Bhadohi district
| Bhadohi district | |
|---|---|
| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Bhadohi district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Mirzapur |
| Headquarters | Gyanpur |
| Tehsils | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Bhadohi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,055.99 km2 (407.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,554,203 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 89.14 per cent |
| Major highways | NH 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Bhadohi district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is the smallest district by area in Uttar Pradesh. The city of SarpthaGyanpur, is the district headquarters.
According to the epic Mahābhārata, the Pandavas escaped from Lakshyagrah through a tunnel and took shelter here at a place called Semradhnath. It is also said that Mata Sita, wife of lord Rama, lived here in the ashram of Maharshi Balmiki when she was abandoned by Lord Rama. Here, Lav and Kush were born and Mata Sita immersed herself in the lap of goddess Earth.
The region is also linked with Sant Ravidas, after whom the district had been given the name Sant Ravidas Nagar.
Bhadohi supposedly gets its name from Bhar Raj of the region which had Bhadohi as its capital, whose traces can be found in the names of ruined mounds and old tanks named after the Bhar rulers, a tributary of Kannauj kingdom, which in the early medieval period was included in the Kingdom of Jaunpur.
During the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Bhadohi was made a dastur and included in the sarkar of Allahabad.
By the fifteenth century the Bhar were overpowered by Monas Rajputs with Sagar Rai as the first head of the clan, and his grandson, Jodh Rai received it as a zamindari sanad (deed) from Mughal Emperor Shah-e-Jahan.
However around 1750 AD due to non-payment of land revenue arrears, Raja Pratap Singh of Pratapgarh, in lieu of his paying the arrears gave the entire pargana to Balwant Singh of Benaras, subsequently he received it directly under a sanad from Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh under British influence in 1770 AD.
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