Rajanpur Town
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.
Rajanpur Town
Head-quarters of the Rajanpur subdivision and tahsil of Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, situated in 29 6' N. and 70 19' E., about 9 miles from the west bank of the Indus, on the road from Bannu to Jacobabad. Population (1901), 3,917. It was founded in 1732-3 by Makhdum Shaikh Rajan, who ousted the original Nahar possessors, and made himself master of their estates. Rajanpur was an unimportant village until 1862, when the town of Mithankot was washed away by the Indus, and the head-quarteis of the Assistant Commissioner were transferred thence. It does a considerable trade in gram and cotton with Sukkur, and in opium and indigo with Amntsar and Multan. The municipality was created in 1873. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs, 5,400, and the expenditure Rs 5,700. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 6,100, chiefly from octroi , and the expenditure was Rs. 5,000. Rajanpur has an Anglo-vernacular middle school, maintained by the District board, and a dispensary.
