Tando Muhammad Khan
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 Muhammad Khan
Head-quarters of the Guni taluka of Hyderabad District, Sind, Bombay, situated in 25° 8 N. and 68° 35 E., on the right bank of the Fuleli canal, 2 1 miles south of Hyderabad city. Population (1901), 4,635. As the seat of an Assistant Collector, the town contains a courthouse and the usual public buildings. The municipality, established in 1856, had an average income during the decade ending 1901 of about Rs. 18,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 12,500. The local trade includes rice and other grain, silk, metals, tobacco, dyes, saddle-cloths, matting, and drugs ; and there is a transit trade in rice,jowar bajra, and tobacco. The manufactures comprise copper- and iron -ware, earthenware, silk, thread, blankets, cotton cloth, shoes, country liquor, and articles of wood. Tando Muhammad Khan is said to have been founded by Mir Muhammad Talpur Shahwani, who died in 1813. The town contains a dispensary and three schools, of which one is for girls.
