Maddur

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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.

Maddur

Town in the Mandya taluk of Mysore District, Mysore, situated in 12° 35' N. and 77° 3' E., on the Mysore State Railway, near the right bank of the Shimsha. Population (1901), 2,597. The name is properly Marudur. Under the Gangas it was included in Chikka Gangavadi, and in the eleventh century was under the Cholas. Early in tlie twelfth century the Iloysala king Vishnuvardhana granted it to the Srivaishnava Ikahmans as a agraJuira. He also made the Maddur tank, and built the Yaradaraja temple. The fort was taken by Mysore in 161 7, and was rebuilt by Haidar, but dismantled in 1 791 by Lord Cornwallis in his march on Seringapatam. The fine bridge over the Shimsha was completed in 1850, and since 1882 has been used for the railway as well as the road. The municipality dates from 1884, but was converted into a Union in 1904. The receipts and expenditure during the ten years ending 1901 averaged Rs. 670 and Rs. 800. In 1903-4 they were Rs. 850 and Rs. 1,200.