Bali, Jodhpur

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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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Bali, Jodhpur

Head-quarters of a district of the same name in the State of Jodhpur, Rajputana, situated in 25 n' N. and 73 18' E., 1,013 f eet above the sea, about 5 miles south-east of Falna station on the Raj- putana-Malwa Railway. Population (1091), 5,186. The town of Bali is walled, and possesses a fort in good repair, a post office, a vernacular school, and a hospital with accommodation for 6 in-patients. About 10 miles to the south, near the village of Bijapur, are the remains of an ancient city called Hathundi or Hastikundi, the earliest seat of the Rathor Rajputs in Rajputana. A stone inscription found here bears date a. d. 997, and tells of five Rathor Rajas who ruled at this place in the tenth century. The district of Bali, which, with that of Desuri, forms the tract known as Godwar, was formerly held by the Chauhans, and next by the Ranas of Udaipur. It passed finally into the possession of the Jodhpur chiefs about the end of the eighteenth century.