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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gorasara > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gorasara.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorasara > Source revision: 1346056752 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Gorasara | native_name = chota Kashmir | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = village | image_skyline = Gorasara Kamsar.jpeg | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3 | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|25.43|N|83.74|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [State](/source/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India) | subdivision_type2 = [Division](/source/Divisions_of_Uttar_Pradesh) | subdivision_type3 = [District](/source/List_of_districts_of_Uttar_Pradesh) | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Seal of Uttar Pradesh.svg}} [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh) | subdivision_name2 = [Varanasi](/source/Varanasi_division) | subdivision_name3 = [Ghazipur](/source/Ghazipur_district) | established_title = Established | established_date = {{start date and age|1655}} | founder = Raja Zamindar Bhikham Khan Alias Raja Feqan Khan | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = [Gram panchayat](/source/Gram_panchayat) | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 4684 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Kamsari | demographics_type1 = [Language](/source/Language) | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [Hindi](/source/Hindi){{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[Ministry of Minority Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs)|access-date=26 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}} | demographics1_title2 = Additional official | demographics1_info2 = [Urdu](/source/Urdu) | area_code = [+91-0548](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_India) | area_code_type = Telephone code | timezone1 = [IST](/source/Indian_Standard_Time) | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | registration_plate = [up-61](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_India) | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city | blank1_info_sec1 = [Dildarnagar](/source/Dildarnagar) | blank2_name_sec1 = [Sex ratio](/source/Human_sex_ratio) | blank2_info_sec1 = 1000/937 [♂](/source/male)/[♀](/source/female) | blank3_name_sec1 = [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha) constituency | blank3_info_sec1 = [Ghazipur](/source/Ghazipur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) | blank4_name_sec1 = [Vidhan Sabha](/source/Vidhan_Sabha) constituency | blank4_info_sec1 = [Zamania](/source/Zamania_(Assembly_constituency)) | postal_code_type = [PIN](/source/Postal_Index_Number) | postal_code = 232333 | website = {{URL|up.gov.in}} | footnotes = | official_name = | area_total_acre = | area_total_ha = 397.96 | area_water_ha = 17.733 | area_land_ha = 380.227 | imagesize = 280px | pushpin_relief = }} '''Gorasara''' is a village located in [Dildarnagar Kamsar](/source/Dildarnagar_Kamsar), [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh), [India](/source/India).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bhulekh|url=http://upbhulekh.gov.in/public/public_ror/Public_ROR.jsp|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}} Gorasara village was established by Zamindar Bhikham Khan Urf Feqan khan in 1650 AD, who was the grandson of Sarkar Diwan Kutlu Khan Zamindar Jagirdar Taluka Sewarai. Kutlu Khan was a great-grandson of Narhar Khan, founder of Dildarnagar Kamsar.{{Cite web|title=Evolution and Spatial organisation of clan settlements in middle ganga valley.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxDWbsztdVQC&q=Kamsar|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|last1=Ansari|first1=Saiyad Hasan|year=1986}} According to some old records and sources in the village, Mughal minister came to this place during the rule of the Mughal emperor Shahjahan rule and witnessed that all the people living in the village had white skin, which led to its name Goresara, A village of white people, later during the British rule due to wrong pronunciation the name was changed to Gorasara. As of the [2011 Census of India](/source/2011_Census_of_India),{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Panchyati Raj, Ghazipur|url=http://panchayatiraj.up.nic.in/pblc_pg/Reports/PB2FormReport?ReportType=Filled&District=GHAZIPUR|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228174057/http://panchayatiraj.up.nic.in/pblc_pg/Reports/PB2FormReport?ReportType=Filled&District=GHAZIPUR|archive-date=28 December 2019|access-date=|website=}} the main population of the village lived in an area of 87.5 acres of land with 637 households.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2011 Census of India|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}{{Cite book |last=Oldham |first=Wilton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMYIAAAAQAAJ&q=Oosea |title=Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District |publisher=Government Press, North-Western Provinces |year=1870 |language=en}}[https://www.accuweather.com/en/in/gorsara/3298773/weather-forecast/3298773 accuweather 2025 for Dildarnagar] ==History== '''Gorasara''' is a village located in [Dildarnagar Kamsar](/source/Dildarnagar_Kamsar), [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh), [India](/source/India). Gorasara village was established by Bhikham Khan, son of Fateh Bahadur Khan, and great-great-grandson of Narhar Khan. The place was of Kamsaar estate, actually Kamsar jagir already existed during the time of Narhar Khan founder of Kamsar and revenue was paid to [Sur empire](/source/Sur_Empire). But later during [Mughals](/source/Mughal_Empire) it was reestablished by Raja Quttul Khan a [jagir](/source/jagir)dar of the pargana and Sarkar, and the [divan](/source/divan) of the [subah](/source/subah), he build a [fort](/source/Fortification) here in early 1600s and dug a canal around it for security, during the time of later years of [Akbar](/source/Akbar)'s rule. Still some parts of the canal can be seen around the village [[File:LetterofrajaKuttulKhan.jpg|thumb|left|240px|The letter in [farsi](/source/Persian_language), of [Mughal](/source/Mughal_Empire) era, written by Raja Kuttul Khan to Man singh Rai of [Reotipur](/source/Reotipur%2C_Uttar_Pradesh), in 1601 AD, somedays before his murder.]] During his time, Kamsaar [jagir](/source/jagir)'s main administrative centre was Seorai and Kuttul Khan was its governor. Kamsaar jagir was spread over 52 nearby villages granted by [Akbar](/source/Akbar). He also build a fort and a [Mosque](/source/Mosque), and [Eidgah](/source/Eidgah) in the village of Seorai. Although he was killed in a dispute by Man Singh Rai of [Reotipur](/source/Reotipur%2C_Uttar_Pradesh), then his cousin Daud Khan of [Dewaitha](/source/Dewaitha), took revenge of his death and succeeded him. During the 1860s a large number of people belonging to [Kushwaha](/source/Kushwaha) families settled in the village. The name Seorai was kept because there was also a large population of Sevri families who had settled here during the time of [Babur](/source/Babur). After the death of Quttul Khan one of his grand sons name as Zamindar Fulan Khan settled here with his family in year 1630. While seorai was established as a taluka of Kamsaar, Reotipur, Sherpur region. Which were large villages, among the 52 villages taluka. The Sakarwars of Seorai, settled here from the family of Shubhsen Rao, who was a great-grandson of [Raja Dham Dev Rao](/source/Raja_Dham_Dev_Rao) of [Gahmar](/source/Gahmar). Where as the Kamsaries were from Fulan Khan a grandson of Quttul Khan. Fulan Khan's family lived here for many years. But, the population of Zamindar Fulan Khan family decreased and most of them migrated to Gorasara & [Mania](/source/Mania%2C_Dildarnagar) Gorasara, located in the [Zamania](/source/Zamania) [pargana](/source/pargana) of [Ghazipur](/source/Ghazipur), witnessed a tragic historical event during the reign of [Mughal Emperor](/source/List_of_emperors_of_the_Mughal_Empire) [Shah Alam I](/source/Bahadur_Shah_I). On 16th Muharram (Tuesday, 1710-11 CE), Kunwar Dheer Singh (Muhammad Bahrmand Khan), the [faujdar](/source/faujdar) of [Chainpur](/source/Chainpur%2C_Kaimur) and the son of zamindar Muhammad Deendar Khan of [Dildarnagar](/source/Dildarnagar), was [martyr](/source/martyr)ed while defending the region against a rebellious former [faujdar](/source/faujdar) of [Chausa](/source/Chausa). The attack was orchestrated due to animosity from Moatsim Khan, the [faujdar](/source/faujdar) of [Ghazipur](/source/Ghazipur). The rebels looted villages like Seorai, Bareji, Gorasara, and [Maniya](/source/Mania%2C_Dildarnagar), destroying property and desecrating Seorai's old mosque. Bahrmand Khan and his companions, including Sheikh Dayanatullah, Muhammad Hamza, and Muhammad Sultan, sacrificed their lives to protect the region. The event deeply grieved Muhammad Dindar Khan, who documented the incident in a [Persian](/source/Persian_language) "Mahzarnama" addressed to the emperor. Today, the Deendar Shamsi Museum and Library preserves this document, along with the legacy of Bahrmand Khan's bravery, as reflected in the five graves at Seorai's Kuttul Khan Mosque.{{Cite book |last=Ansari |first=Saiyad Hasan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxDWbsztdVQC&q=Kamsar |title=Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley |date=1986 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=Ghazipur: A Gazetteer being Vol. XXIX of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37271 |access-date=2024-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201224151/https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37271 |archive-date=2022-12-01}}{{Cite web |last=Infotech |first=Sysmarche |title=Khabre Aaj Bhi मौज़ा सेवराई बचाने में हो गये थे सात लोग शहीद |url=https://khabreaajbhi.com/news_details.php?id=3904&fbclid=IwY2xjawHX5M5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWm1CMVuqc4x2PU5-a4D0kiPZGYGo3PiWV-LM7Pq8d0YRTGuKQXNsFmaCg_aem_ha1zr2Pg9ULqUYr6lI6h0Q |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=khabreaajbhi.com |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} {{clear}} ==Agriculture== The soil of the village is rich in [mineral](/source/mineral)s.{{Cite web| title=District census handbook 1951 - Ghazipur district | url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/893/1/20460_1951_GHA.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802102558/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/893/1/20460_1951_GHA.pdf | archive-date=2021-08-02}} The water level of the village is less than 100 feet deep. The village land extends to the banks of [Karmansa River](/source/Karmanasa_River). As of the 2011 census, the area of the village is 983.38 acres. ponds cover 18 acres, with the rest of the land dedicated to other crop production. Many types of crops that grow in the nearby [Ghazipur](/source/Ghazipur) and [Buxar](/source/Buxar) districts are grown in the village. Gorasara has been known for its [sunflower](/source/Helianthus) farming for more than 300 years. During the summer, sunflowers are planted on a large scale in the village, usually on more than 500 acres of land. Flowers are sent to other [cities](/source/City), [states](/source/States_and_union_territories_of_India) and countries. Sunflowers were used to make [sunflower oil](/source/sunflower_oil) in the village during the [Mughal](/source/Mughal_Empire) and British eras. [Rose](/source/Rose) farming is also done on a large scale. The village is known for its rose plantation done every year to make [rose water](/source/rose_water). Every year different breeds of sunflower and rose are planted on a large scale in the village.{{Cite web|date=13 January 2024|title=Ghazipur Gazatteer|url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37271|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|last1=Nevill|first1=H. R.}} ==Plantation== When Goarasar village was established by Bhikham Khan (a descendant of Narhar Khan of [Kamsar](/source/Dildarnagar_Kamsar)), his son Fateh Bahadur Khan build a large orchard in the village which was named Hazara Bagh. The orchard built by Fateh took over an area of hundreds of [bigha](/source/bigha) and thousands of trees. Now the orchard is owned by his descendants who are Kamsar Pathans. {{clear}} ==Historical population== {{Historical populations |title= Population Growth of Dildarnagar Kamsar |1861|1205 |1871|1446 |1881|1807 |1891|2170 |1901|2495 |1911|2994 |1921|3743 |1931|4117 |1941|4325 |1951|4303 |1961|4098 |1971|3884 |1981|4200 |1991|4372 |2001|4500 |2011|4684 |footnote= Source:[Census of India](/source/Census_of_India){{cite web|url=http://mospi.gov.in/comenv2000tab7.2.11.htm |title=Census of India |publisher=mospi.gov.in |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813081037/http://mospi.gov.in/comenv2000tab7.2.11.htm |archive-date=13 August 2008 }}{{Cite web|title=2011 census of India.|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/}}{{cite web|url=http://www.populstat.info/Asia/indiat.htm|title=Historical Census of India|access-date=5 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217053707/http://www.populstat.info/Asia/indiat.htm|archive-date=17 February 2013|url-status=dead}} }} {{Clear}} ==Notable people== thumb|upright|left|Khan Bahadur Mansur Ali Khan (1873–1934) Dildarnagar Kamsar has been historically shaped by the contributions of notable leaders like Khan Bahadur Mansur Ali Khan of [Gorasara](/source/Gorasara), Deputy Muhammad Syed Khan and Haroon Rashid of [Usia](/source/Usia%2C_Dildarnagar), and Maulvi Suleman Khan of [Dewaitha](/source/Dewaitha). Khan Bahadur Mansur Ali Khan championed the [anti-dowry](/source/Dowry_system_in_India) movement through the "Anjuman Islah Kamsar-o-Bar" in 1910, promoting simplicity in weddings and other cultural practises. * [Badruddin Khan](/source/Badruddin_Khan), cricketer known as iqbal Badruddin khan == Gallery == Gorasara Farms.jpeg|[Farms](/source/Farms) in Gorasara Gorasara sunflower farm.jpeg|Image of a [sunflower](/source/Helianthus) farm in Gorasara Gorasara Rose flower Farms.jpeg|Image of a [rose](/source/rose) farm in Gorasara. Gorasara sunset.jpg| West [farms](/source/farms) of Gorasara. Aerial Gorasara.jpg|[jama masjid](/source/jama_masjid) of Gorasara ==References== {{reflist}} {{Dildarnagar Kamsar}} Category:Dildarnagar Fatehpur Category:Cities and towns in Ghazipur district Category:Towns and villages in Kamsar Category:Villages in Ghazipur district --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gorasara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorasara) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorasara?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.