Ajgain

Ajgain was originally called Bhanpara after its founder Bhan Singh, who was a Dikhit.^[3] It was renamed at the behest of an astrologer to be more auspicious; the present name is derived from Aja, a name of Brahma the creator.^[3] Ajgaon was made the headquarters of a pargana after Beni Bahadur Kayasth, the chief minister of Shuja-ud-Daula, was granted a jagir in the existing pargana of Jhalotar in 1770.^[3] The two parganas were rejoined upon the British annexation of Oudh State in the 1850s, and from then on the combined pargana bore the name Jhalotar-Ajgain.^[3]

At the turn of the 20th century, Ajgain was described as a large village, with a population of 2,431 people in 1901.^[3] It had a train station by then, to the northwest of the village, and it also had a police thana and an upper primary school with about 70 students.^[3]

The 1961 census recorded Ajgain as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 2,612 (1,372 male and 1,240 female), in 511 households and 456 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 810 acres.^[4] It had a medical practitioner and a post office then.^[4] It had one grain mill, one small miscellaneous food processing establishment, and nine bicycle repair shops.^[4] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 700 people.^[4] It had a police force consisting of 2 sub-inspectors, 1 head constable, and 15 constables at the time.^[4]