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{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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'''Garhi Sanjar Khan''' is a village in [[Malihabad]] block of [[Lucknow district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Lucknow, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=94–111 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> It is located immediately to the west of Malihabad, and it is surrounded by the [[Behta River|Behta]] river on three sides.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Lucknow - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=183 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48095 |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> Markets are held here twice per week.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The main staple foods are wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Lucknow |date=1982 |pages=32–3 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/handle/123456789/1276 |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> As of 2011, Garhi Sanjar Khan has a population of 2,833 people, in 520 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
Originally called '''Bulakinagar''', Garhi Sanjar Khan was the first site that the Amanzai [[Pathan]]s came to in the region.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Their ancestor, [[Diwan Muhammad Khan]], was originally from [[Banair]], near [[Peshawar]], and had been invited to Hindustan by Darya Khan Lodi.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Diwan Muhammad Khan's sons, Kawal Khan and Bahadur Khan, were then followers of Darya Khan's sons, [[Diler Khan]] (governor of [[Awadh]]) and Bahadur Khan (governor of [[Kabul]]).<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The brothers Kawal and Bahadur came to Bulakinagar in 1656; Bahadur's son Sarmast Khan later left and settled in nearby [[Bakhtiyarnagar]], while Kawal Khan's son Sanjar Khan remained in Bulakinagar and gave the village its present name of Garhi Sanjar Khan.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Sanjar Khan's descendants remained the [[zamindar]]s of the village into the 20th century.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The last of these great zamindars, Arshad Ullah Khan died 9 May 1988 in his ancestral mansion "Amjad Mahal".

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Garhi Sanjar Khan as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 1,340 (706 male and 634 female), in 267 households and 226 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (38 - Lucknow District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=x-xi of section "Malihabad Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1012/1/21873_1961_LUC.pdf |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 259 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Garhi Sanjar Khan as having a population of 1,951 people, in 331 households, and covering an area of 104.82 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

== References ==
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{{Lucknow district}}

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[[Category:Villages in Lucknow district]]

Garhi Sanjar Khan - Revision history

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