Thana Bhawan
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.
Thana Bhawan
Town in the Kairana tahsil of Muzaffarnagar District, United Provinces, situated in 29° 35' N. and 77° 25' E., 18 miles north-west of Muzaffarnagar town on an unmetalled road. Population (1901), 8,861. In the Ain-i-Akbarl the pargana is called Thana Bhim ; but the present name is said to be derived from an old temple of Bhawani, which is still much resorted to. The town was a centre of disaffection in 1857, when the inhabitants, headed by their Kazi, Mahbub All Khan, and his nephew, Inayat Ali, broke into open rebellion. Among other daring feats, they captured the tahsill, then at ShamlT, and massacred the 113 men who defended it. Thana Bhawan was soon after taken by the Magistrate, with some Sikh and Gurkha levies, after a fight of seven hours. The walls and gates were levelled to the ground and no further disturbances took place. The town decayed after the Mutiny, but the population has increased during the last thirty years. It contains a primary school, and some seventeenth- century mosques and tombs. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, the income from house tax being about Rs. 2,500.
