Satwas

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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.

Satwas

Head-quarters of the Nernawar district of Indore State, Central India, situated in 22 $2' N. and 76 43' E., between the Chankeshar and Datum rivers, in the Narbada valley. Population (1901), 1,743. The village is an old one, and from the numerous remains which it contains must have been a place of considerable importance under the Mughals, when it was the head-quarters of a makal in the sarkar of Hindia in the Subah of Malwa. A fort stands in the centre of the village. Three miles south-east is a fine old dam across the Datum river, now much out of repair.

In 1801 a severe encounter took place at Satwas between Jaswant Rao Holkar and Major Brownrigg, who was commanding a force of Sindhia's troops. A little later the notorious Pindari leader Chitu obtained land in this district, and made Satwas and Nemawar his two principal places of residence. From 1844 it remained in the hands of the British authorities till 1861, when it passed to Holkar. Besides the district offices, the village contains a State post office, a school, and an inspection bungalow.