Mau district General information

Mau district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Mau town is the district headquarters. Mau district is a part of Azamgarh Division. Mau district is situated in the south-eastern part of the state with headquarters at Mau town. The district is surrounded by Ghazipur district on the south, Ballia district in the east and Azamgarh district in the west. The river Ghagra forms its northern boundary.

History

Many  myth  are  popular  regarding   history of  MAU district, .In common opinion MAU  is   considered   as  Turkish  word , which  means   "GARH" , "PADAV" , "CHAVANI" . No historical records  are  available   regarding  habitance  of  Mau.  A little  description   is  given in the historical book  of Jiyaudeen  Barni  that  Akbar the  Great  passed through Mau, in its way towards Allahabad.

During  his  reign Sher Shah Suri, the  famous   emperor  who  had  defeated   Mughals, visited  Kolhuvavan  (Madhuban)  to  meet  the  great   sufi saint  Syed Ahmad Wadva. Mahvani, one of  the  daughters   of  Sher  Shah  was settled   permanently   near   the   dargah  of  Syed  Sahab . Various developmental works were undertaken by Sher Shah during his reign for economic development of the Mau region.

During  the construction of  Military  Base   & Shahi Masque, a large number of labourer   & artisans   came  with  Mughal  Army. The  labourer force  includes  a  large number of Artisans , Weavers   etc.  Who   originally   belongs    to   Iran,   Afganistan   &   Turki. They settled   here permanently.

During the period of Freedom Struggle the residents of Mau had given their full support to the movment. Mahatma Gandhi came here in Doharighat on   3rd  october  1939.  In salt law breaking movement many   persons  of  Mau  had  actively  taken  part,some of them   are  as  follows  :  Umrav Singh , Shiv Saran  Rai, Satrai Singh ,  Haidwar Singh, Kalpnath Shukl, Ram chandra Pandey,Krishna Madhav Lal, Ibrahim Khan,Vishwanath Prasad,Ram Palat Rai,Sita Ram Arya, Ram Davar Singh, Mangala Rai, Nana Saheb Marwari, Dalsingar Pandey, Chotu Ram,Gaya Prasad,Raj Daras Rai, Ram Dev Rai, Raj Narayan Rai, Jaganath Prasad, Chikaru Rai,Mahesh Rai,Bhagirath Rai etc.

In 1938  Jai   Bahadur  Singh  had  looted  the  train  in  piprideeh  with  his  mates   Krishna Dev Rai , Jamin Ali , Udai Narayan Dubey , Keshav Shukla , Beekeshvar Dutt , Jaganath Mishra,Tej Pratap Singh.

During  1942  Quit India Movement  the   mob  was  collected  against  the  outrage  of Madhuban Police Station Officer ; Collector Navlate was present there,he  ordered   to fire on the mob. Many persons were killed & injured on spot. In memory of shaheed of above said event a monument was built on the same place in Madhuban.

Mau  was  an  important  township  of   Azamgarh  district  before its creation .On 19th Nov.  1988  it was made district, largerly due to the effort of  Late  Kalpnath Rai ,  who   was M. P. from Ghosi Parliamentary seat.

The  local  language  of  Mau  is   peculiar  in  its  flavour ,  it includes  the  slang of Bhojpuri Persian, Turkish & Irani. The main Industrial  setup  here   is of cloth making by powerloom due to presence of a large number of weavers in the district . Sari, Lungi  &  other   clothes being  prepared   here  nowadays  and  are  exported  to  various states of India and also to various countries.

Geography

Mau District in Uttar Pradesh is bounded by Ghaghra River in the north, Ghazipur District in the south, Ballia District in the east, and Azamgarh District in the west. The population of 1.9 million is distributed over an area of 1,713 sq km.

Mau is situated on the fertile planes of the Ganges - Ghaghra rivers. A majority of the people depend on agriculture.