The known history of Fatehpur is as old as the Vedik era . General Karningham has written about "Bhitaura" & "Asani" places of this district, while discussing about the residuals of the Vedik era . There are proofs that Chinese traveller Hwensaung visited the Asani place of this district .
In village Renh, which is 25km in south-west of Fatehpur town, some articles of archeological interest have been found which are of time 800 B.C. . Many articles like coins, bricks, idols etc. of Maurya period, Kusad period & Gupta period have been found through out the district . Many temples of Gupta period still exist in village Tenduli, Korari, Sarhan Bujurg etc., which are very important from the archeological point of view . Golden coins of period of Chandragupta-II have been recovered from village Bijauli . The bricks used in fort of Asani are also of Gupta Period .
The Khajuha town, situated on Mughal road is very old town . It's description has been found in old Hindu scripture "Brahm Puran", which is 5000 years old . In 1561 A.D., Moghal emperor Humayun passed through this town while envading Jaunpur state . On January 5th, 1659 A.D., Moghal emperor Aurangjeb had a fierce battle with his brother prince Shahshuja, and killed him near this place . To celeberate the victory, he constructed a large beautiful garden "Badshahi Bagh" and a big lodge having 130 rooms .
During Moghul regime, the control of Fatehpur shifted time to time to the hands of Jaunpur, Delhi and Kannauj . In 1801 A.D., this region came under control of East India Company and in 1814 this was given the status of a sub-division (Paragana), while the headquarter was at Bhitaura, which is now a block office . In 1826 A.D., the Fatehpur was redesignated as a District headquarter .
Bihar became the first state in India to have separate web page for every city and village in the state on its website www.brandbihar.com (Now www.brandbharat.com)
See the record in Limca Book of Records 2012 on Page No. 217