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 | | It is also locally believed that the town was founded by raja Nanner and was known as Girijapur,but later on it came to know as Mirzapur The earliest mention of the town is found in the writings of Tieffenthaler,who drew up his description of the country between 1760 and 1770. |
| | In the records of Jonathan Duncan,who was resident of Varanasi,frequent mention is made of the place as Mirzapur. |
| | According to the tradition,the name of this town,after which the District itself is named was GIRZAPUR, which in terms derives its name from the goddess Parvati (Girija) who sacrified herself here in a vajna. |
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