Balsan

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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.

Balsan

(or Ghodna). — One of the Simla Hill States, Punjab, lying between 30 58' and 31 f N. and 77 24" and 77 35' E., with an area of 51 square miles. Population (1901), 6,704. The State lies 30 miles east of Simla, beyond the Giri river. It is fertile and contains fine forests of deodar. The chief, Rana Blr Singh, is a Rajput who traces his descent from the Sirmur dynasty, to which the State was tributary before 1805. The State is well administered on old-fashioned lines by the Rana. The revenue is Rs. 9,000, out of which a tribute of Rs. 1,080 is paid to the British Government in lieu of thirty labourers.