Hanumangarh

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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.

Hanumangarh

Head quarters of the Tahsil of the .same name in the Stiratgarh iiizdf/iat of the State of Bikaner, Rajputana, situated in 29° 35' N. and 74° 20' E., on the left bank of the Ghaggar river, and on the Jodhpur-Blkaner Railway, 144 miles north-east of Bikaner city. Population (1901), 1,303. There is a post ofifice, a vernacular school attended by 76 boys, and a railway dispensary ; but the place is famous for its fort. Its old name was Bhatner, ' the fortress ' or ' the habitation ' of the Bhattis, who were originally Bhati Rajputs, and who after becoming Musalmans were called Bhattis. It was styled Hamimangarh in 1805, because it was captured by the Bikaner 1 )aibar in that year on a Tuesday, a day sacred to the monkey-god. Bhatner is frequently mentioned by the Musahiian historians ; it has been identified as the Bhatia captured by Mahmud of (lliazni about 1004, but this is doubtful. In 1398 it was taken by Timur from a Bhati chief named Diil (Jhand, but appears to have been restored to the Bhatis on their giving a girl of their tribe in marriage to the conqueror. In 1527 it is said to have been ac(iuired by the Rathor Rajputs, and was retaken from them by Kamran, the brother of Humayiin, in 1549. It was recovered by the Bikaner Raja about 1560, and held for about twenty years, when it was seized by the Silbahddr of Hissar. The possession of the fort seems to have changed hands frequently, till in 1805 it was, after a siege of five months, captured by the Bikaner Darbar from a Bhatti chief named Zabita Khan.

[H. M. Elliot, Histoi-y of India, vols, ii and iii (1869).]