# Lakhahi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lakhahi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lakhahi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakhahi > Source revision: 1345328663 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Uttar Pradesh, India This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Lakhahi" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Village in Uttar Pradesh, India Lakhahi Village Lakhahi Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Lakhahi Lakhahi (India) Show map of India Lakhahi Lakhahi (Asia) Show map of Asia Coordinates: 28°10′N 80°58′E / 28.16°N 80.97°E / 28.16; 80.97 the Country India State Uttar Pradesh District Lakhimpur Kheri Established in 1461 Founded by Raja Kalyan Mal Rathore Government • Type Sarpanch (Pradhan) • Body Gram panchayat and Nyaya panchayat Population (2011) • Total 5,510 Vehicle registration UP- 31 Website kheri.nic.in **Lakhahi** is a village, large [Gram panchayat](/source/Gram_panchayat) and a [Nyaya Panchayat](/source/Nyaya_panchayat) in [Dhaurehra](/source/Dhaurehra) tehsil [Lakhimpur Kheri district](/source/Lakhimpur_Kheri_district), Uttar Pradesh state, [India](/source/India).[1][2] Lakhahi historically served as the seat of an estate belonging to a branch of the Rathore's of Jodhpur. The Royal house is the descendants of the legendary Rao Siha Ji, founder of Rathore dynasty who was the son of Raja Jai Chand Gaharwar of Kannauj. Lakhahi has a bazar known as dhakherwa chauraha or Lakhahiganj, and it hosts both a permanent market and a weekly haat.[2] The haat is held thrice per week, on Wednesday, Friday and Sundays, and it mostly involves trade in cloth and vegetables.It was earlier famous for [ketki](/source/Ketki) Flowers. [Ketki](/source/Ketki) were found in the royal foolbagh which was of rulers of Lakhahi ## History Lakhahi Raj was a historical taluqdari or a zamindari estate situated in present-day [Lakhimpur Kheri district](/source/Lakhimpur_Kheri_district) in the Awadh region of [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh), ruled primarily by Rajput chiefs who exercised hereditary control over a group of villages under the taluqdari system. Emerging during the [Mughal period](/source/Mughal_period) as a zamindari holding, the estate functioned as a [semi-autonomous](/source/Semi-autonomous) unit responsible for revenue collection, local administration, and maintenance of order while acknowledging the sovereignty of the Mughal Empire and later the [Nawabs of Awadh](/source/Nawab_of_Awadh). With the annexation of Awadh by the British East India Company in 1856, traditional land arrangements were altered, and during the [Indian Rebellion of 1857](/source/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857), taluqdars across Awadh, including those of Lakhahi, were affected by shifting loyalties and British reprisals, though many estates were subsequently restored under revised colonial policies to ensure stability. The estate's economy was predominantly agrarian, supported by fertile [Terai](/source/Terai) lands and forest resources, and the ruling family held social prestige within the Rajput community, often patronizing religious and cultural institutions. Following [India's independence](/source/Indian_independence_movement), the implementation of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 abolished intermediary land rights, leading to the dissolution of Lakhahi Raj as a legal estate and transferring land ownership to cultivators, after which the former ruling family retained social recognition but no formal administrative authority, leaving the estate as a part of the historical legacy of Awadh's princely system. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Map of Lakhahi Village in Dhaurahara Tehsil, Kheri, Uttar Pradesh"](https://www.mapsofindia.com/villages/uttar-pradesh/kheri/dhaurahara/lakhahi.html). *Mapsofindia.com*. Retrieved 5 October 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Chairman, Swami Prasad Singh (1979). ["Uttar Pradesh gazette for kheri"](https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08757/page/64/mode/1up). v t e Cities and towns in Lakhimpur Kheri district Cities and towns Barwar Dhaurehra Gola Gokarannath Kheri Lakhimpur (district headquarters) Mailani Mohammadi Oel Dhakwa Palia Kalan Singahi Bhiraura Villages Banbirpur Banka Bansgaon Barsola Kalan Basahi Banzar Gauriphanta Lakhahi Londonpur Sansarpur This Lakhimpur Kheri district location article is a stub. 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