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Shyam
Nath
Temple is
a
revered
religious
site
for
Krishna
devotees
in
Sitapur.
It
was
built
around
400
years
ago.
The
temple
has
a
Nagar
style
of
temple
architecture
Little
is
known
about
the
history
of
Sitapur.
Legends
connect
many
places
in
episodes
in
Mahabharata
and
Ramayana.There
is
a
usual
tradition
of
a
raid
by
a
general
of
Ghazi
Saiyyad
Salar
Masud.
The
rise
of
Rajput
power,
according
to
tradition
of
great
clan
which
held
the
district,
was
somewhat
later
than
in
Southern
Oudh
(Avadh).
The
influx
continued
till
the
reign
of
Aurangzeb.
The
Rajputs
generally
found
the
soil
occupied
by
the
Pasis,
whom
they
crushed
or
drove
away.
Under
the
early
kings
of
Muhammadan
kings
of
Delhi,
the
country
was
normally
ruled
by
the
Governor
of
Bahraich,
but
little
authority
was
exercised.
In
the
fifteenth
century,
the
district
was
included
in
the
new
kingdom
of
Jaunpur.
About
1527,
Humayun
occupied
Khairabad,
then
the
chief
town;
but
it
was
not
until
the
accession
of
Akbar
that
the
Afghans
were
driven
out
of
the
neighborhood.
Under
Akbar,
the
present
district
formed
the
part
of
four
Sarkars
-
Khairabad,
Bahraich,
Oudh,
and
Lucknow
-
all
located
in
the
Subah
of
Oudh.
Khairabad
was
held
for
sometime
by
the
rebels
of
Oudh
in
1567
but
throughout
the
Mughal
period
and
the
rule
of
Nawabs
and
Kings
of
Oudh,
the
district
is
seldom
referred
to
by
the
native
historians.[1]
Early
in
nineteenth
century,
it
was
governed
by
Hakim
Mahdi
Ali
Khan,
a
capable
minister
of
Naseerundden
Haider,
and
some
years
later
Sleeman
noted
that
it
was
unusually
quiet
as
far
as
great
landholders
were
concerned.
At
annexation
in
1856,
Sitapur
was
selected
as
headquarters
of
one
district
and
Mallanpur
(currently
a
village
in
Tambaur
Development
Block
of
District
Sitapur.
It
is
the
same
place
where
Sharda
and
Ghaghra
rivers
meet.)
as
the
headquarters
of
another,
which
lay
between
Chauka
and
Ghaghra
rivers.
Sitapur
figured
prominently
in
the
First
War
of
Independence,
1857.
In
that
year,
three
regiments
of
native
infantry
and
a
regiment
of
military
police
were
quartered
in
Sitapur
Cantonment.
The
troops
rose
on
the
morning
of
3
June,
fired
on
their
officers,
many
of
whom
were
killed,
as
were
also
several
military
and
civil
officers
with
their
wives
and
children
in
the
attempt
to
escape.
Ultimately
many
of
the
fugitives
succeeded
in
reaching
Lucknow,
while
others
obtained
the
protection
of
loyal
zamindars.
On
13
April
1858,
Sir
Hope
Grantinflicted
a
severe
defeat
on
the
rebels
near
Biswan.
Order
was
completely
restored
before
the
end
of
that
year.
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