Nawabganj, Barabanki
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Nawabganj नवाबगंज نوابگنج |
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 Nawabganj
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| Coordinates: 26°56′N 81°11′E / 26.94°N 81.19°ECoordinates: 26°56′N 81°11′E / 26.94°N 81.19°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Barabanki |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Ranjeet Bahadur Srivastava |
| Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 806,929 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 225001 |
| Telephone code | 05248 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-41 |
| Website | nppnawabganj |
| Battle of Nawabganj | |||||||
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| Part of the Indian Mutiny | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| East India Company | rebel sepoys Oudh State Local Taluqdars |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sir Hope Grant | Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Raja Balbhadra Singh of Chahlari |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 5000 | 16000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 36 killed 62 wounded |
1000 killed and wounded | ||||||
Nawabganj is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a tehsil and nagar parishad for Barabanki town. It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.
Nawabganj has been known as such since the Nawabi.
Battle of Nawabganj was a conflict between rebel sepoys, troops of Oudh State and local Taluqdars and troops of East India Company from 12 to 14 June 1857 during Indian Mutiny.
During the Sepoy war of 1857-1858 the whole of the Bara Banki taluqdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance after the capture of Lucknow. In the battle of Nawabganj in 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated the revolutionaries.Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari along with other 1000 revolutionaries were killed in action while fighting British at Obri around 2 km from Barabanki on the confluence of riverlets Rait and Jamuria.
During the British rule Nawabganj headquarters of tehsil and pargana of same name. Area of Nawabganj Pargana around 1878 was 79 square miles and it was bounded in North by Ramnagar and Fatehpur, on the east by Daryabad, on the west by Dewa, and on south by Partabganj. Out of 77 villages, 44 were taluqdari and 33 Mufrad. Out of 44 taluqdari villages 25 were held by Jahngirabad Estate, the rest were divided between several neighbouring estates. Nawabganj contained village of Bara Banki which had civil railway station having junction on Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (about half a mile north of the town).
Nawabganj is located at 26°56′N 81°11′E / 26.94°N 81.19°E. It has an average elevation of 93 metres (305 feet).
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