Tando Adam

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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.

Tando Adam

Adam-jo-Tando

Town in the Tando Alahyar taluka of Hyderabad District, Sind, Bombay, situated in 25 degree 46' N. and 68° 42' E., on the North-Western Railway. It was founded about 1800 by one Adam Khan Marri, whence its name. Population (1901), 8,664. There is some trade in silk, cotton, grain, oil, sugar, and ghi. The municipality, established in i860, had an average income of about Rs. 15,000 during the decade ending 1901, In 1903-4 the income was also Rs. 15,000. Tando Adam contains three cotton-ginning and pressing factories employing 636 operatives, a courthouse, five schools, one of which is for girls, and a dispensary.