Mahmudabad, India

Mahmudabad, India Tehsil Mahmudabad Mahmudabad Awadh
town
Nickname(s): Mahmoodabad
Mahmudabad, India Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27°18′N 81°07′E / 27.3°N 81.12°E / 27.3; 81.12Coordinates: 27°18′N 81°07′E / 27.3°N 81.12°E / 27.3; 81.12
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sitapur
Founded by	Mahmood Khan
Population (2001)
• Total	41,911
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	261203
Sex ratio	50/50 ♂/♀

Mahmudabad, (or Mahmoodabad) also known as Mahmudabad Awadh is a town and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Mahmudabad tehsil town is the main town in the mandal which has about 66 villages around, while the main city in the District is Sitapur which is 37.4 km away and States Head Quarters Lucknow is 52 km away. Mahmudabad is approachable by road from all the cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh, while Lucknow and Amausi Airports situated about 60 km and 70 km respectively are the nearest airports and Mahmudabad Avdh having a Railway Station, besides MundaGopal Ash , Sidhauli and Ataria Railway stations are the nearest Rail stations which are around 3 to 32 km distance, and some trains heading to Bihar from Delhi stop in these stations.

History

Mahmudabad was one of the largest feudal estates in the erstwhile kingdom of Awadh. Its raja, during the freedom struggle, had been an important member of the Muslim League and a close friend of Jinnah. In 1962, he migrated to Pakistan, leaving his young son and heir behind in Lucknow. The vast Mahmudabad properties in UP were then seized as "enemy property" under defence rules. When the old raja died in London in 1974, his son Raja Mohammad Amir Khan began a long legal battle to get back his inheritance. In a landmark judgement in Sep 2005, the Supreme Court directed the government to release the Mahmudabad properties and restore them to the present raja. The properties include Butler Palace and large chunks of Hazratganj in Lucknow, the Metropole Hotel in Nainital and much of Sitapur town.

Mahmudabad Estate

The Mahmudabad Estate was founded in 1677 by Raja Mahmud Khan.^[1]

The family is descended from Qazi Nasrullah, who was the Chief Qazi of the Caliph of Baghdad, and who came to India as an ambassador in the court of Shaheb-ud-din. His descendant became commander for Mohammad Bin Tughlaq in 1345, and was rewarded with a large Jagir in Awadh. Later his great grandson was granted the hereditary titles of Nawab and Khan Bahadur by Padshah Akbar as a reward for winning a battle against Hemu. Rulers were:^[2]

• Nawab Bahadur Bazid Khan Muzaffar Jang, founder of Mahmudabad.
• Nawab Inayat Khan, he served as Commander in the army of Padshah Jahangir, and was granted the titles of Umadatul Malli, Amirul-Mulk, Ghanzanfer-ud-daullah, Muzaffar Jung.
• Nawab Muhammad Qayum Khan
  • Nawab Muhammad Marahmat Khan, Naib Nazim of Awadh.
• Nawab Muhammad Inam Khan, married married a Shi’i Shaykhzadah woman, and had issue. He died in the 1760′s.
  • Nawab Muhammad Ikram Ali Khan
  • Nawab Muhammad Mazhar Ali Khan, converted to Shi’ism, inheriting the smaller portion of the estate in Belehra, Bara Banki Dist., married and had issue, the Rajas of Bilehra and Paintipur. He died in the 1790′s.
• Nawab Muhammad Amir Ali Khan
  • Nawab Muhammad Ikram Ali Khan, remained Sunni, married and had issue. He died about 1775.
    • Raja Sarfaraz Ali Khan
    • Raja Musahib ALI Khan
  • Raja Sarfaraz Ali Khan, died without issue.
  • Raja Musahib Ali Khan, built up his holdings to 232 villages and established good relations with the Awadh court by supporting it against rebels, although he remained a Sunni, he initiated mourning rites for the Imam Husayn in a building inside the fort at Sitapur. He died in 1810 (or 1819).
  • Rani (wife 1810-1838), adopted a relative from the Belhra branch in 1836, she died 1838.
  • Raja Muhammad Nawab Ali Khan Qaim Jang 1838/1858, adopted from Bellehra, (brother of Raja Ibad Ali Khan, the Raja of Paintipur), he was granted the title of Raja as a hereditary distinction in 1850, as well as the titles of Muqim-ud-Daula and Qaim Jung by the King of Awadh, fought against the British in the 1857 war of independence; married and had issue. He died in 1858.
    • Amiruddaula Saidul ul-Mulk Mumtaz Jung Raja Sir Muhammad Amir Hasan Khan, Khan Bahadur Khan Amirul Omara Saeedul Mulk Muzzafar Jung Ghanzanfaru-daula
  • Amiruddaula Saidul ul-Mulk Mumtaz Jung Raja Sir Muhammad Amir Hasan Khan, Khan Bahadur Khan Amirul Omara Saeedul Mulk Muzzafar Jung Ghanzanfaru-daula 1858/1902, born 1849, took over management of the Taluq in March 1867, K.C.I.E., President of the British Indian Association 1882/1890, Vice President of the British Indian Association 1871/1877 and 1897/1900; married and had issue, two sons and two daughters. He died 1902 (1908?).
    • Hon. Maharaja Khan Bahadur Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan, Khan Bahadur Amirul Omara Saeedul Mulk Muzaffar Jung Ghanzanfaru-daula
    • Rajkumari Banib Zaadi Mohammad-un-Nisa Begum, died without issue.
    • Rajkumari Banib Zaal Begum, died without issue.
    • Rajkumar Mohammad Ali Ahmed Khan, died without issue.
• Hon. Maharaja Khan Bahadur Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan, Khan Bahadur Khan Amirul Omara Saeedul Mulk Muzzafar Jung Ghanzanfaru-daula 1902/1931, born May 1879 in Amrota, Sitapur District, K.C.S.I. [cr.1922], C.S.I. [cr.1921], K.C.I.E. [cr.1909]; first Indian home member in U.P. and First Vice Chancellor of Muslim University, Aligarh; married 1stly, 1906, and had issue, five children. He died 23rd March 1931.
  • Maharajkumari Bibi Baqar-un-Nisa
  • Maharajkumari Bibi Sadiq-un-Nisa
  • Nawab Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan, Khan Bahadur Khan Amirul Omara Saeedul Mulk Muzzafar Jung Ghanzanfaru-daula
  • Maharajkumar Mohammed Amir Haider Khan, married Maharajkumar Rani Kaniz Ali, and had issue.
    • Shri Mohammad Amir Kazim Khan, born 29th February 1936 in Mahmudabad, educated at London University, B.A. (Hons.) in History, (1969) and M.Sc. (Politics and Sociology), 1979; Councillor, London Borough of Islington 1982/1986; Vice-Chair, Race Relations sub-Committee; ILEA Teacher Research Fellow, Institute of Education 1982/1986; married 22nd September 2000 in London, U.K., Anita Khan, and has issue.
      • Yumna Zahra Nadezhda Khan
  • Maharajkumar Mohammed Mahmud Hasan Khan (by second wife), born 12th December 1921, he was granted the estate of Basaha; he married Kunwar Rani Razia Sultan Begum [Razia Shahzadi], daughter of Nawab Sajid Yar Jung Bahadur, and had issue.
    • Rajkumar Mohammed Amir Naqi Khan, Zamindar of Basaha; Member, Board of Trustees, Shia College, Lucknow; Life member of Anjuman-e-Wazifa Saddat Momineen; Member, Kathak Acharya Lachchu Maharaj Janmotsav Ayojan Samiti; Founder Director Lachchu Maharaj Ballet Centre, U.P.; Member of U.P Tourism Policy and Planning Cell; married Kunwar Rani Kulsum Begum, daughter of Mirza Jawad Ali Baig, and grand daughter of the Late Nawab Raza Yar Jung of Hyderabad (and niece of Salar Jung III), and has issue. (Iqbal Manzil Palace, Wazir Ganj, Lucknow, U.P., India)
      • Kunwar Hussain Abbas Khan
      • Kumari Maliha Khan
      • Kumari Sakina Khan
  • Nawab Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan, Khan Bahadur Khan Amirul Omara Saeedul Mulk Muzzafar Jung Ghanzanfaru-daula 1931/1973, born 5th November 1914, educated at Lucknow and then in England, he formed the All India Muslim Students Federation in 1937, served as Honorary Treasurer of the Muslim League for several years, placing all his wealth at its disposal. He migrated to Iraq in 1947 after Independence and later to Pakistan in 1957, but was disillusioned by the political turmoil there; he travelled initially throughout the Middle East and later migrated to the UK, settling down in London where he remained Director of the Islamic Culture Centre from 1968 till his death in 1973; he was an accomplished poet in Urdu and Farsi; he married in 1928, Rani Kaniz Abdi Saheba of Bellehra (collateral branch of the Mahmudabad Royal Family), and had issue. He died 14th October 1973 in London and was buried at Mashhad in Iran. (Mahmudabad House, Clifton Road, Karachi, Pakistan)
    • Rajkumari Amatul Husain Imam
    • Rajkumari Rabab Mehdi
    • Nawab Raja Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan, Khan Bahadur Khan Amirul Omara Saeedul Mulk Muzzafar Jung Ghanzanfaru-daula educated at Aldenham public school and then went onto Imperial College London and Pembroke college at Cambridge University, married Rani Vijay, and has issue.
      • Rajkumar Mohammed Amir Ahmed Khan, born 1982, educated at La Matinere College, Lucknow and at Winchester College public school in England, keen equestrian and has represented his school and university in squash.
      • Rajkumar Mohammed Amir Hasan Khan, born 1986, educated at Winchester College public school in England, like his brother, he is a keen equestrian and has also represented his school in squash.

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Raja Kazim Ali Khan, Raja of Bellehra, married and had issue.
  • Rajkumar Habib Ali Khan, born 1894 in Bellehra, married 1929 in Lucknow, Munir Fatima, and had issue.
    • Kunwar Mohammed Raza Kazim
    • Kunwar Abul-Hasan Kazim
    • Kunwar Baqir Kazim

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[3] Mahmudabad had a population of 41,911. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Mahmudabad has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 54%, and female literacy is 43%. In Mahmudabad, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

1. Sardar Singh Convent Inter College
2. Prakash Vidya Mandir Inter College
3. United Avadh Inter College
4. Sita Inter College
5. Maulana Azad Institute of Humanities Science and Technology
6. Jawahar Lal Nehru Polytechnic
7. Moulana Azad Law College
8. Seth Ram Gulam Inter and Degree College
9. Don bosco high school

References

External links

• Naqvi, Saba (13 March 2006). "Suleiman, After Vanvas". Outlook India. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
• Contractor, Farzana Behram. "The Riyasat Of Raja Mehmoodabad". Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
• Zabeeh, Zia-ur-Rahman. "Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad". Retrieved 19 July 2013.