Siyana
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.
Siyana
Town in the District and tahsil of Bulandshahr, United Provinces, situated in 28° 37' N. and 78° 4' E., 19 miles north-east of Bulandshahr town. It is being connected by a metalled road with Bulandshahr and Garhmuktesar. Population (1901), 7,615. The name is said to be a corruption of Sainban or 'the forest of rest,' because Balarama, brother of Krishna, on his way from Muttra to Hastinapur, slept here one night, and was hospitably entertained by fakirs, who had excavated a tank in the centre of a vast forest. The town gave its name to a mahdl or pargana recorded in the Ain-i- Akbarl. After the British conquest it was the head-quarters of a tahsildar and Munsif up to 1844. It is now of small importance, but has been improved lately, and the mud huts are being replaced with brick houses. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,800. There was formerly some trade in safflower, but it is declining. Indigo is still made in a small factory. A middle school with a boarding-house is attended by about 160 pupils.
