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Harduaganj

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'''Harduaganj''' is a town and a [[Nagar Panchayat]] in [[Aligarh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. This town is believed to be founded by [[Balaram|Balram Dauji]] (elder brother of [[Krishna]]). An ancient temple dedicated to Dauji is located in this town. Mythologically, it is believed by the residents of this town that Dauji killed a demon by using "Hal" ([[plough]])and then washed the "Hal" at this site, thereby, giving the name to this place as "Hal-dhuwa-ganj". Later on, the name was got amended as "Harduaganj".

The 500 MW [[Harduaganj Thermal Power Station]] is located here.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Harduaganj-power-plant-lights-up-hopes/articleshow/9402255.cms | title=Harduaganj power plant lights up hopes | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=29 July 2011 | accessdate=17 June 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Harduaganj had a total population of 13,690, of which 7,261 were males and 6,429 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,837. The total number of literates in Harduaganj was 8,182, which constituted 59.8% of the population with male literacy of 66.4% and female literacy of 52.2%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Harduaganj was 69.0%, of which male literacy rate was 76.5% and female literacy rate was 60.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 2,105. Harduaganj had 2384 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Harduaganj |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=141277 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |accessdate=16 November 2019}}</ref>

==Agriculture==
Agricultural land is extremely rich in minerals. The farmers produce wheat, maize, paddy, moong, channa, mustard, potato, vegetables, mangoes, guava, water melons, musk melons etc. The irrigation water is being supplied through a network of channels coming from Upper Ganga Canal.

The town has a wholesale grain market, wholesale vegetable market, wholesale fruit market and a large retail market for the general population

==Medical facilities==
There is a big government hospital named after Lala Matru Mal Aggrawal who donated the land piece for the hospital. Quality medical facilities in the private sector are available.

==Educational Institutions==
The town has many educational institutions, both Government as well as private such as Agrasen Inter College.

==Religious places==
Dauji temple, Bhuteshwar temple, Kali Mata temple and Jageshwar temple are the most famous temples of the town where a large number of devotees pay obesaince everyday. An annual procession of Kali Mata along with a fair is organized in the town in which people from all faiths belonging to the town and the surrounding villages participate. A big ground, known as "Raavan wala Oosra" annually witnesses Dussehra celebrations where the effigy of Raavana is burnt on Vijaydashmi after 10 days of Ram Lila utsav.
The town has Jama Masjid, Takia wali Masjid, Chhoti Masjid and a Shia Masjid where Muslims offer their prayers. One Madarsa is also located at the outskirts of the town where poor children get both religious and modern education. Shia Muslims organize annual Muharram procession through the town where people from all faiths witness the ceremonies and participate in various activities.

==See also==
* [[Nathuram Sharma]]
* [[Harduaganj Thermal Power Station]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://wikimapia.org/country/India/Uttar_Pradesh/Harduaganj/ Harduaganj]
*[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Harduaganj.html]

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Brij Narayan Chakbast

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{{Infobox person
| name = Brij Narayan Chakbast
| image = Brij Narayan Chakbast.jpg
| birth_date = 19 January 1882
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]], [[North-West Provinces]], [[British India]]<br> (now [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| death_date = 12 February 1926<br> (aged 44)
| death_place = [[Raebareli]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br> (now [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| father = Pandit Udit Narayan Chakbast
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'''Brij Narayan Chakbast''' (19 January 1882 {{endash}} 12 February 1926), also spelled as '''Brij Narain Chakbast''', was a [[British Raj|British Indian]] [[Urdu]] poet.

== Life ==
Chakbast (1882–1926) was an [[Urdu]] poet. He was born on 19 January 1882 in a [[Kashmiri Pandit]] family settled in North [[India]] in the 15th century A.D.. Chakbast was born in [[Faizabad]] (near [[Lucknow]]) in 1882. His father Pandit Udit Narayan Chakbast, was born at Lucknow in, circa 1843, and he was also a poet. Pandit Udit Narayan was deputy collector, the highest post that any Indian could have at that time.<ref>Chakbast By Saraswati Saran, page 13</ref> After the death of his father in 1887, the family moved to Lucknow and they started living in Kashmiri Mohalla of Lucknow. Chakbast was educated in Lucknow, and he became a successful lawyer. Chakbast married in 1905, but lost his wife and first child in 1906. He married again in 1907, and settled down as a practising lawyer at Lucknow. On 12 February 1926, he collapsed at the railway station in [[Rae Bareli]] and died a few hours later at the age of 44.

Chakbast made a thorough study of Urdu poetry. He defended [[Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim]] when it was suggested that he was not the author of the epic ''Gul Bakawali''.
He was actively involved in social and political affairs, and was a strong proponent of the [[Home Rule]] and actively participated in the [[Home Rule Movement]].<ref>Encyclopaedia of Kashmir By Suresh K. Sharma, S. R. Bakshi</ref>

== Education ==

Chakbast's early education was in Faizabad. After his father's death his family moved to Lucknow, and it was here he completed his remaining education. He earned his degree of [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1905, and [[L.L.B.]] in 1907, from [[Canning College]], Lucknow, which was affiliated with [[Allahabad University]] at that time. Later, he became a successful lawyer.

== Works ==

Chakbast was primarily a poet but his prose is also considered at par with his poetry.
Chakbast's premature death was a great loss for Urdu but whatever he left is exemplary and is considered among the gems of Urdu literature. He was strongly influenced by [[Ghalib]], [[Mir Anis]] and [[Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish|Aatish]]. Chakbast was primarily a [[nazm]] poet. He began his poetic career with a nazm in 1894. He wrote nazms, mathnavi, a play, and about 50 ghazals. His Ramayan ka ek Scene is strongly remniscent of [[Marsiya]] of Mir Anis. His verses from his ghazal

:''Zindagi kya hai anasir mein zahur-e tarteeb,''
:''Maut kya hai ini ajza ka pareshan hona''

:''Zarra Zarra hai mere Kashmir ka mehmaan nawaaz,''
:''raah mein pathar ke tukdoon ne diya pani mujhe''

''Subh-e Watan'' is collected works of Chakbast as its title and many of its poems reflect about his intense patriotism, predominantly a central theme of his poetry.

''Khak-e-Hind''

''Gulzar-e-Naseem'' a masnavi,

''Ramayan ka ek scene'' musaddas

''Nala-e-Dard''

''Nala-e-Yaas'', and a play named

''Kamla''

''Kulliyate-Chakbast'' and ''Maqalaat-e-Chakbast'' is the complete collection of Chakbast's works in poetry and prose that was published posthumously on the birth centenary of the poet, compiled by Kalidas Gupta 'Raza' around 1983.



==Legacy==
The 2015 film [[Masaan]] starts with and contains various examples of [[Urdu poetry]] by Chakbast along with the works of [[Basheer Badr]], [[Akbar Allahabadi]], [[Mirza Ghalib]] and [[Dushyant Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Somya |title=Secret Love: How Hindi poetry has become 'cool' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/secret-love-hindi-kavita-youtube-channel-hindi-literature-3024758/ |access-date=17 April 2019 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Explaining this as a conscious tribute, the film's lyrics writer [[Varun Grover (writer)|Varun Grover]] explained that he wanted to show
Shaalu (portrayed by Shweta Tripathi) as a person whose hobby is to read Hindi poetry and [[Urdu poetry|shaayari]], as this is a common hobby of millennial and generation x youngsters in Northern India, especially when in love, but this aspect is rarely shown in Hindi films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hindi Kavita - Kuch ban jaate hain - Uday Prakash: Varun Grover in Hindi Studio with Manish Gupta |publisher=Hindi Kavita |date=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pal |first1=Sanchari |title=Meet the NRI Who Returned To India To Make Millions Fall in Love with Hindi Poetry |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/68222/manish-gupta-youtube-hindi-poetry/ |website=www.thebetterindia.com |publisher=The Better India |access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grover |first1=Varun |title=How the magic of Dushyant Kumar's poetry inspired this Bollywood lyricist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/how-the-magic-of-dushyant-kumars-poetry-inspired-this-bollywood-lyricist/ |access-date=17 April 2019 |publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Poetry}}

*[[Marsia]]
*[[Musaddas]]
*[[Mir Anis]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.rekhta.org/poets/chakbast-brij-narayan/profile Brij Narayan Chakbast] at [[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]

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