Lalsot

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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.

Lalsot

Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in the Daosa nizdinat of the State of Jaipur, Rajputana, situated in 26° 35' N. and 76° 21' E., in a cleft in a long range of hills about 40 miles south- east of Jaipur city, and 24 miles south of the town of Daosa, with which it is connected by a road for the most part metalled. Popu- lation (1901), 8,131. There are three schools attended by 140 boys, and a hospital with accommodation for 4 in-patients. About 1787 a battle, more commonly known as that of Tonga, was fought here, the com- bined troops of Jaipur and Jodhpur defeating the Marathas under De Boigne.