Historical Places of Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh

Fatehpur Map

Fatehpur is a city and a municipal board in Fatehpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city between two Holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna, was founded by Rishi Purwar and later on he became the King of city.

Khajuha town, situated on Mughal road is a very old town. Its description has been found in the old Hindu scripture "Brahm Puran", which is 5000 years old.

In 1561, Moghal emperor Humayun passed through this town while invading Jaunpur state. On 5 January 1659 , Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had a fierce battle with his brother prince Shah Shuja (Mughal), and killed him near this place. To celebrate the victory, he constructed a large beautiful garden "Badshahi Bagh" and a big lodge having 130 rooms. During the Mughal regime, the control of Fatehpur changed hands between rulers of Jaunpur, Delhi and Kannauj.

In 1801 , this region came under the control of East India Company. In 1826   , Fatehpur was redesignated as the District headquarters. It has many historic places like Bawni(52) Imli in which English men were allegedly hanged on a tree during excesses in the Great Indian Mutiny. It is situated on Bindiki.

In 1966 this was given the status of a sub-division(Paragana), while the headquarters was at Bhitaura, which is now a block office.