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Bishungarh, also known as Vishungarh, is a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). It is located in the Chhibramau tehsil of Kannauj district.
Bishungarh | |
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Village | |
  Bishungarh Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Bishungarh Bishungarh (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°20′N 79°14′E / 27.34°N 79.24°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Kannauj |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| • Member of Parliament | Smt. Dimpal Yadav[1] |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,400 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 209720 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly from Chhibramau | Smt. Archna Pandey |
| Member Zila Panchayat | Smt.Sushma Sisodia |
| District Magistrate | Mr. Jagdeesh Chandra |
History edit
Chaudhary Estate edit
Bishungarh is a chieftaincy of Tiwari Brahmins of Kannaujia division. The first known ancestor of family was one Biharilal Tiwari Who founded the village of Biharipur in sakatpur. His great-grandson Hanuman Prasad had four sons; and the elder Mahanand entered the service of the officer (Chakladar) who then Governed Etawah and neighbouring districts Mahanand had in 1777 risen to the position of contractor for the Revenue of Sakatpur and Etawah Parganas: A few years later He was ordered by Governor Alamis Ali Khan to seize and imprison a defaulter- Landholder, Chaudhary of Lachhiram, a Bais Rajput of Talgram. Mahananda not only Imprisoned Lachhiram, but forced him to execute a deed that transferred the man The title of Choudhary to himself. In this way Mahanand's family received this title. Mahananda's family have ever been enjoying continuously since then. [2] His brother Udaichand, who 'succeeded his post turned his hand against other clans.He expelled the Gaur Rajputs from two villages, which he made over to the Birpur Ahirs,
Tho local Brahmin Chaudharis were allowed to retain only what land they themselves cultivated ; and the Rur Baises lost two of their villages.
Lastly,the Ahirs, who had begun to prove troublesome, were ejected from ono of the villages lately given them, their castles being everywhere demolished.[3]
Politics edit
The Bishungarh village falls under the Assembly constithency of Kannauj. Both Assembly and Loksabha constituencies are in the unreserved category.
Notable locations edit
Location edit
Bishungarh is 8 km from Chhibramau, which can be accessed via National Highway 91 (Delhi – Etah – Kannauj - Kanpur).
Agriculture edit
Potato, sugarcane, and tilhan (an oilseed) are the main agriculture products in the area.
References edit
- ^ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha Members' Home Page". Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Atkinson, Edwin (1880). Statistical Descriptive and Historical Account of the Farukhabad District. Northwestern Provinces and Oudh Government Press. pp. 402 (at page 107). ISBN 978-1130537529.
- ^ Statistical, Descriptive, and Historical Account of the North-West Provinces. Outlook Verlag. 2023. pp. 416 (at page 352). ISBN 978-3368803995.