Chhibramau
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Chhibramau is a city with the status of "Nagar Palika Parishad" and a Subdivision of Kannauj district
in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh
, India
. The city is lying along the National Highway No. 91 on Delhi (Dadri) - Kanpur route. The nearest airport is at Lucknow (148 km) and Gursahaiganj Railway Station is the nearest railway station.
. Early in the eighteenth century, Nawab Muhammad Khan of Farrukhabad
founded a new quarter called Muhammadganj, with a fine sarai
which was improved 100 years later by a British Collector. The town was administered under Act XX of 1856 during the British Raj
, and prospered from its location on the grand trunk road. At present the great grand trunk road's stretch between Kanpur - Kannauj - Etah - Delhi is called National Highway No. 91 (NH-91). Until 1997 Chhibramau was in Farrukhabad district
, but since that district was divided the town has been within the new Kannauj district.
, old hostilities between the Raja of Mainpuri
and the Nawab
of Farrukhabad nearly led to open war, but after a face-off between their forces in Bewar
in July, both forces joined hands against British rule. The Raja did not oppose a British armed unit led by Sir James Hope Grant
when it marched through the district in October, but in December he heard that Brigadier Seaton was coming with a small force from Etah
to join General Walpole at Mainpuri, and advanced to Kuraoli
with the intention of barring the road. Seaton, however, easily outmaneuvered the local forces, and the rebels fled in disorder, losing eight guns and about a hundred men. It was after this action that the famous Hodson of Hodson's Horse
in 1857-58 carried out one of his most daring exploits. Accompanied by his second-in-command, McDowell, and 75 men, he rode across a countryside swarming with rebels to carry despatches to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Colin Campbell
. He left most of his men at Bewar, but pushed on to Chhibramau with McDowell and 25 native men. There he learnt that Campbell was not at Gursahaiganj
as expected, but at Miran ki Sarai, 15 miles further. The two officers rode on alone and reached Campbell's camp in safety, having ridden 55 miles in ten hours without changing horses. On their return the same evening they were warned by a native, to whom Hodson had given alms in the morning, that after their departure a party of 2,000 rebels had entered Chhibramau, killed the twenty-five troopers left there, and were now waiting for Hodson's return. Hodson and his companion nevertheless pressed on and, reaching the village, dismounted and passed quietly through it, unnoticed by the enemy. At Bewar they found a party sent by Seaton, who had heard of the disaster, and next day marched to Chhibramau himself, joining forces there with Brigadier Walpole on 3 January and proceeding with him to Fatehgarh
. The civil authorities then reoccupied the district, and regained complete control late in 1858.
, Chhibramau had a population of 50,279. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chhibramau has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 68% and female literacy of 58%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The population has grown from 6,526 in 1901 to an estimated 60,707 in 2007.
In the year 1901 the Chhibramau Taluk/Tehsil's total area was approximately 240 Square miles comprising 02 towns 240 villages and a population of 126,705.
, is among the oldest temples of Chhibramau.
Kalika Devi Mandir is among the oldest temples of the goddess Kaali.
Phooti Masjid is one of the oldest mosques in the district of Kannauj.
It is surrounded by a cluster of trees and has no minarets. It has been renovated several times in the past but as renovations have not been wholly successful it is popularly known as Phooti (broken) Masjid.
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Kannauj District
Kannauj District is an administrative district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, along the river Ganges. The historic town of Kannauj, northwest of Kanpur, is the administrative center.-Geography:...
in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The city is lying along the National Highway No. 91 on Delhi (Dadri) - Kanpur route. The nearest airport is at Lucknow (148 km) and Gursahaiganj Railway Station is the nearest railway station.
Geography
Chhibramau is located at 27°09′N 79°30′E. It has an average elevation of 152 metres (498.7 ft). Shallow lakes (jhils) are commonly visible in Chhibramau tehsil. Though many of those disappeared due to rapid urbanization of small towns.History
By the time of Akbar this city was the headquarters of a parganaPargana
A pargana is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent, used primarily, but not exclusively, by the Muslim kingdoms.Parganas were introduced by the Delhi Sultanate, and the word is of Persian origin. As a revenue unit, a pargana consists of several mouzas, which are the smallest...
. Early in the eighteenth century, Nawab Muhammad Khan of Farrukhabad
Farrukhabad
Farrukhābād , is one of the important cities of Central Doab Region in the State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city was founded in 1717 by Mohammed Bangash who named it after the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar. Farrukhabad is situated on the bank of sacred river Ganges.-Demographics: India...
founded a new quarter called Muhammadganj, with a fine sarai
Sarai
-Places:*Saraj , an historic estate in Resen built by Ahmed Niyazi Bey*Bal-Sarai, a village in Amritsar District of Punjab, India*Sarai , the capital city of the Golden Horde*Saraj municipality, a municipality in Greater Skopje, Republic of Macedonia...
which was improved 100 years later by a British Collector. The town was administered under Act XX of 1856 during the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
, and prospered from its location on the grand trunk road. At present the great grand trunk road's stretch between Kanpur - Kannauj - Etah - Delhi is called National Highway No. 91 (NH-91). Until 1997 Chhibramau was in Farrukhabad district
Farrukhabad District
Farrukhabad district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Fatehgarh is the district headquarters. The district is part of Kanpur Division....
, but since that district was divided the town has been within the new Kannauj district.
The "Chhibramau Disaster" and Hodson's Adventure
At the time of the 1857 uprisingIndian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...
, old hostilities between the Raja of Mainpuri
Mainpuri
Mainpuri is a city and a municipal board in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Mainpuri district and is situated to the north-east of Agra.-Geography:...
and the Nawab
Nawab
A Nawab or Nawaab is an honorific title given to Muslim rulers of princely states in South Asia. It is the Muslim equivalent of the term "maharaja" that was granted to Hindu rulers....
of Farrukhabad nearly led to open war, but after a face-off between their forces in Bewar
Bewar
Bewaris a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Bewar is located at . It has an average elevation of 127 metres . It is surrounded by Lower Ganga Canal from three sides and by the river Kaali from one side.-Demographics: India census,...
in July, both forces joined hands against British rule. The Raja did not oppose a British armed unit led by Sir James Hope Grant
James Hope Grant
General Sir James Hope Grant GCB , British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir Francis Grant, President of the Royal Academy.-Military career:...
when it marched through the district in October, but in December he heard that Brigadier Seaton was coming with a small force from Etah
Etah
Etah is a town which is also the district headquarters of Etah district of Uttar Pradesh state, India.-Geography:Etah is located at . It has an average elevation of 170 metres ....
to join General Walpole at Mainpuri, and advanced to Kuraoli
Kuraoli
Kuraoli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Kuraoli had a population of 20,680. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kuraoli has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of...
with the intention of barring the road. Seaton, however, easily outmaneuvered the local forces, and the rebels fled in disorder, losing eight guns and about a hundred men. It was after this action that the famous Hodson of Hodson's Horse
William Stephen Raikes Hodson
Brevet Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson was a British leader of irregular light cavalry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . He was known as "Hodson of Hodson's Horse."His most notable action was to apprehend the Emperor of India...
in 1857-58 carried out one of his most daring exploits. Accompanied by his second-in-command, McDowell, and 75 men, he rode across a countryside swarming with rebels to carry despatches to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde GCB, KSI was a British Army officer from Scotland who led the Highland Brigade in the Crimea and was in command of the ‘Thin red line’ at the battle of Balaclava...
. He left most of his men at Bewar, but pushed on to Chhibramau with McDowell and 25 native men. There he learnt that Campbell was not at Gursahaiganj
Gursahaiganj
Gursahaiganj is a city and a municipal board in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Gursahaiganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 146 metres .-Demographics:...
as expected, but at Miran ki Sarai, 15 miles further. The two officers rode on alone and reached Campbell's camp in safety, having ridden 55 miles in ten hours without changing horses. On their return the same evening they were warned by a native, to whom Hodson had given alms in the morning, that after their departure a party of 2,000 rebels had entered Chhibramau, killed the twenty-five troopers left there, and were now waiting for Hodson's return. Hodson and his companion nevertheless pressed on and, reaching the village, dismounted and passed quietly through it, unnoticed by the enemy. At Bewar they found a party sent by Seaton, who had heard of the disaster, and next day marched to Chhibramau himself, joining forces there with Brigadier Walpole on 3 January and proceeding with him to Fatehgarh
Fatehgarh
Fatehgarh is a cantonment town in Farrukhabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on the right bank of the Ganges River. It is the administrative headquarters of Farrukhabad District. Fatehgarh derives its name from an old fort. It is a small city with no significant...
. The civil authorities then reoccupied the district, and regained complete control late in 1858.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Chhibramau had a population of 50,279. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chhibramau has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 68% and female literacy of 58%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The population has grown from 6,526 in 1901 to an estimated 60,707 in 2007.
In the year 1901 the Chhibramau Taluk/Tehsil's total area was approximately 240 Square miles comprising 02 towns 240 villages and a population of 126,705.
Education
Chhibramau has a good number of education institutions for a middle level town. These draw students from the surrounding district, and include:- Nehru Degree (PG) College, Chhibramau
- Ch. Maneesh College For Women Education, Llalkapur Chhibramau
- District Institute of Education and Training, Chhibramau
- Hira Lal Vaishya National Inter College, Chhibramau
- J. D. Janta Inter College, Chhibramau
- Chhibramau Girls Inter College, Chhibramau
- Smt. Ramabai Govt. Girls I. C.
- Rashtriya Vidya Mandir I. C. Akabarpur, Chhibramau
- Smt. Anwari Begum Girls High School, Chhibramau
- Azad Maktab Pathshala, Ilyas Villa, Chhibramau
- Madarsa Gulshan-e-Raza Birtiya, Chhibramau
- Kanya Primary Purvy Pathshala, Chhibramau
- Primary Paschimi Pathshala, Chhibramau
- Junior High School, Chhibramau
- Subhash Academy Sc. Secondory School, Chhibramau
- Jugal Shitla Institute of Technology & Management (JSITM), Chhibramau
Places of interest
Gangeshwar Nath Mandir, a temple to ShivaShiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
, is among the oldest temples of Chhibramau.
Kalika Devi Mandir is among the oldest temples of the goddess Kaali.
Phooti Masjid is one of the oldest mosques in the district of Kannauj.
It is surrounded by a cluster of trees and has no minarets. It has been renovated several times in the past but as renovations have not been wholly successful it is popularly known as Phooti (broken) Masjid.
Nearby cities and towns
West- BewarBewarBewaris a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Bewar is located at . It has an average elevation of 127 metres . It is surrounded by Lower Ganga Canal from three sides and by the river Kaali from one side.-Demographics: India census,...
(21.5 nm) - Madaanpur (10.6 nm)
- Vishungarh (10 km)
- Asaltabad/UmrainUmrainUmrain is a town in Auraiya district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.- Brief description About Umrain :Umrain is one of the sub-divisional towns of Auraiya District. This township is situated to the north west of Auraiya, the district headquarters 65 km , and 21 km away from Bidhuna, another...
(9 km) - Bahaadurpur (7.5 km)
- Ahirua Rajarampur (6.5 km)
- Hriday Rampur/RampuraRampura, JalaunRampura is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jalaun district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Rampura had a population of 10,614. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Rampura has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of...
(6 km) - Balraampur/Nadanpur (5 km)
- Mahmoodpur Khas (3.5 km)
- Kunwarpur Banwari (1.5 km)
- Bhourajpur(9.8 km);
- Kairdah (10.1 km);
- Nigoh Khas (2.5 km);
North
- Mohammadabad, Farrukhabad (15.6 nm)
- FarrukhabadFarrukhabadFarrukhābād , is one of the important cities of Central Doab Region in the State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city was founded in 1717 by Mohammed Bangash who named it after the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar. Farrukhabad is situated on the bank of sacred river Ganges.-Demographics: India...
(35.1 nm) - Sankisa (18.6 nm)
- Neem Karori (12.1 nm)
East
- TalgramTalgramTalgram is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Talgram is located at . It has an average elevation of 147 metres .-Demographics:...
(9.3 nm) - KamalganjKamalganjKamalganj is a town and a nagar panchayat in Farrukhabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in India.-Geography:Kamalganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 135 metres .-Demographics:...
(10.0 nm) - KhudaganjKhudaganjKhudaganj is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shahjahanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Khudaganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 144 metres ....
(9.1 nm) - GursahaiganjGursahaiganjGursahaiganj is a city and a municipal board in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Gursahaiganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 146 metres .-Demographics:...
(25 km)
South
- SaurikhSaurikhSaurikh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Saurikh is located at . It has an average elevation of 151 metres ....
(7.2 nm)