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{{short description|Town in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mohan
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| chairman = Hayaat Rasool
| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Unnao district|Unnao]]
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| area_total_km2 = 5.46
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| elevation_m = 128
| population_total = 15071
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=26 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = UP-35
| website = http://www.npmohan.in
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'''Mohan''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Unnao district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

== History ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2010}}

Some local residents{{who|date=December 2010}}say that Mohan is derived from ''Moh'' meaning devotional love in Hindi and ''han'' meaning loss. A story claims that when Rama was going to ''Vanvas'' (self imposed exile) for fourteen years, Mohan is the place where he separated from his wife Sita thinking that he may suffer ''han'' in ''Moh'' due to the worldly love hence continued forward with his journey. Other local residents{{who|date=August 2012}} say the word Mohan was given by the first inhabitants of this place. They migrated from a small city [[Mahan, Iran|Mahan]] in the [[Kerman]] province of [[Iran]] thereby naming the place after their homeland .

During the Mughal and British empires, Mohan flourished as a town known for its literate people. During the days of the [[Nawabs of Awadh]], many residents found employment in the court of the Nawab and earned large fortunes. The town was well known for its Unani Hakims, mimics and actors. Locals{{who|date=December 2010}} affectionately used to call it as ''Mohan Khitta-e Unan'' meaning Mohan as a part of [[Greece]], due to a number of well known ''[[Hakim (title)|Hakim]]s'' (doctors of [[Unani medicine]]).<ref>{{Cite book|title=The imperial gazetteer of india|last=Hunter|first=William wilson|publisher=Trubner & co. London 1885|year=1886|volume=6|location=India|pages=402}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Mohan had a total population of 15,071, of which 7,968 were males and 7,103 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,884. The total number of literates in Mohan was 8,220, which constituted 54.5% of the population with male literacy of 59.7% and female literacy of 48.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Mohan was 62.33%, of which male literacy rate was 67.8% and female literacy rate was 56.1%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 2,340 and 18 respectively. Mohan had 2454 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Mohan |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=164020|website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>

As of the [[2001 Census of India]], Mohan had a population of 13,553. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Mohan has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 51%, and female literacy is 40%. In Mohan, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Mohan, lies on the left bank of the [[Sai River (Uttar Pradesh)|Sai River]], about 6 km east of [[Hasanganj]] and 38 km north-east of [[Unnao]]. Roads lead from this place to [[Malihabad]] in [[Lucknow district]] on the east, [[Nawabganj, Unnao|Nawabganj]] on the south and [[Bangarmau]] on the north-west. Mohan is located at {{Coord|26.78|N|80.67|E}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Mohan.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mohan]</ref> It has an average elevation of 128 metres (419 feet). In the British period Mohan was part of [[Lucknow district]]. After independence it got merged into the [[Unnao district]].

==Places of interest==
===Dargah===
Mohan has the ''[[Dargah]]'' of [[Qasim ibn Hasan|Qasim]] located in its heart which is also a spiritual place for the [[Shia Islam]]. Every year on the 7th [[Muharram]] of Islamic calendar people gather here to pay obeisance to Qasim ibn Hasan of [[Battle of Karbala|Karbala]] and organize a procession to the Imaam chowk. This procession witnesses mourners from many sects and religions.

==Sayyids of Mohan==
Sayyids from Iran initially chose four places to settle in India. These were [[Hallaur]], [[Saadat-e-Bara|Baraha]], Mohan and [[Bilgram]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=6l3AUJOsFofMmgWOqoCoBw&id=L5FHAAAAMAAJ&dq=Sayyids+of+Hallaur&q=Hallaur The Right Honourable Syed Ameer Ali: personality and achievements], Shan Muhammad, Uppal Pub. House, 1991</ref> Sayyids of Mohan descend from one of the descendants of the Imam Raza, Sayyid Mahmood Neshapuri who migrated to India from Iran and settled in Mohan.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=9WHAUILMG4vvmAXp9oDoCQ&id=2ccgAAAAMAAJ&dq=Sayyids+of+Mohan+Unnao&q=Mahmood The Tempest: A Monthly Review of National Affairs, Volume 4, Issues 1-10], Tempest House, 1969</ref> One of the branch of Moosavi and Nishapuri Sayyids from Mohan settled at Bijnor, near Lucknow.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=9WHAUILMG4vvmAXp9oDoCQ&id=pRo1AQAAIAAJ&dq=Sayyids+of+Mohan+Unnao&q=Mohan Medieval & modern India: new sources, 1000 -1986 AD], Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli, 2009 (Translation of twelve rare Urdu and Persian works.)</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Hasrat Mohani]], a well known Urdu poet and freedom fighter of Indian independence from British rule

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Unnao district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Unnao district]]

Mohan, Uttar Pradesh - Revision history

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