Manglaur Riyasat | |
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Town | |
  Manglaur Riyasat Location in Uttarakhand, India Show map of Uttarakhand Manglaur Riyasat Manglaur Riyasat (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:29°48′N77°52′E / 29.80°N 77.87°E /29.80; 77.87 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Haridwar |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 52,971 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 247656[1] |
| Vehicle registration | UK |
| Website | uk |
Manglaur is a town withmunicipal board inHaridwar district in theIndianstate ofUttarakhand. Pin code of Manglaur is 247656.[1] Manglaur is located on national highway-58 (Delhi–Haridwar). It is 175 km away from Delhi and about 10 km fromRoorkee.
At the time of the British it used to be a tehsil, temple is still present there. And middle school building near gurukul used to Kachhari work. There was a Qila also the walls of which still exist in mandir road and that is a residential area now.
The current chairman of Manglaur Ram Singh.[citation needed]
Manglaur is an old place ofNorth India which has its own recognition. At one side, it has a matter of pride being a historical place and on the other hand, it bears such good people who are owners of unlimited assets. History is witness that its name is on the basis of its bearer whose name was Mangal Sen. For a long time it was the capital of the king Mangal Sen whose symbol is present even today in this town. There is also an evidence from Aaine Akbar (author Abul Fajal), too, that it was a historical place.
Manglaur is a historical town where a fort made of brick is present which was built at the time ofKing Vikramaditya. During themedieval Indian period, Manglaur was mainly under the control of Gurjars.It was known as mundlana riyasat at the time of british,was under control of Maharaj Singh Chouhan(a gurjar chief) and compressed of 37 villages.
At the time ofKing Vikramaditya (380–415 A.D), Mangal Sen had built this fort. One portion of the wall of that fort is safe in corner of the shrine of Shah Vilayat. The width of this wall is 12 ft. And inside this surrounding there is aMasjid present built by Gyasuddeen Balban whose kutba is fitted in the wall of the Masjid. From Mangal Sen to British Rule, Manglaur was a tehsil.
Most of the time Manglaur was independent and it saw many rises and falls but for a short while during British rule, it become a far-east region ofPunjab but was then later given to theUnited Provinces of British India. One time also came when it was declared a district but British rule took back its status of district and converted it back into a tehsil and later on the state of tehsil was also taken back and madeRoorkee the tehsil.
Manglaur is listed in theAin-i-Akbari as apargana under thesarkar ofSaharanpur, producing a revenue of 2,350,311dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 40 cavalry. Its brick fort is also mentioned.[2]
The building which was the offices of tehsil at that time was converted into 'Middle Oriental School’. This building had been famous by name of middle school after independence.
At present there is a Masjid nearby this school which is known as "tehseel wali masjid". And where was the main center of rule it is known as the name of Quila. Which is surrounded by roads and markets. After seeing this structure it can be said there was a trench around this quila by four sides for enemies. So that enemies could not reach inside Quila.
Presently the Fort is converted into Mohalla Quila which is surrounded by following roads, Nagar Palika Chowk to Sarrafa Bazar road, Main Market to Haidri Chowk road, then mohalla malakpura to Nagar Palika Parishad road.
At that time there was very less population outside town which is known as by the name of different Mohallas. These Mohallas have old buildings present still today. As Mohalla Lal Bag (Lal Bara), Jain Gali, kathaira have some old building which are witness of it historical.
Manglaur Census2011 -[3]
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TheTurušhka rulerSultan Sebüktegin conquered Manglaur after he defeated the king of theIndus River region, who was known asAnandapala. Abu-Abbas bin Ahmad Asfar Aayni was Sebüktegin's minister at that time. At that time, Manglaur was an independent state. Its area was 5000 miles at that time. It was conquered and briefly held by Sebüktegin but wasn't held for long as Sebüktegin had to go back toAfghanistan causing Manglaur to fall back into the hands of native Indian rulers as soon as Sebüktegin went back toKhorasan.
At the time ofSultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, the Farooqi family came in Manglaur, who founded aMadrassa there for the education ofMuslims. In 1056 AD, aMuslimmissionary named Sulaiman Gyasudeen Gauri brought the generation of Amirul Momineen Hasan to Manglaur for further education of theMuslims.
At that time it was known as Dawaba Manglaur, Bhosak Pura Mangal Sen. There was a big factory (karkhana) of islah saji. Hasni was good in islah Saji and kamaan saji. Today, they[who?] are known as kamangarana.
Maulana Sheikh Jamaluddin Gaznavi Mijaz Sheikh Ahmad Chisti is from the Hasani generation whose grave is present in Mohalla Malakpura at the bank of Jamaal Pond. Today, this pond is known as Jamaal Garha. In 17th century, aSufi saint named Shah Abdul Ghafoor Kardatani came in Manglaur and died here teachingIslam to the locals. His shrine was built by Gyasudeen Balban after his death.
In 1857, when theGreat Indian Rebellion had started against the rule of the British, manyMuslims of Manglaur joined the rebellion. They attacked many British Army outposts in and around the town of Manglaur. The Muslims in this region played a vital role during the rebellion fighting against British rule. After the rebellion was over, aMadrassa named Jamiya Arbiya Al Muslimeen was established in Manglaur. During British rule until 1947, it was an important learning and education centre forMuslims all overBritish India. After thePartition of India in 1947, the town became a part ofUttarakhand state inIndia and someMuslims fled toDelhi to board the refugee trains heading to the newly created nation ofPakistan but the majority ofMuslims surprisingly stayed in India. Today, the Muslims are a well established community in this town and the town is also the only majority Muslim region in the state ofUttarakhand.
The Manglaur Nagar Palika Parishad has population of 52,971 of which 27,761 are males while 25,210 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011.The population of children aged 0-6 is 8240 which is 15.56 % of total population of Manglaur (NPP). In Manglaur Nagar Palika Parishad, female sex ratio is 908 compared to the state average of 963. Moreover the child sex ratio in Manglaur is around 931 compared to Uttarakhand state average of 890. The literacy rate of Manglaur city is 59.04 %, which is lower than state average of 78.82 %. In Manglaur, the male literacy is around 64.12 % while the female literacy rate is 53.43 %.