- Safipur
:"For the village in Bangladesh, see
Safipur, Bangladesh ." Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Safipur | type = city | latd = 26.73 | longd = 80.35
locator_position = right | state_name = Uttar Pradesh
district = Unnao
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altitude = 129
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 22,402| population_density =
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footnotes =Safipur is a town and a
nagar panchayat inUnnao district in theIndia n state ofUttar Pradesh .Geography
Safipur is located at coord|26.73|N|80.35|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Safipur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Safipur] ] . It has an average elevation of 129
metre s (423 feet).Demographics
As of 2001 Indiacensus [GR|India] , Safipur had a population of 22,402. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Safipur has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 38%. In Safipur, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.Famous People
Born on 30th August, 1903, Bhagwati Charan Verma was born at Safipur, Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh in India.He is one of the greatest authors of Hindi literature. He came into the limelight during the later half of the twentieth century with this powerful style of writing. Bhagwati Charan Verma came into recognition for the quality of his novels. His works were not only limited to novels, he wrote a log of poems and also covered almost all genres of literature. Bhagwati Charan Verma won a few awards throughout his life time. He won “Sahitya Akademi Award” for his wonderful work in Bhule Bisre Chitra. He also won “Sahitya Vachaspati Upadhi” in 1969. In 1971, he was awarded with “Padma Bhusan”.
MAHABIR PRASAD ASTHANA
Sh. Mahabir Prasad Asthana was a great man in all aspects of life. Born in 1903 at Lucknow. He got his education from Lucknow. He was a great freedom fighter and prominent Congress leader. Since his student life he joined the freedom movement and was the chairman and secretary of the District Congress mandal Committee Unnao. His enormous sacrifices for the country can be compared with any great freedom fighter of the Nation. He was a follower of Gandhi ji and take a role in non violence along with Vishambhar Dayal Tripathi. He was jailed for few months for his participation in 'Lagan bandi Aandolan' in 1932 along with V.D. tripathi. He was a Great scholar, politician and prominent personality. He founded a Junior high school at his safipur town in the memory of Mahtma Gandhi from his own pocket and was chairman of Junior high school. He supported several politicians Like Gopinath dixit (was Home Minister, Health Minister in U.P. Govt. ), Z. R. Ansari (was minister in State and Central Government), Babu Jagannath Prasad (was a Dy. Chief Minister and M.P.). He helped many people from his own pocket. He was close associate of Indira ji ,Bahuguna ji and Vishambhar Dayal Tripathi. He never let down from nation work and path of truth. He opposed the British rule and helped the poor farmers and other helpless person of this district.
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