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{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Nawabganj, Barabanki
| native_name = Nawabganj
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Building of Tehsildar of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Building of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj, Barabanki
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.94|N|81.19|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Nagar palika]]
| governing_body =
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Smt Sashi Srivastava
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 100
| population_total = 75087
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/subs/in-09.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218003851/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/subs/in-09.aspx |date=18 February 2009 }} Nawabganj Population</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 225001
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 05248
| registration_plate = UP-41
| website = {{URL|http://nppnawabganj.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Nawabganj''' is a city in [[Barabanki district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is a [[tehsil]] and [[nagar palika]] for [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]] town.<ref>[http://barabanki.nic.in/admin.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214083749/http://barabanki.nic.in/admin.htm |date=14 February 2009 }} Barabanki Information on District Administration</ref> It is one of the constituent entities of [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]] city, which is District HQ of [[Barabanki district]].

==History==
Nawabganj has been known as such since the ''Nawabi''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Benett|first1=William Charles|title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M|date=1878|publisher=Printed at the Oudh Government Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gazetteerprovin01oudhgoog/page/n12 8]–10|edition=Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh|url=https://archive.org/details/gazetteerprovin01oudhgoog|quote=nanpara.|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref>

===Battle of Nawabganj===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Nawabganj
| partof = the [[Indian Mutiny]]
| image =
| caption =
| date = 12–14 June 1857
| place = Nawabganj
|presidency = [[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates = approx 26.94°N 81.19°E
| result = British victory
|territory=
| combatant1 = [[East India Company]]
| combatant2 = rebel sepoys <br/> [[Oudh State]] <br/> Local [[Taluqdar]]s
| commander1 = Sir Hope Grant
| commander2 = Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah <br/> Raja Balbhadra Singh of Chahlari
| strength1 = 5000
| strength2 = 16000
| casualties1 = 36 killed<br>62 wounded
| casualties2 = 1000 killed and wounded
}}
Battle of Nawabganj was a conflict between rebel sepoys, troops of [[Oudh State]] and local [[Taluqdar]]s and troops of [[East India Company]] from 12 to 14 June 1857 during [[Indian Mutiny]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Benett|first1=William Charles|title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M|date=1878|publisher=Printed at the Oudh Government Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gazetteerprovin01oudhgoog/page/n12 8]–10|edition=Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh|url=https://archive.org/details/gazetteerprovin01oudhgoog|quote=nanpara.|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Gazetteer Oudh 1877">[https://books.google.com/books?id=8KQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA255 Gazetteer of the province of Oudh], BARA BANKI DISTRICT ARTICLE #226–263</ref><ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Bara Banki |volume=3}}</ref> In the battle of Nawabganj in 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated the revolutionaries.<ref name="GeoBI">{{cite book|author=George Smith|title=The Geography of British India, Political & Physical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C20DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA185|year=1882|publisher=John Murray|page=185}}</ref> [[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.<ref>[http://nppnawabganj.in/Personalties.htm Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218130933/http://nppnawabganj.in/Personalties.htm |date=18 February 2012 }} @ nppnawabganj.in</ref><ref>[http://nppnawabganj.in/introduction.htm ORIGIN OF NAME OF DISTRICT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323195617/http://nppnawabganj.in/Introduction.htm |date=23 March 2014 }} @ nppnawabganj.in</ref><ref name="bbk-nic-per">{{Cite web |url=http://barabanki.nic.in/person.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930011918/http://barabanki.nic.in/person.htm |archive-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Misra|first1=Amaresh|title=Lucknow:Fire of Grace|date=2004|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=9788129104854|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M84TwBhNfCsC&pg=PT246|page=246}}</ref>

===British Rule===
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 ''[[taluqdar]]i'' 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).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Benett|first1=William Charles|title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M|date=1878|publisher=Printed at the Oudh Government Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gazetteerprovin01oudhgoog/page/n12 8]–10|edition=Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh|url=https://archive.org/details/gazetteerprovin01oudhgoog|quote=nanpara.|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref>

==Geography==
Nawabganj is located at {{Coord|26.94|N|81.19|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 93 metres (305 feet).

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Nawabganj had a population of 75,087. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawabganj has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 62%. In Nawabganj, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Administration==

===Tehsil Nawabganj===
[[Image:Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg|thumb|Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj, Barabanki on Lucknow-Faizabad Road ( [[National Highway 28 (India)|NH 28]]).]]
[[Tehsil]] Nawabganj has 4 [[panchayat samiti|Block panchayats]],<ref>[http://www.indiademographics.com/india/Villages/population.asp?tname=25480030Nawabganj&secid=10936] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006145442/http://www.indiademographics.com/india/Villages/population.asp?tname=25480030Nawabganj&secid=10936 |date=6 October 2011 }} Population</ref> they are:
# [[Banki, Uttar Pradesh|Banki]]
# [[Dewa, India|Dewa]]
# Harakh
# Masauli

===Municipal Board Nawabganj===
[[Image:Building of Tehsildar of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg|thumb|View of building of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj, Barabanki.]]

The Nawabganj Municipal Board (or Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj ) was constituted on 16 July 1884, under the [[North-Western provinces and Oudh Municipalities Act, 1883]]. According to census of 2001 Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj covers an area of 12 km² with population of 75,741. It consists of seven sections for providing civic amenities to its citizens, they are:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nppbarabankionline.org/nppinfo.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402052309/http://nppbarabankionline.org/nppinfo.aspx |archive-date=2 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
# Revenue Section
# Public Works Section
# Health & Sanitation Section
# Water Works
# Street Light
# Nazul
# Accounts, Establishment & Records

Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj has 25 wards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nppnawabganj.in/population.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218003444/http://nppnawabganj.in/population.aspx |archive-date=18 February 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> They are:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Ward No.
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Population (2001)
|-
| 1
| Gandhi Nagar
| 3148
|-
| 2
| Valmiki Nagar
| 5309
|-
| 3
| Peer Batawan Saravgi
| 1913
|-
| 4
| Begumganj Saravgi
| 3060
|-
| 5
| Kanoongoyan Poorvi
| 3000
|-
| 6
| Poorvi Peerbatawan
| 3180
|-
| 7
| Police Line
| 2259
|-
| 8
| Lajpat Nagar
| 2216
|-
| 9
| Gularia Gaarda
| 2782
|-
| 10
| Azad Nagar
| 3208
|-
| 11
| Kanoongoyan
| 2574
|-
| 12
| Tehsil Colony
| 2948
|-
| 13
| Katra Baradari
| 2969
|-
| 14
| Satypremi Nagar
| 2103
|-
| 15
| Kailash Ashram
| 3412
|-
| 16
| Durgapuri
| 3788
|-
| 17
| Nehru Nagar
| 2680
|-
| 18
| Munshiganj
| 1882
|-
| 19
| Bheetri Peerbatawan
| 4526
|-
| 20
| Barhiyan Tola
| 3174
|-
| 21
| Barhiyan Pashchimi
| 3253
|-
| 22
| Dushehrabagh
| 4603
|-
| 23
| Bheetri Poorvi
| 3424
|-
| 24
| Saravgi
| 1489
|-
| 25
| Rasoolpur
| 2591
|}

==Health infrastructure==
Tehsil Nawabganj has following health infrastructure:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jsk.gov.in/hindi/up/up_barabanki.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116133826/http://jsk.gov.in/hindi/up/up_barabanki.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Health centres – 7
* PHCs – 8
* Sub centres – 17

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Barabanki district}}

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

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