Laharpur

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Laharpur

Town in the District and tahsil of Sitapur, United Provinces, situated in 27° 42' N. and 80° 55' E., 17 miles north-east of Sitapur town. Population (1901), 10,997. It is said to have been founded by Firoz Shah Tughlak in 1374, when on his way to the shrine of Saiyid Salar at Bahraich. Some years afterwards, one Lahurl, a Pasi, took possession of it, and changed its name to Laharpur. The PasTs gave way in the fifteenth century to the Musalmans, who were ousted about 1707 by the Gaur Rajputs. Laharpur is famous as the birth- place of Raja Todar Mai, Akbar's great finance minister and general. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,800. It contains a dispensary and two schools.