Begampur

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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.

Begampur

Village in the Sholapur taluka of Sholapur District, Bombay, situated in 17° 34' N. and 75° 37' E., on the left bank of the Bhima river, about 25 miles south-west of Sholapur city. Population (1901), 2,304. The place takes its name from one of Aurangzeb's daughters, who died while her father was encamped at Brahmapuri on the opposite bank of the river. She was buried at this place, and her tomb is a plain solid structure in a courtyard 180 feet square. It overhangs the Bhima, from which it is guarded by a strong masonry wall now much out of repair. Round the tomb a market slowly sprang up, with the result that the suburb of Begampur outgrew the original village of Ghadeshwar, from which it is separated by a water- course. About Rs. 40,000 worth of thread, cloth, and grain change hands every year at the weekly market on Thursday. The village has a little manufacture of coarse cotton cloth or khddi. It contains a primary school.