Bodaon HG 1

Budaun (romanised: Badāʾūn or Badāyūn, Hindi pronunciation: [bəd̪aːjũː]) is a medieval city and headquarters of Budaun district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to the (Budaun District, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh) mythological stories, Budaun was named after prince Budh Ahir.[8] The local tradition regarding this city is that it was founded in 905 A.D. by a prince whose name was Budh and after whom it was called Budaun. The ruins of Prasidh (a town on the Ramganga) and the coins discovered at Pachoma near Bareilly point to the existence of an Ahir dynasty around the borders of Badaun and Bareilly in the distant past. An inscription, probably of the 12th century, gives a list of twelve Rathore kings reigning at Budaun then called Vodamāyuta. Kanauj was conquered after 1085 by Mahmūd, the son of the Ghaznavid Sultān, driving out the Rāshtrakūta chief. This the Rāshtrakūta chief then move their capital to Vodamāyuta, where they ruled until conquered by Qutb-ud-din Aibak.

Bodaon HG 1 is a pre-1854 handstruck postal marking of the post office at Bodaon — the present-day Budaun — in the North Western Provinces, British India, recorded in use around 1848. Known strikes are in red. Its "HG 1" designation is the figure number assigned in the Hammond Giles catalogue of the handstruck postage stamps of India.

No surviving cover bearing this mark has been recorded in the census yet — if you hold one, it may be the first recorded example. On the strength of that count the mark is graded "Rare" — the grade moves automatically as new covers are recorded. Collectors searching for bodaon pre stamp covers, bodaon postal history or "Bodaon HG1" material can compare HG 1 across every office or browse the rest of the Bodaon marks.