Begun

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Begun

Chief town of an estate of the same name in the State of Udaipur, Rajputana, situated in 24° 59 N. and 75° 1' E., about 90 miles east-by-north-east of Udaipur city. Population (1901), 3,625, about 70 per cent, being Hindus. The town contains a picturesque palace and a fairly strong fort. The estate, which includes the town and 127 villages, belongs to one of the first-class nobles of Mewar, who is styled Rawat Sawai. The income is about Rs. 48,000, and a tribute of about Rs. 5,200 is paid to the Darbar. The Rawats of Begun belong to the Chondawat family of the Sesodia Rajputs. In the estate is the village of Menal, formerly called Mahanal or the 'great chasm,' which possesses a monastery and Sivaite temple constructed, according to the inscriptions they bear, in 11 68 by the wife of the famous Prithwi Raj Chauhan, whose name was Suhav Devi, alias Riithi Rani (' the testy queen ').