Malihabad

Malihabad is located at 6.92°N 80.72°E / 6.92; 80.72.[4] It has an average elevation of 128 metres (419 feet).The main areas in Malihabad are Mirzaganj, Syedwara, Chaudrana and Kewalhar. And Malihabad major people belong to the rural area and there are most probably 187 village and 67 gram panchayat also included under the tahsheel of Malihabad.

According to tradition, Malihabad is named after its founder, a named Maharaja Malhia Singh Arkavanshi. The Arakhs are said to have been the original rulers here in Malihabad; their coins are sometimes found here.[3] This led to the town acquiring the nickname "Khonta Shahr", or "the city of bad money".[3] Malihabad may have come under Muslim rule as early as the reign of Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji, who invaded Awadh in 1202, but this is uncertain.[3]

Malihabad was historically the seat of a pargana, as mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari.[3] At the time of Akbar it was colonized by Pathans, who became the primary landowners.[3] Under the Nawabs of Awadh, Malihabad was included in the chakla of Sandila.[3] During the reign of Shuja ud-Daula, the Pathan landlords granted part of Malihabad, known as Kewalhar, to Faqir Muhammad Khan, an Afridi Pathan who came from Rohilkhand.[3] According to family tradition, Faqir Muhammad Khan, aka Goya Malihabadi, originally came from Landi Kotal on the Khyber Pass and rose to become the commander-in-chief of the Nawab's army.[2] He became enamored with Malihabad and requested permission from the Nawab to grow mangoes here, thus establishing the first mango plantation in Malihabad.[2] His great-grandson was the famous poet Josh Malihabadi.[2] The main haveli where Faqir Muhammad Khan lived later became a set for movies including Junoon (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981).[2]

At the turn of the 20th century, Malihabad was described as a large, picturesque town on the left bank of the Behta, along the road from Lucknow to Sandila.[3] The tehsil headquarters and the police station were on the road, as well as a serai built in 1860.[3] There was also a dispensary, a post office, a cattle-pound, a registration office, a large tehsili school with about 190 students, and a government-run school for girls.[3] The main market, Mirzaganj, which had been built by Mirza Hasan Beg, an official of the Awadh government, was owned at the time by the Pathan taluqdars, who had bought and renovated the marketplace; however, Mirzaganj had quickly declined in importance after the establishment of the Kankarabad bazaar, as well as the Nawabganj market near Mohan.[3] At the time, Malihabad was described as "celebrated for its mangoes, which go by the name of safeda, and for its orchards of ber trees."[3]

As of 2001 India census,[5] Malihabad had a population of 15,806. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Malihabad has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 59%, and female literacy is 45%. In Malihabad, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Dasheri mango plantations is one of the major income sources of the region, with mangoes being exported to many neighbouring countries. Dasheri Mango is very delicious and known for its sweetness and soft pulp. Other varieties of mangoes such as Chausa, Fazli, Lucknowa, Jauhari, Safeda, etc. are also grown here.

Vegetables are another major export here.[1]

The Filmfare Award winner (1979) and winner of National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (1978), film Junoon was mostly shot in the Mahals of Malihabad. The 1978 Urdu film was produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal and was a hit of its time. The film was based on Ruskin Bond novella A Flight of Pigeons. And other films like (shourgul), (mulk) and show like (savdhaan india) and south film shoot in Malihabad. Malihabad and its famous mangoes find mention multiple times during the movie Lakshya.

Malihabad prides itself on Nawab Faqueer Mohammad Khan 'Goya', the poet and courtier of Awadh; "Shaayar-e-Inquilaab"Padma Bhushan Josh Malihabadi(born as Shabbir Hasan Khan), who later migrated to Pakistan after this. Abdur Razzaq Malihabadi, Abrar hasan khan asar Malihabadi, Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi take place in poetry; Padma Shri Ghaus Mohammad Khan, the tennis player and Anwar Nadeem, stage artist, writer and poet. was born in Malihabad (India) in 1962. Abdullah Ramzi Khan hails from bakhtiyar nagar, Malihabad is a lawyer, author and a Historian. He is an authority on Malihabad and awadh History. He is the author of a memorable Travelogue in English language , ' The Known and the Unknown Monuments,places and persons of Awadh'(2019 vol 1,2020 vol 2) ,which was published by Royal Book Company. He is a first noted English writer from Malihabad. He has translated a book originally written by William Howe (1895) in English into the Hindi language. It has also produced some great Urdu writers like Mohsin Khan who possess a remarkable writing style. His Urdu play Khvab ki Ta'bir was awarded first prize in a radio-play contest drawing participants from nineteen Indian languages. [6] after all we also remark some famous hindi writers and poet bhaskar malihabdi is one of Malihabadi Poet he Wrote Khand Kavya on Rani Durgavati Later, due to economic reasons, he had to go to Madhya Pradesh[7] Now in Malihabad our New inqlabi and loving poet and socialist writerArun malihabadi is nowadays popular with their quotes.[8][9]

Malihabad block contains the following 100 villages:[1]

• Ghaus Mohammad Khan, sportsperson
• Josh Malihabadi, writer, revolutionary poet
• Kaleem Ullah Khan