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 A GAZETTEER OF THE PROVINCE OF OUDH. N.ro Z. NABINAGAR*—Pargana LA'HARPUR-Tahsil SITAPUR-District SITA- PUR.-Nabinagar was founded about two centuries ago by Nabi Khan, son to Nawab Sanjar Khan of Malihabad. Some fifty or sixty years after- wards the Gaur Chhattris took it, and ever since it has been held by them, and is the headquarters of the taluqdar of Katesar. It is 20 miles from Sitapur to the north-east, and 3 miles north-west from Láharpur, on the cross-country road which joins that town to Hargám. It has no other communications, but one mile to the west is the river Kewani, which is navigable during the greater part of the year. It is a poor place, with only one masonry house in it, the taluqdar's residence; the mud houses being 323, and the population 2,649. The only public building is the school. And the only sacred place in it is a tank, on the brink of which stands a mean Hindu temple. There are no shopkeepers in the town with the exception of the Banián, who supplies the taluqdar's establishment. The inhabitants get their necessaries from Kesriganj, which was founded by Kesri Singh, grandfather to the present taluqdar, and which lies between this town and Láharpur. The annual value of the yearly sales being close upon Rs. 1,00,000. NAGRÁM—Pargana MOHANLALGANJ--Tahsil MOHANLALGANJ-District LUCKNOW.-Situated at the extreme eastern boundary of the pargana, about midway between the two roads from Lucknow to Sultanpur and Rae Bareli. The date of its foundation is unknown, but it is said to have been called after Rája Nal, a Bhar chieftain, who had a large fort here, the site of which, a high mound in the centre of the village, still exists. For some considerable time the village appeared in the Government records as Nalgrám, so the tradition assigning the foundation to Rája Nal is a well attested historical fact. It seems to have fallen in the track of Sayyad Sálár's invasion; for on the mound of the fort are the graves of 1 Munaunar and Anwar Shahíds, and outside is the tomb of Píran Háji Burd, and a "Ganj Shahídán," or " martyr gathering." There is no proof that Sayyad Sílár's conquest was in any way permanent. The place seems to have been left to the Bhars, and was subsequently occupied by • By Mr. M. L, Ferrar, C.S., Assistant Commissioner. 1