- Mohan (town)
Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Mohan | type = city | latd = 26.78 | longd = 80.68
locator_position = right | state_name = Uttar Pradesh
district = Unnao
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altitude = 128
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 13,553| population_density =
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footnotes =Mohan is a town and a
nagar panchayat inUnnao district in theIndia n state ofUttar Pradesh .Geography
Mohan is located at coord|26.78|N|80.68|E [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Mohan.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mohan] ] . It has an average elevation of 128
metre s (419 feet).Demographics
As of 2001 Indiacensus [GR|India] , Mohan had a population of 13,553. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Mohan has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 51%, and female literacy is 40%. In Mohan, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.History
Mohan is an ancient town located at the bank of Sai river. Some local residents say that Mohan is derived from "Moh" meaning devotional love in Hindi and "han" meaning loss. Story goes that when Lord Rama was going to "Banvas" (self imposed exile) for fourteen years, Mohan is the place where he separated from his wife Sita thinking that he may suffer "han" in "Moh" due to the worldly love hence continued forward with his journey. During Mughal and British empires, Mohan flourished as a town known for its literate people. Locals affectionately used to call it as "Mohan Khittae Unan" meaning Mohan as a part of Greece, due to a number of well known "Hakims" {doctors of Unani medicine}. Hasrat Mohani, a well known Urdu poet and freedom fighter of Indian independence from British rule, and Iffat Mohani, a well known Urdu novel writer, trace their origins from Moahn. Currently Mohan has several elementary schools and an intermediate school up to grade 12. It is approximately 25 Kilometers from city of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
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earlier it was the taluqqa of avadh in the british and nawabs period but after freedom it merged in distt unnaoo.
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