Hasanpur is a city located in Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh state of India.
History
Hasanpur is named after a
Pathan
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ruler named Hasan Khan, also called Mubariz Khan, who drove out the previous
Goshain rulers and gained control of the town in 1634. The Pathans remained the primary
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 ...
s until the 20th century.
During the late 1800s, Hasanpur grew in importance as a trade centre, and some
Banias
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became fairly wealthy, and its population increased from 8,082 in 1847 to 9,579 in 1901. At that time its population was about 50%
Muslim
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and 50%
Hindu
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. The neighboring settlement of
Mubarakpur was incorporated into Hasanpur in 1877. In the early 20th century the main industry was
cotton
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cloth. There was a police station, a dispensary, a
sarai, a cattle pound, and a post office, along with one
middle school
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Afghanistan
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, one
primary school
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, and one
girls' school
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. There were also two private schools, one teaching
Arabic
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and the other teaching
Sanskrit
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. The Arabic school was run by one Haji Ahmad Husain Khan
Demographics
India
census
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, Hasanpur had a population of 211,533 of which males constituted 57% of the population and females 43%. Hasanpur has an average literacy rate of 43% which is lower than the national average of 59.5%. The male literacy is 49% and female literacy rate is 37%. In Hasanpur, 18% of the population is under the age of 6.
Notable people
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Himmat Sinha (born 1928–2023), philosopher
References
Cities and towns in Amroha district
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