Nanjangud Town

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Nanjangud Town, 1908

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.

Head-quarters of the taluk of the same name m Mysore District, Mysore State, situated in 12° 7' N. and 76° 41' E., near the Kabbani, on the Mjsore State Raihvay. The population fell from 7,292 in 1891 to 5,991 in 1901, owing to plague. Early in the eleventh century the town seems to have been held by Danayaks belonging to Bettadakote on the Gopalswami Betta. The place is noted for the temple of Nanjundesvara, which was endowed in the fifteenth century by the Ummattur chief, in the sixteenth century by the Vijayanagar kings, and latterly, in the nineteenth century, by the Mysore Rajas. The municipality dates from 1873. The receipts and expenditure during the ten years ending 1901 averaged Rs. 9,800 and Rs. 11,000. In 1903-4 they were Rs. 6,300 and Rs. 7,900.