Sidlaghatta Town, 1908

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Sidlaghatta 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.

Head-quarters of the taluk of the same name in Kolar District, Mysore, situated in 13 23' N. and 77 52' E., 30 miles north-west of Kolar town. Population (1901), 7,638. It was founded about 1524 by a robber chief, in whose family it remained for eighty-seven years. The Marathas then took and held it for forty- five years, when it was captured by the Mughals. The Marathas again got possession, and sold it to the chief of CHIK-BALLAPUR. For about 5 miles round the town occurs a kind of laterite called chattu, which differs from the ordinary formation in allowing the growth of large trees, Reduced to clay it forms a durable plastering for walls, and makes roofs watertight. The municipality dates from 1870. The receipts and expenditure during the ten years ending 1901 averaged Rs. 3,750 and Rs. 4 3 55o. In 1903-4 they were Rs. 5,000.