Manikpur is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Pratapgarh district in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

.Now the name of Manikpur town has been changed, new name is Garhi Manikpur
Manikpur has a very rich history. this town is termed as "town of kings and saints". The name of kings inhabited by Manikpur are Alauddin Khilji, Jalaluddin Khilji, Balban, Raja Manikchand, Raja Tassuq Husain ( Father in Law of Nawab Wajid ALi Shah of Awadh).

Geography

Manikpur is located at 25.07°N 81.12°E. It has an average elevation of 178 metre

Metre

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s (583 feet).Garhi Manikpur is oldest nagar panchayat in UP state. Manikpur is situated on the bank of "Holy Ganges" river.
Its also situated on alahabad-luknow highway. Manikpur is famus 4 mangos

KhankaSharif Gari Manikpur

As far as my research is concerned, two brothers from Syed family of Gardez came to India namely Syed Shahabuddin Gardezi and Syed Shamsuddin. Syed Shamsuddin stayed in south of Delhi region and his family expanded very much in that region of Delhi. Whereas Syed Shahabuddin Gardezi had something else in his mind and continued his journey and reached to Manikpur. Here is a place called Shahabad that is named after him because he was the person who had inhabited this place first. He made this place as his living abode. Most of his descendants are living in this region whereas some have migrated to other cities of Uttar Pradseh. Members of Qazi family of Manikpur are descendants of Syed Shahabuddin Gardezi.

One of most eminent Family of Sadaat were lived in Manikpur Khankasharif.
They are Hasani/Hussani Sadat and most purest descendant of Sadat in Indian subcontinent.
They are direct descendant of Hazrat Syed Shah Qutub al Deen Al Madani.
In Khanka there is Tomb Of Hazrat Suleme Khatoon daughter of King Sher-shahSuri.
The History of Khanka is very rich and can't be describe in single page.
Insha-Allah I will soon post all related fact's connected to Khanka Sharif.
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Transport

Manikpur is connected by railway

Railways in Kanpur

Railways in Kanpur began when the first passenger train in North India ran between Allahabad and Kanpur on 3 March 1859. Kanpur Junction opened in 1859 and was closed after the opening of Kanpur Central, the present station in 1928.Track leading from Govindpuri to Kanpur Central via Juhi Yard is...

 with Allahabad

Allahabad

Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

, Lucknow

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

, Kanpur, Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

 and many more North India

North India

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