Kairana Town
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.
Kairana Town
Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in Muzaffarnagar District, United Provinces, situated in 29 degree 24' N. and 77 degree 12' E. It is the terminus of a metalled road from Muzaffarnagar town. The population is increasing slowly and was 19,304 in 1901. Mukarrab Khan, physician to Jahangir and Shah Jahan, received the town and surrounding country as a grant. He built a dargah and laid out a beautiful garden with a large tank, and the town also con- tains several mosques dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Kairana is built partly on the low-lying Jumna khadar and partly on the rising slope to the upland plain, and has a clean, well- paved bazar. The town was constituted a municipality in 1874. During the ten years ending 1901 the income and expenditure averaged Rs. 12,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 16,000, chiefly derived from octroi (Rs. 12,000) ; and the expenditure was Rs. 18,000. Orna- mental curtains are made here by pasting small pieces of looking- glass on coloured cloth. There is a considerable amount of traffic in grain with both the Punjab and the railway, and a small calico-printing industry. Besides the tahsil, there are a munsifi, a dispensary, and two schools.
