Kairana
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Kairana is a historical city and a municipal board and tehsil
in Muzaffarnagar district
in the India
n state
of Uttar Pradesh
.
It is also near of river Yamuna. This town is the birth place of a renowned School of Indian Classical Music called Kirana Gharana.
Kairana is a permanent seat of parliament of India and legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh
. Kairana is also having 6 courts (4 Regular and 2 fast track). Kairana is also a Tehsil of district Prabuddha Nagar and a municipal board. This Town is also having offices of all important government bodies like PWD office and guest house, LIC office, Block office, post office, police station, police circle office, two govt hospitals, Five nationalised banks etc.
Kairana is also known for Musical education. "Kirana Gharana
" is world famous for its "Khayal" singing. Ustad Kale Khan was the founder of Kirana Gharana
. His son Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was also a great musician and "Khayal" singer of India and he has done great work for Indian classical music with Utsad Rahamat Khan of Gwalior Gharana. Great classical singer Pandit Bhim Sen Joshi took his basic music education from Ustad Abdul Karim Khan for 6 years in Kairana.
Monogram of HMV (Dog listening the gramophone) is also given by Kairana Musical Gharana. This was actually a painting created in 1899 by Francis Barraud when pet dog (Nipper) of Ustad Kale Khan was use to listen the gramophone for hours.
. Some believers believe that Kairana name made from "Kai and Rana " means place of Rana Chauhan Gurjars. Rana Kalsa Raj Chauhan came with two brothers Rana Dev Raj Chauhan and Rana Deep Raj Chauhan from Ajmer
, Rajasthan to village Panjeet near Kairana and founded the city kairana. Descedent of Rana Kalsa Raj Chauhan called Kalshyan Gurjars.There are 84 villages of Kalshyan Chauhan Gautra of Gurjars near Kairana.
During Medieval period, Mughal Emperor Jahangir visited this place and has given a vibrant description in his autobiography, Tuzuk-e-jahangiri. The Emperor says On, Sunday, the 16th, I marched from Delhi
, and on Friday the 21st, halted in the pargana of Kairana, This pargana is the native place of Muqarrab Khan. Its climate is equable and its soil good. . Muqarrab had made buildings and gardens there. As I had 'often heard praise of his garden, I wished much to see it. On Saturday, the 22nd, I and my ladies were much pleased in going round it Truly, it is a very fine and enjoyable garden. Within a masonry (pukhta, pucca) wall, flower-beds have been laid out to the extent of 140 bighas. In the middle of the garden he has constructed a pond, in length 220 yards, and in breadth 200 yards. In the middle of the pond is a miih-tiib terrace (for use in moonlight) 22 yards square.There is no kind of tree belonging to a warm or cold climate that is not to be found in it. Of fruit-bearing trees belonging to Persia I saw green pistachio-trees, and cypresses of graceful form, such as I have never seen before. I ordered the cypresses to be counted, and they came to 300. All round the pond suitable buildings have been begun and are in progress.
, Kairana had a population of 73,046. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kairana has an average literacy rate of 29%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 36%, and female literacy is 22%. In Kairana, 22% of the population is under 6 years of age. In terms of faith, 70% population is muslim and 30% are hindus.
This town is the birth place of famous freedom fighter Maulana Rahmatullah Kairanvi who participated in first freedom mutiny of India in 1857.
In terms of culture, famous personalities of Kairana are Ustad Abdul Karim Khan & Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan
of Kirana Gharana
.
In terms of literature, this town has produced many urdu
poets. The most famous are Khawaja Aadil Husain, Safi Kairanvi, Master Tausif Alvi Aasi, Aashiq Kairanvi, Dr Tanvir Alvi, Jalil Ahmad Alvi, Muzaffar Razmi, Kausar Ali Zaidi, Dr Aiwaz Ali aiwaz. In Arabic literature, Maulana Wahiduzzaman Kairanvi has written Al-qamoos Al-jadeed, which is an Arabic-Urdu and Urdu-Arabic dictionary.
In science, this town is the native place of Mohammad Faisal, In Bollywood
, Munshi Munaqqa, the comedian and Hakim Kairanvi, the hair dresser of many stars are notable personalities from Kairana.
In terms of People's representatives, this town has produced many able politicians who representated Kairana Parliamentary and legislative constitueny many times and had always been the growth engines for the over all development of Kairana. The most famous among them are Chaudhary Hukum Singh,M.L.A. Kairana and Ex. minister Uttar Pradesh, Tabassum Begum
M.P Kairana, Ch. Munawwar Hasan
Ex. M.P. and Bashir Ahmad
, former MLA.
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
in Muzaffarnagar district
Muzaffarnagar District
Muzaffarnagar district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is part of Saharanpur division. The town of Muzaffarnagar is the district headquarters.-Communication:...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
.
Geography
Kairana is located at 29.4°N 77.2°E. It has an average elevation of 242 metres (793 feet).It is also near of river Yamuna. This town is the birth place of a renowned School of Indian Classical Music called Kirana Gharana.
Kairana is a permanent seat of parliament of India and legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. Kairana is also having 6 courts (4 Regular and 2 fast track). Kairana is also a Tehsil of district Prabuddha Nagar and a municipal board. This Town is also having offices of all important government bodies like PWD office and guest house, LIC office, Block office, post office, police station, police circle office, two govt hospitals, Five nationalised banks etc.
Education
Vijay Singh Pathik Rajkiya Mahavidyalaya is a Post Graduate Degree College in Kairana. The college was established by the great efforts of Chaudhary Hukum Singh, then Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh in the year 1999. There is one more Degree College in Kairana "J.P Degree College of Commerce". This town also has four Intermediate Colleges which provide education up to senior secondary level and there are more than 20 schools for primary education. "Roorkee Engineering & Management Technology Institute" is proud of Kairana, situated on Kairana-Shamli Road (Part of Panipat-Khatima National Highway).Kairana is also known for Musical education. "Kirana Gharana
Kirana Gharana
Kirana Gharana is one of the most prolific Hindustani khyal gharanas.-History:The name of this school of music derives from Kirana or Kairana, a town and tehsil of Muzzafarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh...
" is world famous for its "Khayal" singing. Ustad Kale Khan was the founder of Kirana Gharana
Kirana Gharana
Kirana Gharana is one of the most prolific Hindustani khyal gharanas.-History:The name of this school of music derives from Kirana or Kairana, a town and tehsil of Muzzafarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh...
. His son Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was also a great musician and "Khayal" singer of India and he has done great work for Indian classical music with Utsad Rahamat Khan of Gwalior Gharana. Great classical singer Pandit Bhim Sen Joshi took his basic music education from Ustad Abdul Karim Khan for 6 years in Kairana.
Monogram of HMV (Dog listening the gramophone) is also given by Kairana Musical Gharana. This was actually a painting created in 1899 by Francis Barraud when pet dog (Nipper) of Ustad Kale Khan was use to listen the gramophone for hours.
History
During Ancient period, Kairana or " Karna Nagri" was the capital of Danveer Raja Karna's Anga Pradesh in MahabharataMahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
. Some believers believe that Kairana name made from "Kai and Rana " means place of Rana Chauhan Gurjars. Rana Kalsa Raj Chauhan came with two brothers Rana Dev Raj Chauhan and Rana Deep Raj Chauhan from Ajmer
Ajmer
Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...
, Rajasthan to village Panjeet near Kairana and founded the city kairana. Descedent of Rana Kalsa Raj Chauhan called Kalshyan Gurjars.There are 84 villages of Kalshyan Chauhan Gautra of Gurjars near Kairana.
During Medieval period, Mughal Emperor Jahangir visited this place and has given a vibrant description in his autobiography, Tuzuk-e-jahangiri. The Emperor says On, Sunday, the 16th, I marched from Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, and on Friday the 21st, halted in the pargana of Kairana, This pargana is the native place of Muqarrab Khan. Its climate is equable and its soil good. . Muqarrab had made buildings and gardens there. As I had 'often heard praise of his garden, I wished much to see it. On Saturday, the 22nd, I and my ladies were much pleased in going round it Truly, it is a very fine and enjoyable garden. Within a masonry (pukhta, pucca) wall, flower-beds have been laid out to the extent of 140 bighas. In the middle of the garden he has constructed a pond, in length 220 yards, and in breadth 200 yards. In the middle of the pond is a miih-tiib terrace (for use in moonlight) 22 yards square.There is no kind of tree belonging to a warm or cold climate that is not to be found in it. Of fruit-bearing trees belonging to Persia I saw green pistachio-trees, and cypresses of graceful form, such as I have never seen before. I ordered the cypresses to be counted, and they came to 300. All round the pond suitable buildings have been begun and are in progress.
Demographics & People
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Kairana had a population of 73,046. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kairana has an average literacy rate of 29%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 36%, and female literacy is 22%. In Kairana, 22% of the population is under 6 years of age. In terms of faith, 70% population is muslim and 30% are hindus.
This town is the birth place of famous freedom fighter Maulana Rahmatullah Kairanvi who participated in first freedom mutiny of India in 1857.
In terms of culture, famous personalities of Kairana are Ustad Abdul Karim Khan & Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan
Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan
Abdul Wahid Khan was an Indian classical singer, from the Kirana gharana.-Early life and background:Khansahib founded the Kirana gharana musical family with Abdul Karim Khan. Abdul Karim had married Abdul Wahid Khan's sister, Gafooran Bibi...
of Kirana Gharana
Kirana Gharana
Kirana Gharana is one of the most prolific Hindustani khyal gharanas.-History:The name of this school of music derives from Kirana or Kairana, a town and tehsil of Muzzafarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh...
.
In terms of literature, this town has produced many urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
poets. The most famous are Khawaja Aadil Husain, Safi Kairanvi, Master Tausif Alvi Aasi, Aashiq Kairanvi, Dr Tanvir Alvi, Jalil Ahmad Alvi, Muzaffar Razmi, Kausar Ali Zaidi, Dr Aiwaz Ali aiwaz. In Arabic literature, Maulana Wahiduzzaman Kairanvi has written Al-qamoos Al-jadeed, which is an Arabic-Urdu and Urdu-Arabic dictionary.
In science, this town is the native place of Mohammad Faisal, In Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
, Munshi Munaqqa, the comedian and Hakim Kairanvi, the hair dresser of many stars are notable personalities from Kairana.
In terms of People's representatives, this town has produced many able politicians who representated Kairana Parliamentary and legislative constitueny many times and had always been the growth engines for the over all development of Kairana. The most famous among them are Chaudhary Hukum Singh,M.L.A. Kairana and Ex. minister Uttar Pradesh, Tabassum Begum
Tabassum Begum
Tabassum Begum is an Indian politician, belonging to Bahujan Samaj Party. In the 2009 election she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kairana constituency in Uttar Pradesh.-References:...
M.P Kairana, Ch. Munawwar Hasan
Ch. Munawwar Hasan
Munawwar Hasan was an Indian politician for the Muzaffarnagar constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He was killed in a road accident near Palwal in Haryana...
Ex. M.P. and Bashir Ahmad
Bashir Ahmad
Bashir Ahmad may refer to:*Bashir Ahmad , Lollywood playback singer*Bashir Ahmad , Karachi-born Member of the Scottish Parliament*Bashir Ahmad , 'surprise' visitor to the U.S...
, former MLA.