Sakiana Estate

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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.

Sakiana Estate

Feudatory estate situated in the west of the State of Tehri, United Piovinces, with an area of 70 square miles, The owners or mudfiddrs pay an annual quit-rent of Rs, 200 to the Raja of Tehri, and derive an income of about Rs, 2,500 from the estate. During the Gurkha War their ancestors rendered important services to the Bi itish Government. The mudfiddrs have power to try all civil, rent, and revenue suits arising in their own villages, and exercise poweis as second-class magistrates. Cases in which the mudfiddrs are personally interested are transferred by the Commissioner of Kumaun, as Agent for the Tehri State, to competent courts in a British District.