Urdu as their first language.[4]

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Fatehpur Best Garden. The green season also known as monsoon is the most beautiful season in India, Monsoon has amazing combination but with the arrival of monsoon season in India most of the garden closed down for tourist but there are few gardens in India remain opens for sometime during the monsoon season as well.

The district is divided into 3 sub-districts-

1. Fatehpur
2. Bindki
3. Khaga.

These sub-divisions are further divided into 13 development blocks:-

Korari: is a very important place from the archaeological viewpoint. This place has two brick temples, having amazing carving on the outer faces. The temple is tilted in its own axis about 4°. Every panel has a different design.

Bawan 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 the tree has stopped after the massacre. This place is very near to town Khajuha in Bindki Subdivision of the district.

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

Ghazipur: This is a very large and ancient town which have a lot of historical accounts. Gandhiji, Indira Gandhi, Syam Lal Gupta ‘Parsad’, Hema Malini, Chinese traveller Huan Tsuang, Raj Babbar, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rajesh Pilot, Sushma Swaraj, Jagdambica pal, etc. visited here. Paina Quila (Fort), Ghazipur Quila (Fort; now it's converted into Police station), Dargah, Tuglaki Maszid (Mosque), Murchaura (Battlefield) are few monuments. Mevati muhalla, Kanchanpur, Puranathana, Premnagar, Subhas Market, Purani bazaar, Chauk, and Dera are areas here.

• Sohan Lal Dwivedi, poet born in the Khutila-sijouli village of Bindki sub-division
• Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, independence activist, born in Hathgaon
• Niaz Fatehpuri (1884–1966), Urdu writer and poet
• V. P. Singh (1931–2008), the 7th prime minister of India; was elected to Parliament from Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Navneet Kumar. (1997 - ....)

Writer, Social Worker, Marketing Leader

• Fatehpur district official website