Zamania

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Place details

Locality: Zamania
Region: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Population: 32,008
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Zamania
Settlement.other_name: Madan Banaras
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_alt: Zamania in Map
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ghazipur
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1560; 461 years ago
Settlement.founder: Ali Quli Khan Zaman
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 56
Settlement.population_total: 33,253

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Early Hindu mythology
The establishment of the town
Demographics
Tehsil
See also
References

Zamania is a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its municipal council is subordinate to the Ghazipur District. It is also the administrative head of Zamania tehsil,. It is also a very historical town, it derives its name from Ali Quli Khan Zaman, who was also known as Khan Zaman or Zaman Khan, he was a governor of Jaunpur, and Ghazipur during the time of Akbar.

==History== ===Early Hindu mythology=== According to Hindu mythology, Zamania was the place where Rishi Jamadagni (father of Lord Parashurama) had his ashrama. Jamdagni Ashram was located near the banks of the Ganges, a few miles from the town of Zamania, where a tributary of the Ganges joins the river after covering parts of Gang Barar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zamania” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.