Tal 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.

Tal Town

Tal Mandawal

Head-quarters of the pargana of the same name in the Jaora State in the Malwa Agency of Central India, situated in 24° 43' N. and 75° 23' E., 18 miles by a fair-weather road from Jaora station on the Rajputana-Malwa Railway. Popula- tion (1901), 4,954. The exact date of the foundation of the town is unknown, but tradition assigns it to 1243. In the sixteenth century the Mughal Subahdar of Malwa, assisted by the Doria Rajputs, con- quered it. It remained under Mughal control up to 1683, but sub- sequently passed to some Ponwar Rajputs, from whom it was seized by Holkar in 1810. Holkar retained possession until 181 8, when it was assigned to Ghafur Khan under the treaty of Mandasor. A muni- cipality was created in 1902. Its average annual income, which is derived from local cesses, amounts to Rs. 1,000.