Hamirpur district General information

Hamirpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Hamirpur town is the district headquarters. Hamirpur district is a part of Chitrakoot Division. Hamirpur is a tourist place . There two rivers Yamuna and Betwa meets and there is tree called as Kalpa Vraksha is there which is only three in India and one of the biggest trees in the world . Its actual name is Sequoia tree . River Yamuna which is one of the holy rivers in India helps many farmers to grow their crops

History

In 1721, Muhammad Khan Bangash, famous as Nawab Farrukhabad, was appointed governor of Allahabad. Fighting obstinate engangements with the entrenched Bundelas and facing continuous harassment at their hands with considerable loss of men and equipments, it was not until the end of 1728 that the whole Hamirpur district had come into the Nawab’s possession, and was virtually being reduced to complete order when in March 1729, the sudden advent of the Marathas,Peshwa Baji Rao, into this region turned Muhammand Khan’s course of victory into defeat.

Raja Chhatra Sal, restored to his possessions, by Maratha aid and realizing that without their assistance and protection his power would be lost as it had been acquired, decided to make the Marathas interested in its preservation. Shortly before his death,he drew up a will, by which he bequeathed one-third of his dominions to the Peshwa Baji Rao, on the condition that his heirs and successors should be maintained by the Marathas in possession of the rest. The one-third of his dominions, Jaitpur Raj, which comprised most of the district was given to his second son,Jagat Raj.

Most of the tract covered by the present district was ceded to the East India Company by the treaty of Bassein on December 31st 1802. The captured of Kalpi by the British the same year effectually confirmed the British occupation of Bundelkhad. Hamirpur was then included in the newly formed district of Bundelkhand and remained a part of it till March, 1819 , when two district were formed. One including Hamirpur to the north was called Northern Bundelkhand or Kalpi, and that to the south Banda. In 1821, the headquarter of the former from Kalpi shifted to Hamirpur. In 1823, Hamirpur was formed as independent district. The later history of the district upto 1857 is chiefly concerned with the difficulties of fiscal administration.

The 20th century began with the growth of nationalism in the whole of India and Hamirpur was no exception. The youth of the district were restless. During the anti-partition agitation of 1905, the district did not lag behind in holding public meetings, organizing strikes and protests .

The non-co-operation movement too started in August, 1920 spread in the District rapidly. A campaign was launched in the district for using indigenous goods, especially Khadi. The people were exhorted to leave government services, boycott the courts, and even children were asked not to go to English and government schools. The distribution of the well-known pamphlets Bundelkhand Keshri and Pukar in the district marked a turning point as they created a revolutionary stir among the masses.

The district participated in the elections of 1937 which were conducted under the Government of India Act of 1935, in order to organize various activities of the Congress in the district Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad visited Maudha in 1937. With the outbreak of the second World War in 1939, however, the Congress ministries resigned on the issue of India's forced participation in it.

On the occasion of celebration of Silver Jubilee year of Independence in 1973, 323 persons of district, who had taken part in India's freedom struggle were granted tamra patras placing on record the part played by them in the country’s freedom struggle.


Location and Boundaries

The district lies between Lattitude 2507'N & 260 7' N. and Longitude 79017'E & 80021'E including Mahoba district. Hamirpur is bounded by districts Jalaun (Orai), Kanpur and Fatehpur in north, Banda in east, Mahoba in south and Districts of Jhansi and Jalaun on the West.

Area

According to the Central Statistical Organisation the district covers 4,121.9 sq. km.

Hills

In the south numerous outcrops of gneiss rocks, tending to cluster into low ranges. surrounded by uneven broken tracts and covered for the most part with stunted jungle are succeeded by a more level tract in which the hills grow sparser. Now approximately all hill area have come under newly created district-Mahobha.

Rivers

Yamuna : This river forms noth boundry of the district. The river first touches the district at the vilage Haraulipur in tehsil Hamirpur, where it forms a sudden loop. Flowing then east to Jamrehi Tir, it curves abruptly south to Sikrohi and then continues south-east part Hamirpur to Baragaon where the Betwa joins it.Its length in Hamirpur district is approximately 56 km.

Betwa : This river flows along the north-western border of the District from the point where the Dhasan joins it to the village of Kuprat separating tehsil Rath from district Jalaun. It enters the district near the village of Beri and flows separating tehsils Rath and Maudaha from tehsil Hamirpur. Its length in Hamirpur district is approximately 65 km.

Other rivers lying in the district are Dhasaan, Barma, Ken, Chndraval and Pandwaha. These rivers are used for irrigation purpose. A dam named Swami Bramhananad Dam (Moudaha Dam) has been constructed on the river Barma.

Climate

The Climate of the district is characterised by an intensely hot summer, a pleasant cold season . The summer season from March to about middle of June is followed by the south-west monsoon season from mid-June to the end of September. October and first half of November consititute the post-monsoon period. The cold season is from mid-November to February.

Temperature

May and the begining of June are generally the hottest period of the year and maximum temperature in May is about 430 C and minimum about 280C. The heat during the summer is intense.The maximum temperature on individual days sometimes reaches 450C or more. During Cold season minimum temperature sometimes drops down to about 2 or 30C.

Tourist Place

There are many places in Hamirpur district which have historical, cultural and religious importance. Some of them are as under :

Singh Maheshweri Temple

The temple of Lord Shiva-Parvati is situated on the bank of Yamuna river in the north, at Hamirpur headquarter. Historically this temple is supposed to be the heritage of Gupta period.

Chaura Devi Temple

This temple is constructed around the peepal tree as the idol of Goddess was dreamed to a devotee in the mid-night. After some time a beautiful park was also constructed at there.

Meher Temple

This temple was constructed by Parmeshweri Dayal Pukar, a devotee of avtar Mehar Baba in 1964 at Hamirpur headquarter. The idol of avtar Mehar Baba was placed in the temple on 18th nov. 1970.

City Forest
   
City forest was established by forest department, on the Hamipur-Kalpi road near about 2 kms from Hamirpur. This place is Very polpular as a picnic spot.

Gayatri Tapubhumi

This religious place is situated on Kanpur –Sagar road in Bharwa Sumerpur, 17 kms far from Hamirpur.

Bake Bihari Temple

In 1872, the temple was constructed by Pandit Dhani Ram on the birth anniversary of his nephew pragdutt. The temple is very polpular for its art in Bundelkhand.

Brahamanand Dham

After the inaugration by the contemporary chief minister of U.P. in 1999, this place came to be known as dham. In the memory of Swami brahamanand this dham was constructed in Barbara village of Sarila block.

Kalpa Vraksh

Kalp Vriksha situated at bank of holy river Yamuna

Nirankari Asram

This is the centre place for nirankari devotees, located at Hamirpur. Religious programmes ar held every sinday here.

Gayatri Shakti Peeth

In 1971, this religious place came in to existence by the motivation of Pandit Sriram Aacharya Sharma.