Bangarmau
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Bangarmau
Town in the Safipur tahsil of Unao District, United Provinces, situated in 2 6° 54' N. and 8o c 13' E., near the Kalya.ni river, and on the road from Unao town to Hardoi. Population (1901), 6,051. About two miles away are a number of ancient mounds called Nawal, which have been identified with the ruins of a place visited by Hiuen Tsiang. Tradition relates that a Saiyid from Kanauj came to Nawal and was inhospitably received, whereupon he cursed the Raja and his people and the town perished, after which Bangarmau was founded. The tomb of the saint, whose name was Ala-ud-din, bears an inscription dated in 1302, and another tomb was erected in 1374 by Firoz Shah • Tughlak. Bangarmau lies at the crossing of two old thoroughfares, the road from Kanauj to Fyzabad and Jaunpur, and the road from Delhi to Benares on the north bank of the Ganges. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,000. There is little trade now, but a market is held twice a week. There is a school with 90 pupils.
