Sangrampur, Unnao

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Sangrampur
Daundia Khera
Village
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Sangrampur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°10′N80°44′E / 26.167°N 80.733°E / 26.167; 80.733 [1]
Country IndiaFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Unnao
Area
[2]
 • Total5.248 km2 (2.026 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total2,778
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration UP-35

Sangrampur, also called Daundia Khera, [1] is a village in Sumerpur block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. [2] Located on the high bank of the Naurahi river a bit to the west of the main Unnao-Dalmau road, it is most notable for its historic importance as the capital of the Bais of Baiswara. [1] It was the seat of a pargana beginning in the 1700s. [1] As of 2011, its population is 2,778 in 530 households. It has four primary schools and no healthcare facilities. [2]

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History

The traditional account of Sangrampur's founding is connected with the origins of the Bais of Baiswara. [1] In 1191 Samvat, two Bais brothers named Abhai Chand and Pirthi Chand are said to have come to a bathing ceremony at the Shiurajpur ghat on the Ganges. [1] Also present was the queen of Argal, accompanied by a few attendants and soldiers. [1] The governor of the place attempted to rape her by force; her soldiers surrendered, and she cried out for help. [1] The two brothers were able to successfully intervene, but Pirthi Chand was killed in the fight. [1] When the queen's husband, the Raja of Argal, heard about what had happened, he "received the surviving brother, Abhai Chand, with much cordiality, [and] gave him his daughter in marriage, with the proprietorship of five villages as her dowry." [1]

Abhai Chand went on to found the village of Abhaipur, across the Ganges from Sangrampur in what is now Fatehpur district. [1] He then crossed the Ganges, where he fought a fierce battle against the Bhars who originally ruled the place; he named the site of the battle "Sangrampur", after the Sanskrit word sangrām, meaning battle or bloodshed. [1]

When the famous Bais raja Tilok Chand died, he divided his lands between his sons Raja Pirthi Chand and Rana Harhardeo. [1] Pirthi Chand inherited the western part of his father's lands and made his capital at the fort of Sangrampur. [1] His descendants later included the cadet branch rajas of Murarmau and Purwa Ranbirpur. [1]

The pargana of Daundia Khera did not exist at the time of the Ain-i-Akbari; its territory was at that time divided between the two mahals of Sidhupur (itself founded by one of the Bais rajas of Daundia Khera) and Unchgaon. [1] It was created in the 1700s by Rao Mardan Singh, who joined them together into one pargana which he called Daundia Khera. [1]

Babu Ram Baksh Singh, a descendant of Rao Mardan Singh, resided at a fort a bit to the north of Sangrampur; its ruins are still visible. [1] He had been "constantly in opposition to the king's troops", and in 1849 his entire estate was put under the direct management of the nazim Sobha Singh. [1] Ram Baksh Singh recovered the estate in 1850, but he "failed to pay the expected gratuity and was attacked and driven across the Ganges." [1] His fort was destroyed and his lands were confiscated, although he later managed to buy them back. [1] He was later hanged by the British at Baksar for his role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and his estates were confiscated. [1]

At the turn of the 20th century, Daundia Khera had five temples and one school. [1] Its population in 1901 was 990, including a Muslim minority of 101. [1]

The 1961 census recorded Sangrampur as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 916 (494 male and 422 female), in 215 households and 124 physical houses. [3] The area of the village was given as 1,390 acres. [3] It had medical practitioner at the time, as well as 1 small manufacturer of garments, 6 makers of earthenware pottery, and 3 makers of sundry hardwares. [3]

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