Manikpur, Pratapgarh

Garhi Manikpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Pratapgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The town is often called Manikpur-on-the-Ganges, or the "town of kings and saints", the name of the kings inhabiting Manikpur are Alauddin Khalji, Jalaluddin Khalji, Balban, Raja Manikchand, Raja Tassuq Husain (Father in Law of Nawab Wajid ALi Shah of Awadh).

He has a story of "Dvapara Yuga" related to Lord Krishna's birth time Yogmaya role.

Transport Manikpur is connected by railway with Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Delhi and many more North Indian cities.

In the 1700s, Raja Muhammad Khan who belonged to the Sayyid tribe of Manikpur was the Mir-i-Atish, or artillery chief, of the Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah.

Manickpur on the Ganges, William Daniell , ca. 1788
Another view of Manickpur, from the River Ganges, ca. 1828