Muddebihal Village

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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.

Muddebihal Village

Village in the taluka of the same name in Bijapur District, Bombay, situated in 16° 20' N. and 76° 8' E., about 18 miles from Alimatti station on the Southern Mahratta Railway. Population (1901), 6,235. '^^e village comprises the site of Parvatgiri to the east and of Muddebihal to the west, separated by a large drain running north and south. It was founded about 1680 by Parmanna, an ancestor of the present Nadgaunda of Basarkot, and the fort was built by his son Huchappa about 1720. About 1764 it came under the Peshwas, and it was included in British territory in 18 18. The village contains a Subordinate Judge's court, a dispensary, two boys' schools with 329 pupils, and a girls' school with 56.