Sonepat Town

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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.

Sonepat Town

Sonpat ; Sanskrit, Siwarnaprastha

Head- quarters of the tahsil of the same name in Delhi District, Punjab, situated in 29° N. and 77° 1' E., on the Delhi- Ambala-Kalka Railway, 28 miles north of Delhi. Population (1901), 12,990. One popular tradition avers that this is one of the five towns mentioned in the Mahabharata which Yudhishthira demanded from Duryodhana as the price of peace. Another ascribes its foundation to Raja Soni, thirteenth in descent from Arjuna, a brother of Yudhishthira. It is of no commercial importance. The municipality was created in 1867. The income and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 14,300. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 16,000, chiefly derived from octroi ; and the expenditure was Rs. 16,400. The town possesses an Anglo-vernacular middle school, a Government dispensary, and a cotton-ginning and pressing factory which in 1904 employed 130 hands.