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{{Infobox | |||
| title = Rasulpur Estate | |||
| image = Rasulpur_CoatofArms.png | |||
| caption = Coat of Arms of Rasulpur Estate | |||
| style = width:300px; <!-- Adjust width here --> | |||
| label1 = Entity Type | |||
| data1 = Zamindari Estate | |||
| label2 = State | |||
| data2 = Uttar Pradesh, India | |||
| label3 = Division | |||
| data3 = Azamgarh Division | |||
| label4 = Capital / Seat | |||
| data4 = Rasulpur (Ghosi Tehsil, Mau District) | |||
| label5 = Dynasty | |||
| data5 = Eksariya Bhumihar | |||
| label6 = Founded | |||
| data6 = Early 19th century (by Mangal Prasad Bhumihar) | |||
| label7 = Abolished | |||
| data7 = 1952 (Zamindari Abolition Act) | |||
| label8 = Total Area | |||
| data8 = 55.08 km² (36.18 km² in Azamgarh + 18.09 km² in Saran) | |||
| label9 = Population | |||
| data9 = Tenant population across fertile Ghāghra basin near Dohri Ghat | |||
| label10 = Revenue | |||
| data10 = ₹24,991 (₹16,290 Azamgarh Gazetteer + ₹8,701 Court of Wards Report) | |||
| label11 = Gotra | |||
| data11 = Kurhanian | |||
}} | |||
The '''Rasulpur Estate''' (also known as the Beni Rasulpur Estate or Rasulpur Zamindari) was one of the historically significant [[zamindari]] estates in the [[Azamgarh division]] (currently Mau district) of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Functioning as a semi-autonomous zamindari during the [[East India Company]] and later as a significant zamindari under British colonial administration, the estate was known to be the second largest land holding in Azamgarh division[[#ref-1|[1]]] and had significant land holding in [[Saran division]] of [[Bihar]][[#ref-3|[3]]]. | The '''Rasulpur Estate''' (also known as the Beni Rasulpur Estate or Rasulpur Zamindari) was one of the historically significant [[zamindari]] estates in the [[Azamgarh division]] (currently Mau district) of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Functioning as a semi-autonomous zamindari during the [[East India Company]] and later as a significant zamindari under British colonial administration, the estate was known to be the second largest land holding in Azamgarh division[[#ref-1|[1]]] and had significant land holding in [[Saran division]] of [[Bihar]][[#ref-3|[3]]]. | ||
== Origins, lineage, and background == | == Origins, lineage, and background == | ||