Nagram

Nagram is a town in Uttar Pradesh, India, in the Lucknow district. It is Located between the two roads from Lucknow city to Sultanpur and Raebareli. The distance between Lucknow and Nagram is 37 km. Raja Nal Pasi was the founder of Nagram. Its contemporary culture is the result of the amalgamation of the Hindu and Muslim rulers who ruled the town simultaneously and the credit for this goes to the secular and syncretic traditions of the Nawabs of Awadh, who took a keen interest in every walk of life and encouraged these traditions to attain a rare degree of sophistication. As a result, there are many historical holy religious sites in Nagram which are popular among all religions. Imambada Wajahat Hussain Rizvi is the Imambargah located in the center of Nagram, popularly knonwn as Syedwada. Anjuman e Abbasiya[1] is the oldest and existing anjuman of Nagram. Almas Ali Rizvi Grandson Of Late Zahid Ali Rizvi is an existing Zamindar.

Nagram Nalgram
City
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Lucknow
Founded by	Raja Nal
Government
• Type	Electoral
• Body	Samajwadi Party
Elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	19,218
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Website	Nagram Community Website

Geography

Nagram is located at 26.62°N 81.13°E / 26.62; 81.13.[2] It has an average elevation of 118 metres (387 feet). It is situated 37 km from Lucknow (capital of Uttar Pradesh). Nagram is a well-known place in the fields of literacy, education, art and culture, and social and political awareness. Mohalla Bangla is famous for its zamindars who used to live in this area in late 1800s. There are four main areas with Shia in the majority, like Sayedwada, Kothi, Bangla and Phulwari. Kothi is famous for its Late Rais Mir Fida Hussain, who was n prominent figured advocate and reformer who spent his life in developing the Shia beliefs, constructing mosques, shrines and other holy sites in this region and in 19th century, with the advent of British imperialism, he was bestowed with princely and royal title of Rais. Kothi is a great piece of architecture built by Fida Hussain, that served as the entrance to the Nagram. It is a mixture of Mughlai and Turkish style of architecture. However, the zamindari system was mostly abolished in independent India soon after its creation with the first amendment to the constitution of India. He had also institutionalised and streamlined the activities of Anjuman-e-Abbasiya and was instrumental in making it financially strong. Nagram has n history of Azadari which is done in great zeal. The Main religious activities of Azadari started from very first night of the month of Muharram till its end after two months and eight days, apart all other Mourning Days related to Masoomeen. Moreover, the Shiva temple of Nagram is n holy place of worship for Hindus. A fair on the occasion of Maha Shivratri is held every year with a huge gathering of Hindus coming from far off to attend the fair. It also has a Hindu temple named as Kali Mandir. The literacy rate amongst the people is considerably higher than other people living in the surrounding area. Due to unemployment, people of this town are compelled to work in metropolitan cities like Lucknow, Delhi or in the Middle East for their living. A substantial number of people work in the government sector. One of the important contributions of Moharram is that during this period Sayyid families return to Nagram from every nook and corner of India to pay homage to the supreme scarifies of Imam Hussain.

Climate

Nagram has a humid subtropical climate with cool, dry winters from mid-November to February and dry, hot summers with thunderstorms from late March to June. The rainy season is from July to September when the city gets an average rainfall of 896.2 millimetres (35.28 in) from the south-west monsoon winds, and occasionally frontal rainfall will occur in January. In winter the maximum temperature is around 25 °C (77 °F) and the minimum is in the 3 °C (37 °F) to 7 °C (45 °F) range.[40] Fog is quite common from mid-December to late January. Occasionally, Nagram experiences colder winter spells than places like Shimla and Mussoorie which are situated way high up in the Himalayas. In the extraordinary winter cold spell of 2012–13, Nagram recorded temperatures below freezing point on two consecutive days and the minimum temperature hovered around freezing point for over a week. Summers are very hot with temperatures rising into the 40 °C (104 °F) to 45 °C (113 °F) range, the average highs being in the high of 30s (degree Celsius).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[3] Nagram had a population of 9218. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nagram has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 33%. In Nagram, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Nagram
Religion			Percent
Hindus			65%
Muslims			35%
Others†			2%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

References

1. Anjuman e Abbasiya Website
2. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Nagram added by Saurabhsulabh Singh
3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.