Jewar

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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.

Jewar

Town in the Khurja tahsil of Bulandshahr District, United Provinces, situated in 28 degree 7' N. and 77 degree 34' E., 20 miles west of Khurja. Population (1901), 7,718. In the eleventh century Jadon Rajputs, invited from Bharatpur by the Brahmans of Jewar, settled in the town and expelled the Meos. The well-known Begam Sumra held Jewar till her death in 1836, when it lapsed to Government. The town lies among the ravines and broken ground on the edge of the high land above the Jumna, and is well drained. The market was rebuilt in 1881, and is now lined with good brick-built shops. Jewar is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 2,000. There is a small manufacture of cotton rugs and carpets, and a weekly market is held. The town contains a prosperous agricultural bank, a middle school with 120 pupils, and a small primary school for girls, besides a branch of the American Methodist Mission.