Pataudi State, 1908

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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.

Pataudi State

Native State in the Punjab, under the political con- trol of the Commissioner of the Delhi Division, lying between 28 14' and 28 22' N. and 76 42' and 76 52' E., in the midst of the British District of Gurgaon. Its area is 52 square miles; population (1901), 21,933; and it contains one town, PATAUDI (population, 4,171), the capital, and 40 villages. It consists of a level plain, badly watered, except in a few villages to which floods give occasional irrigation.

The ruling chief of Pataudi is descended from a saintly Afghan family, which settled originally near Samana in Patiala. A descendant, Talab Faiz Khan, who was closely connected with the Jhajjar family by marriage, was in the Muratha service and received the fief of Rohtak. On the defeat of the Marathas in 1803 he was employed under Lord Lake, who in 1806 granted him the Pataudi territory in perpetuity. In 1826 he took part in the siege of Bharatpur. His son, Akbar Ali, behaved loyally during the Mutiny of 1857. The present Nawab was born in 1863 and succeeded in 1898. The administration is carried on by a nazim, who exercises judicial functions and superintends the revenue administration, which is in the hands of a tahsildar with a staff of eleven subordinates.

The State maintains a small force of horsemen as the Nawab's personal escort, and 33 infantrymen who are employed on guard duties. It also supports a dispensary and a pri- mary school at Pataudi, and 4 village schools. The total land revenue, as settled in 1891, amounts to Rs. 76,631. The excise administration is leased to the British Government for Rs. 650 per annum.