Sahaswan 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.
Sahaswan Town
Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name m Budaun District, United Provinces, situated in 28 4' N. and 78 45' E., near the left bank of the Mahawa, 24 miles west of Budaun town by metalled road. Population (1901), 18,004. According to tradition, the town was founded by Sahasra Bahu, a king of SANKISA in Farrukhabad District, who built a fort now represented by an earthen mound. The Ain-i-Akbarl records this place as the chief town of a mahal or pargana. In 1824 Sahaswan became the head-quarters of a British District, which were removed to Budaun owing to the unhealthiness of the site. The town is really a collection of scattered villages, standing at the point where the sandy ridge of the District meets the Ganges khddar. It contains a tah&fi, a munsifi, and a dis- pensary. A municipality was constituted in 1872. During the ten years ending 1901 the income and expenditure averaged Rs. 8,000.
In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 14,000, chiefly from a tax on circumstances and property (Rs. 6,000); and the expenditure was Rs, 13,000 The town has little commercial importance; but perfumes are manufactured, especially from the keora or screw pine which grows in the neighbour- hood. The middle school has 160 pupils, and the municipality manages 6 schools and aids 3 others with a total attendance of 390,
