Sironj 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.
Sironj Town
Head-quarters of the pargana of the same name in the State of Tonk, Rajputana (within the limits of the Central India Agency), situated in 24° 6' N. and 77° 43' E., about 200 miles south- east of Tonk city, and connected with the Kethora station of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway by a metalled road about 30 miles in length. Population (1901), 10,417. Sironj, in olden times, was doubtless a con- siderable city, situated on the direct route between the Deccan and Agra ; but it has decayed rapidly, and its great empty bazars and the ruins of many fine houses alone testify to its former importance. Tavernier, who visited it in the seventeenth century, spoke of it as being crowded with merchants and artisans, and famous for its muslins and chintzes. Of the muslin he wrote that it was
'so fine that when it is on the person, you see all the skin as though it were uncovered. The merchants are not allowed to export it, and the governor sends all of it for the great Mughal's seraglio and for the principal courtiers.'
This manufacture has unfortunately died out, and no recollection of its having once formed the staple trade of the place survives. The town possesses a post office, a small jail, an Anglo-vernacular school, and a dispensary for out-patients.
