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Ajgain is a village in Nawabganj block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It is located northeast of Unnao, near the main Lucknow-Kanpur road.[2] It has a railway station on the Lucknow-Kanpur line, lying between Sonik and Kusumbhi.[3] It holds a market on Mondays and Fridays, with grain and vegetables being the main items of trade.[3] As of 2011, the population of Ajgain is 8,926, in 1,481 households.[1]
History
Ajgain was originally called Bhanpara after its founder Bhan Singh, who was a Dikhit.[2] It was renamed at the behest of an astrologer to be more auspicious; the present name is derived from Aja, a name of Brahma the creator.[2] Ajgaon was made the headquarters of a pargana after Beni Bahadur Kayasth, the chief minister of Shuja-ud-Daula, was granted a jagir in the existing pargana of Jhalotar in 1770.[2] The two parganas were rejoined upon the British annexation of Oudh State in the 1850s, and from then on the combined pargana bore the name Jhalotar-Ajgain.[2]
At the turn of the 20th century, Ajgain was described as a large village, with a population of 2,431 people in 1901.[2] It had a train station by then, to the northwest of the village, and it also had a police thana and an upper primary school with about 70 students.[2]
The 1961 census recorded Ajgain as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 2,612 (1,372 male and 1,240 female), in 511 households and 456 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 810 acres.[3] It had a medical practitioner and a post office then.[3] It had one grain mill, one small miscellaneous food processing establishment, and nine bicycle repair shops.[3] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 700 people.[3] It had a police force consisting of 2 sub-inspectors, 1 head constable, and 15 constables at the time.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory). Census 2011 India. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Government Press(1903)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1965)