Jewan


Jewan is a village in Powayan tehsil in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The village is located on the bank of river Gomti and near by village Agouna, 7 km east from tehsil Pawayan and 35 km from Shahajahanpur.

Demography

According to the 2011 census, its population is about 4000.

History

The village was set up by Raja Shambhu Shah youngest of the three sons of Raja from Nahil estate who after division of property and power came to live near gomti river and founded this village. Earlier this was the camping site of Raja who used to come here for hunting as it was all jungle during that period. Raja Shambhu Shah died while fighting with Rohilla Pathans.

Geography

It is located at 28°03'59.3"N 80°09'26.8"E. Its elevation is about 194 metres above sea level. The village is situated on the bank of river Gomti.

Notable people

He was married to the only daughter of Raja Bal bhadra Singh of chehlari who was killed in the 1857 mutiny war of independence.
He was friends with Kunwar jyoti prasad, Raja Indra Vikram Singh of Powayan,Raja Gajendra Shah of khutar,etc. He performed the main role in Raja Gajendra Shah,s case who was taken into remand under false charges for silhua kaand. He laid the foundation of a new jewan kothi an extension to the old kothi In the year 1940. He was married in zamindari bargawan from whom he had one son. He married again yo zamindari Raja Ka Majhola of disst. moradabad after his first wife committed suicide. From his second marriage he had a daughter. He died in the year 1973.
The family of Jewan Kothi owns acres of field in Jewan and nearby villages, where crops like wheat, rice and sugarcane are grown. The family also owns a multiacre mango plantation farms known as Mutua and Noudha in the outskirts of village jewan. Math k Baagh is a part of remaining mango farmland lakh peda, which later turned into crop-growing fields. It is also the personal crematorium site of the family. The family of jewan kothi also owns a multi-acre crop land called "jhabar" which used to be a jungle with a very large lake where royal elephants were brought to eat the long grass for food.

Education

Kunwar Durga Bux Singh Degree College is a college affiliated to mjp Rohilkhand University. The college is operated u der Kunwar Rameshwar Singh Trust. Kunwar Balvir Singh is the founder/director of this college.

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