The current Barabanki district was first established by the British upon their annexation of
Oudh State in 1856. Originally, the district was known as
Daryabad district because its headquarters were at
Daryabad, but in 1859 they were relocated to Barabanki. of the kingdom of Rama.
Parijaat tree is a protected
baobab tree in the village of
Kintoor, and is considered sacred to Hindus. Located near the Kunteshwar Mahadeva temple (established by
Kunti), the tree is said to grow from Kunti's ashes. The tree is very old, though its age has not been scientifically determined. Before 1000 AD, Jas, a raja of the Bhar tribe, is said to have founded the locality of Jasnaul which later became Barabanki. Rudauli was occupied , in the reign of Alla-ud-din Khilji, whose forces had destroyed nearly every remaining seat of Chhattri power. Rasulpur was conquered about 1350 AD. Daryabad was founded about 1444 AD by Dariab Khan Subahdar and his brother Fateh Khan colonised. Fatehpur. The villages of Barauli and Barai, near Rudauli, were occupied and became large estates until about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Ain-i-Akbari mentions the following
parganas (administrative units) during the reign of the Akbar:
Nawabs of Awadh (1732–1856) Newal Rae, the naib of
wazir Safdar Jang, was defeated and killed at the
Kali river by the Bangash Afghans of Farukhabad, who then overran the province except a few of the fortified towns. In 1749 AD, Jang with an army of 60,000 men was defeated. The Mughal authority might have been overthrown had the Oudh Chhattris revolted at this time, but they waited until Jang had bribed or beaten the Rohillas out of the country in 1750 AD (1164 AH). • Taluqas of Satrikh – This estate comprised 85 villages. It had been ruled by the Chaudharys, descendants of the original Usmanis who immigrated to Oudh in the early part of the millennium. They were dispossessed for resistance to the British during the
1857 rebellion, and Satrikh estate was ruled by Taluqdar Qazi Kazi Ikram Ahmad.
Rebellion of 1857 Unlike what occurred in the districts of Hardoi, Gonda, and Lucknow, the whole body of the
taluqdars in this district joined the cause of the deposed king and the mutineers. They offered no resistance, however, of any moment to the advance of the British troops after the
capture of Lucknow in the battle of Nawabganj. During 1869 census of Oudh, thirteen large towns or
kasbahs were identified in the district: Nawabgunj, Musauli, Rasauli, Satrikh, Zaidpur, Sidhaur, Dariabad, Ichaulia, Rudauli, Ram Nagar, Bado Sarai, Kintoor and Fatehpur. The census also noted the following were
tahsils and
parganas: In 1870, before the addition of two parganas from Lucknow (i.e. Kursi & Dewa) and one pargana each from Rae Bareli and Sultanpur (i.e. Haidergarh and Subeha, respectively), Bara Banki district had area of and had following subdivisions: Its area was and population was 1,113,430. As per
1877 Gazetteer of the province of Oudh there were: On 26 October 1942, Brij Bahadur and Hans Raj ( Sardar) planted a bomb in a police outpost at Barabanki, known as Barabanki Outpost Bomb Case. ==Geography==