Dandupur is a village in the Chaka Mandal of

Prayagraj district Prayagraj district, formerly known as Allahabad district, is the most populous Districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Prayagraj city is the district headquarters of this district. The District is divided in ...

, India. At a distance of 10 kilometres from

Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

, the village almost finds itself in the main city. Very soon, this once village shall witness municipal corporation elections, thereby redefining the limits of the city of Prayagraj and bringing the place within the limits of the main city.

History

The name Dandupur is based on "Dandu" who was the elder son of a

zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; ''zamindar'' is the ...

who is believed to be the forefather of the villagers. Dandupur belongs to the Shia Muslim Community and holds up a mixed cultural fabric. It has old mosques and Imambaras that have great historic value. After independence, the ending of the

zamindari A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous Indian feudalism, feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian language, Persian was the offi ...

system and the issuing of the Privy Purse to the zamindars and talukdars from the India Government, last Zamindar of Dandupur Late Mr Inamul Hussain, son of Late Zamindar Mr Ali Jawad was elected the first Pradhan of Dandupur village. At present it is counted as a developed village.

Economy

During the British period Dandupur used to be a rich village with most of the inhabitants owning large pieces of land. However, this has changed after independence as owning lands or the feudal system was abolished. The following generation of the village excelled in the field of education and reached to high ranks in India and abroad thus uplifting the economic position of the village. Nowadays as the economy of Prayagraj has been improving with the influence of that economy of Dandupur has been flourishing. In the new master plan Dandupur will come under Prayagraj city.

References

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