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The district is named after its Headquarter town, Unnao. About 1200 years ago,
the site of this town was covered with extensive forests. Godo Singh, a Chauhan
Rajput, cleared the forests probably in the the 3rd quarter of the 12th Century
and founded a town, called Sawai Godo, which shortly afterwards passed into the
hands of the rulers of the Kannauj, who appointed Khande Singh as the Governor
of the place. Unwant Singh, a Bisen Rajput and a lieutenant of the Governor,
killed him and built a fort here, renaming the place as Unnao after himself..
District Unnao Situated between the cities of Lucknow & Kanpur, Unnao has a rich
heritage of sword and pen, having produced great freedom fighters, poets and
writers. The freedom struggle of 1857-1858 was followed by the transfer of power
from the East India Company to the British Crown. As soon as order had been
restored, the civil administration was re-established in the district which was
named district Unnao, with headquarters at Unnao. The size of the district was
however small till 1869, when it assumed its present form. Hiuen Tsang, the famous chinese
pilgrim to India, stayed at Kannauj for 3 months in 636 AD.
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