Shirol, 1908

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Shirol

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.

Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same name in the Kolhapur State, Bombay, situated in 16 44' N. and 74 38 / E,, about 4 miles north of the meeting of the Panchganga and Kistna, and about 6 miles from Shirol Road station on the Kolhapur State Railway. Population (1901), 7,864. Shirol is administered as a municipality, with an income of Rs. 2,000. It contains two large temples, two mosques, and a tower. Shirol is sometimes called Ghumat Shirol or ( Shirol-with-the-dome,' because it used to contain the large domed tomb of a Bijapur officer named Nur Khan, which Parasuram Bhau Patvardhan is said to have destroyed in 1779. The town is guarded by a ditch and a wall and is strengthened by an inner citadel. During the wars between Kolhapur and the Patvardhans in the latter part of the eighteenth century Shirol changed hands several times. In 1780 it was finally taken by Sivaji III, and has since remained under Kolhapur. At a suburb known as Narsoba Vadi a large fair, attended by 10,000 people, is held twice a year in honour of Dattatraya.