Imperial Gazetteer Punjab Delhi Division

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2to Rs. 8,300, was chiefly derived from octroi and expenditure to Ro H tak

3Rs. 8,200. The town is of no commercial importance. The D’strict.

4municipality maintains a dispensary and an anglo vernacular

5middle school.

6Jhajjar Town. — Head-quarters of the Jhajjar tahsll,

7Rohtak District, Punjab, lying in 28° 36' N. and 76° 40' E., 21

8miles south of Rohtak and 35 miles west of Delhi. Population

9(1901) 12,227. The town was destroyed by Muhammad of Ghor

10and refounded by a Jat clan. It was taken from the Nawabs of

11Farrukhnagar by the Jat chieftain Sflraj Mai, and afterwards fell

12into the hands of Sombre, husband of Begam Sumru. Jhajjar

13was assigned to George Thomas in 1794, and on annexation in

141803 was granted to Nawab Najabat Khan. The estate was

15confiscated in 1857 owing to the disloyalty of the ruling chief,

16Abdur Rahman Khan, who was hanged for his share in the

17Mutiny. Jhajjar became for a short time the head-quarters of a

18District of that name, which was abolished in 1 860. The principal

19buildings are the old palace of the Nawabs and the new palace

20or Bagh Jahanara. The municipality was created in 1867.

21Its average income and expendi ure for the 10 years ending

221902- 03 were Rs. 13,500 and 14,000 respectively. The income for

231903- 04 amounted to Rs. 1 8,600, chiefly obtained from octroi,

24and expenditure to Rs. 13,800. The town is noted for its dyeing

25industry, and for the thin or ‘ paper ’ pottery produced. It has

26a considerable manufacture of muslins and woollen goods, and em-

27broidery is also largely carried on. The municipality maintains a

28dispensary and an anglo- vernacular middle school.

29Kahnaur.— -Village in the Rohtak tahsil and District,

30Punjab, situated in 28° 45' N. and 76° 32' E., 11 miles south of

31Rohtak and 15 miles north-west of Jhajjar. Population (1901)

325,024.

33Kal&mur. — A town in the Rohtak tahsil and District,

34Punjab, situated in 28° 50’ N. and 76° 24' E , 12 miles west of

35Rohtak town on the road to Bhfwani. Population (1901) 7,640.

36It was founded by Kalian Singh and Bhawan Singh, two Ponwar

37Rajputs, sons-in-law of Anang Pal, the king of Delhi, and

38named after the former. Kalanaur remained in the possession

39of their descendants who, though dispossessed for a time by the

40Baloehes of Farrukhnagar, were reinstated by the Delhi court.

41The town is famous for its leather work, especially saddlery. It

42has a vernacular middle school.

43Maham ( Mahim ). — A town in the Rohtak tahsil and Dis-

44trict, Punjab, lying in 28° 58' N. and 76° 18' E., 20 miles

45west of Rohtak on the road to Hansl. Population (1901) 7,824.

46Tradition alleges its destruction by Muhammad of Ghor, but though