Nagram

Nagram Nalgram
City
Nagram Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.62°N 81.13°E / 26.62; 81.13
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

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. Raja Nal Pasi was the founder of Nagram. Nagram's contemporary culture is the result of the amalgamation of the Hindu and Muslim rulers that ruled the town simultaneously. They upheld secular and syncretic traditions of the Nawabs of Awadh, who took a keen interest in every walk of life in order to attain a rare degree of sophistication.

Geography

Nagram is located at 26.62°N 81.13°E / 26.62; 81.13. It has an average elevation of 118 metres (387 feet). It is situated 37 km from Lucknow (capital of Uttar Pradesh). Nagram has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with cool, dry winters from mid-November to February and dry, hot summers with sunshine from March to mid-May. More than nine-tenths of the annual rainfall occurs from June to October when the city receives an average of 827.2 millimeters (32.57 in) from the southwest monsoon winds, although occasionally frontal rainfall from the northeast monsoon will occur in January. In winter, the maximum temperature is around 25 °C or 77 °F and the minimum is in the 3 to 7 °C (37.4 to 44.6 °F) range.

Transport

Nagram has its nearest railway station on the Indian Railways network: Nigoha. The bus station is at Lucknow-Raebareli road. The nearest international airport Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport is 36.1 km away.

History

Nagram is a well-known town in the fields of education, art, culture, social and political awareness. One of the earliest settlements of Rizvi is from Nagram. Rizvi Sadats migrated from Subzwar (Iran) and settled in Nagram around 410 Hijri (around 1027 AD). There are couple of grand old buildings of archaeological importance built here, which are called Imambargahs. Imambargah Wajahat Hussain located in the center of Nagram, popularly known as Syed-wada. Imambargah Mir Fida Hussain is another Imambargah of this town which depicts persian architecture. Anjuman e Abbasiya is the oldest and existing anjuman of Nagram. Almas Ali Rizvi Grandson Of Late Zahid Ali Rizvi is the existing Zamindar. Mohalla Bangla is famous for its zamindars who used to live in this area in the late 1800s. There are four major Shia Community areas, Sayed-wada, Kothi, Bangla & Phulwari. Kothi belongs to Rais Mir Fida Hussain, who was a prominent figured advocate and reformer who spent his life in developing the Shia beliefs, constructing mosques, shrines and other holy sites in this region. In 19th century, with the advent of British imperialism, he was bestowed with princely and royal title of Rais. Imambargah Kothi built by Mir Fida Hussain, is a beautiful example of Mughlai and Turkish style architecture in India. However, the zamindari system was mostly abolished in independent India soon after its creation with the first amendment to the constitution of India. After the independence of India, Mir Fida Hussain had also institutionalized and streamlined the activities of Anjuman-e-Abbasiya and was instrumental in making it financially strong. Muharram is observed here with great fervour and great enthusiasm. The significant importance attached to the event of death of Imam Hussain and consequently muharram has shaped the cultural evolution of Nagram. Major religious activities of Azadari starts from first night of the month of Muharram and lasts two months and eight days. One of the important contributions of Muharram is that during this period Syed families return to Nagram from every nook and corner of India to pay homage to the supreme scarifies of Imam Hussain. Culture of town belongs to the Awadh region. Many people migrated from town after partition of the country. People from Nagram usually used Nagrami as title name.

Notable people from Nagram

• Raja Nal Pasi
• Rais Meer Fida Hussain,Social Reformer
• Maulana Hasan Abbas, Shia Cleric
• Professor Mohd Yunus Nagrami, Arabic Professor Lucknow University, Intellectual, Chairman Urdu Academy
• Syed Ali Abbas, Gram Pradhan
• Syed Wajahat Hussain, Notable reformer
• Syed Rizwan Mustafa, Senior Journalist Tahalka Today, Vice President Save Waqf
• Syed Jawed Abbas, Founder of Anjuman e Abbasiya
• Maulana Ali Abbas Khan, Shia Cleric, Principal Hauza e Shaheed Salis, Qom Iran
• Syed Arshad, Chairman Nagram Foundation
• Syed Nazar Sibtain, Professor Shia PG College, Intellectual
• Dr. Ammar Anis, General Manager Awami Salar, General Secretary All India Muslim Intellectual Society
• Syed Yusuf Abbas, Founder Amber Press
• Syed Zulfiqar Mehdi, Nauha-khawan, Shayar

Economy

As of 1971, the economy of Nagram was described as dominated by primary activities. The main items imported were cloth, sugar, and cotton. The main items manufactured were shoes, handloom cloth, and beedies. The biggest exports were grains, vegetables, and tobacco.

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 lasts 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 occurs in January. In winter the maximum temperature reaches around 25 °C (77 °F) and the minimum is in the 3 °C (37 °F) to 7 °C (45 °F) range. 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).

Schools and Colleges

• Girls Degree College
• Nagram Primary School
• Madarsa Afzalul Uloom
• RNJ Inter College
• Chaudhary Ram Adhar Santbaksh Inter College

Demographics

As of 2001, 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
Hinduism			65%
Islam			35%
Others†			2%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).