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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Jewan<br />
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| image_caption = Jewan<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Jewan in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|28|03|59.3|N|80|09|26.8|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = State<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = District<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Shahjahanpur district|Shahjahanpur]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Block<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Powayan]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = around 1710<br />
| founder = Raja Shambhu Shah<br />
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| government_type = Gram Sabha<br />
| governing_body = Pradhan<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="2011 census data"/><br />
| population_total = 4,000 (approx)<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = Postal Code<br />
| postal_code = 242404<br />
| registration_plate = UP 27<br />
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'''Jewan''' is a village in [[Powayan]] [[tehsil]], in [[Shahjahanpur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Jewan is located on the bank of river [[Gomti River|Gomti]] near the village Agouna, {{convert|7|km|mi}} east from [[Pawayan]] and {{convert|35|km|mi}} from [[Shahajahanpur]].<br />
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==Demography==<br />
It had in 1901 a population of 2133 persons, out of which 213 were musalmans and the rest being principally katehria rajputs and brahmans. In 1931 the total population was 1870 out of which there were 243 Muslims. According to the 2011 census, its population was about 4000.<ref name="2011 census data">{{cite web|title=Census of India Search details |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=149876|publisher=censusindia.gov.in|accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Jewan was established by Raja Shambhu Shah, the youngest of the three sons of the Nahil estate, and a descendant of Rao Gopal Singh, as a camping and hunting site that later became a village. Raja Shambhu Shah died while fighting [[Rohilla]] Pathans.<br />
The history of family was also excerpted from the local district gazettes. <br />
==Geography==<br />
It is located at {{coord|28|03|59.3|N|80|09|26.8|E|display=inline}}, and its elevation is about {{convert|194|m|ft}} above sea level.<br />
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==Jewan kothi family ==<br />
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*[[Raja Shambhu Shah]]: founder of jewan riyasat/zamindari.<br />
*[[Raja Bhanu Shah]]: Elder son of Raja Shambhu Shah died during rebel against [[rohilla]] Pathan's.<br />
*[[Rajkumari Tara 'devi' Shah ]]: Only child of Raja Bhanu Shah committed [[jauhar]] during the rebellion against [[Rohilla]]. There is still a lake called 'tara-turki' Named after her at the outskirts of village jewan.<br />
*[[Raja Khanu Shah]]: Younger Son of Raja Shambhu Shah. Died during the battle against Rohilla. He had 5 sons.<br />
*[[Raja Niyat Shah]]: The eldest among the 5 sons of Raja Khanu Shah. Shifted from gurja (old fort of jewan) to Anta (jewan). He had 3 sons.<br />
*[[Kunwar Lone Singh]]: There was a division of property between him and his brother Kunwar Dalel Singh. Anta [[fort]] was divided in two halves. Ancestor of the present jewan kothi family.<br />
*[[Kunwar Dalel Singh]]: Ancestor of second family of jewan [[riyasat]].<br />
*[[Kunwar Baldev Singh]]: mightiest of zamindar ever known in the family. Hunted 36 tigers in his lifetime. Married in kuchghara zamindari of [[lakhimpur district|lakhimpur]]. <br />
*[[Kunwar Gajraj Singh]]: Grandson of Kunwar Dalel Singh of second family of jewan riyasat.<br />
He was married to the only daughter of [[Raja Bal bhadra Singh]] of [[chehlari]] who was killed in the 1857 [[mutiny]] war of independence.<br />
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*[[Kunwar Vijaybahadur Singh]]: He shifted with his family from anta [[fort]] to jewan kothi then known as baagh ki kothi or the garden house of jewan fort. He had 3 children. He was married in the zamindari of lahredi in disst. [[Badaun]].<br />
*[[Kunwar Shivdas Singh]]: A very mighty and strong person by personality he died at a young age of 28. He married 3 women the first from sabalpur zamindari second deoria kalan and last from pisawan. He had only 1 child from his third wife from pisawan.During his tenure the famous ''Rajmangal'' elephant of jewan riyasat was sent to [[King George VI]] to help him in hunting a mighty tiger. King George VI came to India in the year 1911 at tarai region of [[pilibhit]] with King of Nepal.<br />
*[[Kunwar Durgabux Singh]]: younger son of Kunwar Vijay bahadur Singh. Married in pisawan zamindari of disst. [[Sitapur]]. His wife and Kunwar Shivdas Singh's wife were real sisters. A member of the shahjahanpur district jury committee ,he was known as a shiv bhakt. Died in the year 1957 he had two sons and one daughter. Kunwar Durga Buxsingh degree college in jewan is named after him.<br />
*[[Rajkumari Taj Kunwari]]: Born to Kunwar Vijay bahadur Singh. She was married to Raja Zangi Singh of [[golagokernath]] riyasat of lakhimpur.<br />
*[[Kunwar Visheshwar Bux Singh]]: Born to Kunwar Shivdas Singh with his third wife from pisawan. After his parents died he was adopted by Kunwar DurgaBux Singh his uncle. He was [[sarpanch]] for a very long time. He also contested district board member elections but lost it by one vote in the year 1952. He was married in the zamindari of raipur of district pilibhit. He had two daughters. He started the construction of shiv mandir in the campus of jewan kothi in memory of his wife.<br />
*[[Kunwar Ganga Bux Singh]]: Elder son of Kunwar Durga Bux Singh born in the year 1908 He was a very mighty zamindar of that time. His name used to come in most famous people of disst. [[Shahjahanpur]] of that time.<br />
He was friends with Kunwar [[jyoti prasad]], Raja Indra Vikram Singh of [[Powayan]], Raja Gajendra Shah of [[Khutar]]. He performed the main role in Raja Gajendra Shah,s case who was taken into remand under false charges for silhua kaand. He laid the foundation of a new jewan kothi an extension to the old kothi In the year 1940. He was married in [[zamindari]] bargawan from whom he had one son. He married again in zamindari Raja Ka Majhola of disst. [[moradabad]] after his first wife committed suicide. From his second marriage he had a daughter. He died in the year 1973.<br />
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*[[Kunwar Rameshwar Singh]]: Younger son of Kunwar Durga Bux Singh he was born in the year 1923. He was a very famous [[politician]] of disst. [[Shahjahanpur]]. He was the district vice-president of [[Bhartiya jan Sangh]]. He was also the [[gram]] [[sarpanch]] for a long time. He was married in the taluqedar family of mumtazpur-gadhi of dist. [[Sitapur]]. He had 4 sons and 1 daughter from his marriage.<br />
*[[Kunwar Surajpal Singh]]: Son of Kunwar Ganga Bux Singh with his first wife. Born in the year 1933 Kunwar Surajpal studied in [[chandausi]] till class eighth and was called back home to study there. He studied till bsc. He became [[pradhan]] of village jewan and remained that for ten consecutive years. He married Kanti Kunwari of Longpur of dist [[Bareilly]] and had 4 sons and 2 daughters.<br />
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*[[Kunwar Balvir Singh]]: born to Kunwar Rameshwar Singh as his second child. He is a famous politician of [[bjp]] [[shahjahanpur]] and is an advocate by profession. He presently hold the post of director of [[Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative]] He was the ex [[district]] president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] shahjahanpur. He was also the director of pcf for years. He has also held many posts of party and in state's cooperative society. He has 2 issues.<br />
*[[Kunwar Rakesh Singh]]: born in the year 1958 to Kunwar Surajpal Singh he was a famous person of tehsil [[Powayan]]. A kind and brave person he was always there for the people in need. A one-time district board member, he was also a member of BJP's district committee. He died in the year 2013 due to [[cancer]].<br />
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==Plantation==<br />
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The family of Jewan Kothi owns acres of farmland in Jewan and nearby villages, where crops like wheat, rice and sugarcane are grown. The family also owns [[mango]] plantation farms known as Mutua and Noudha, in the outskirts of Jewan. Math K Baagh is a part of the former mango farmland (which had 100,000 mango trees), which was later turned into crop-growing fields. It is also the personal crematorium site of the family. The family of Jewan Kothi also owns a multi-acre crop land called "Jhabar", which used to be a jungle with a very large lake, where royal elephants were brought to graze on long grass.<br />
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==Education==<br />
Kunwar Durga Bux Singh Degree College is a college affiliated with [[Rohilkhand University]]. The college is operated under Kunwar Rameshwar Singh Trust. Kunwar Balvir Singh is the founder and director of this college. <br />
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kdscjewan.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217002432/http://kdscjewan.org/ |archive-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery mode="packed" heights="165"><br />
File:JEWAN KOTHI TEMPLE .jpg|Kothi Temple<br />
File:Garden jewan.jpg|Barahdari<br />
File:Monogram kothi.jpg<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Powayan]]<br />
*[[Khutar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181641]<br />
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