Sojat

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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.

Sojat

Head-quarters of a district of the same name in the State of Jodhpur, Rajputana, situated in 25° 56' N. and 73° 40' E., on the left bank of the Sukri river, a tributary of the Luni, about 7 miles north-west of Sojat Road station on the Rajputana- Mai wa Railway. Population (1901), 11,107. The town is walled, and possesses a post and telegraph office, an Anglo-vernacular school, and a hospital. The principal manufactures are saddles, bridles, swords, daggers, and cutlery ; and there is a considerable trade in cotton, wool, grain, and drugs. Sojat is a very old town, and is said to take its name from the local goddess, Sejal Mata. It was once depopulated, but was reoccupied about 1054, and passed into the possession of the Rathors about 400 years later. It suffered severely from plague in 1836, when it was infected by hundreds of refugees from Pali.