Many myth are popular regarding history of MAU district, .In common opinion MAU is considered as Turkish word , which means "GARH" , "PADAV" , "CHAVANI" . No historical records are available regarding habitance of Mau. A little description is given in the historical book of Jiyaudeen Barni that Akbar the Great passed through Mau, in its way towards Allahabad. During his reign Sher Shah Suri, the famous emperor who had defeated Mughals, visited Kolhuvavan (Madhuban) to meet the great sufi saint Syed Ahmad Wadva. Mahvani, one of the daughters of Sher Shah was settled permanently near the dargah of Syed Sahab . Various developmental works were undertaken by Sher Shah during his reign for economic development of the Mau region. During the construction of Military Base & Shahi Masque, a large number of labourer & artisans came with Mughal Army. The labourer force includes a large number of Artisans , Weavers etc. Who originally belongs to Iran, Afganistan & Turki. They settled here permanently.
During the period of Freedom Struggle the residents of Mau had given their full support to the movment. Mahatma Gandhi came here in Doharighat on 3rd october 1939. In salt law breaking movement many persons of Mau had actively taken part,some of them are as follows : Umrav Singh , Shiv Saran Rai, Satrai Singh , Haidwar Singh, Kalpnath Shukl, Ram chandra Pandey,Krishna Madhav Lal, Ibrahim Khan,Vishwanath Prasad,Ram Palat Rai,Sita Ram Arya, Ram Davar Singh, Mangala Rai, Nana Saheb Marwari, Dalsingar Pandey, Chotu Ram,Gaya Prasad,Raj Daras Rai, Ram Dev Rai, Raj Narayan Rai, Jaganath Prasad, Chikaru Rai,Mahesh Rai,Bhagirath Rai etc. In 1938 Jai Bahadur Singh had looted the train in piprideeh with his mates Krishna Dev Rai , Jamin Ali , Udai Narayan Dubey , Keshav Shukla , Beekeshvar Dutt , Jaganath Mishra,Tej Pratap Singh. During 1942 Quit India Movement the mob was collected against the outrage of Madhuban Police Station Officer ; Collector Navlate was present there,he ordered to fire on the mob. Many persons were killed & injured on spot. In memory of shaheed of above said event a monument was built on the same place in Madhuban. Description: Shri Kalpanath RaiMau was an important township of Azamgarh district before its creation .
On 19th November. 1988 it was made district, largerly due to the effort of Late Kalpnath Rai , who was M. P. from Ghosi Parliamentary seat. The local language of Mau is peculiar in its flavour , it includes the slang of Bhojpuri Persian, Turkish & Irani. The main Industrial setup here is of cloth making by powerloom due to presence of a large number of weavers in the district . Sari, Lungi & other clothes being prepared here nowadays and are exported to various states of India and also to various countries.
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