Magrair is a village in South-Eastern Unnao at a distance of 8km from Bighapur. The village has more than 6000 inhabitants and is native place of famous Hindi Critic Aacharya Nand Dulare Bajpai, who also served as Vice Chancellor of Vikram University, Ujjain for a brief period. Notably the village is also a native to premier Indian stand up comedian Raju Srivastava where his father Balai Kaka used to live before he shifted to Kanpur.
Unnao is the headquarters of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh, India between Kanpur and Lucknow. Unnao is a large industrial city with three industrial suburbs around it. The city is famous for its leather, mosquito net, Zardozi and chemical industries. Unnao is an historical city with many historical buildings and structures. Trans Ganga City, a new satellite town of Unnao is being developed in order to develop Unnao as a major industrial and infrastructural hub as the region comes under Kanpur-Lucknow Counter Magnet Area. Unnao district is a part of Central Ganges Plain of the state covering an area of 4558 km2. The city is enlisted as a municipality of Kanpur metropolitan area and is the second largest city within the metropolitan area.
Aacharya Nand Dulare Bajpai was born in the village Magrair, Unnao. He was a famous Hindi critic. He was born on 27 August 1906 and died on 21 August 1967. He was head of Hindi Department at Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya from 1941-1947. He also served as Vice-Chancellor at Vikram University, Ujjain from 1 October 1965 onwards.
Ujjain is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain division. It is a known Hindu pilgrimage centre with the Kumbh Mela held here every 12 years.
In the outskirts of the village there is a famous Kalika Devi Mandir, Deeheshwar Mahadev Mandir and Lakshyeshwar Mahadev Mandir. Close to Lakshyeshwar Mahadev Mandir, There is a pond named as Shivdeen Taal which was built by Late Shri Baladin Tiwari. This village played significant role in pre-independence era as a market area for near-by places but has lost much of its significance with development of nearby areas of Bighapur and Purwa while this has somewhat remained as it was.
Magrair is one of the largest village in Bighapur district of Unnao and was home to many famous Wrestlers. The village is native place of Pehelwan Jugal Kishore Dixit. A big Wrestling event is also organised annually by 'Nandini Trust' in Magrair in the memory of famous Hindi poet Mahapran Nirala.
Mrs Geeta Dixit is the current Panchayat Pramukh of Magrair.
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