Kashipur Town

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Kashipur Town, 1908

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.

Head-quarters of the Kashipur tahsil of Nairn Tal District, United Provinces, situated in 29 degree 13' N. and 78 degree 58' E., on a road from Moradabad : a railway from the same place has been projected. Population (1901), 12,023. Near the town are extensive ruins of forts and temples, which were identified by General Cunning- ham with the capital of the kingdom of Govisana, visited by the Chinese pilgrim in the seventh century. There are several tanks in the neigh- bourhood, one of which is called after Drona, the tutor of the Pandava brothers. A brick inscribed in characters of the third or fourth century a. d. was recently found here. The modern town is named after its founder, Kashi Nath, the governor of the pargana in the sixteenth or seventeenth century.

In the latter half of the eighteenth century Nand Ram, the governor, became practically independent of the Chand Raja of Almora ; and his nephew, Shib Lai, was in possession at the date of the cession to the British in 1801. Kashipur contains a fair-sized bazar with brick-built houses ; but outside of this the houses are chiefly of mud. The largest building is the residence of the Raja, who is descended from an illegitimate branch of the Chand Rajas of Almora. Besides the usual courts there is a dispensary. Kashipur has been a municipality since 1872. During the ten years ending 1901 the in- come and expenditure averaged Rs. 11,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 14,000, chiefly from tolls (Rs. 5,000) and a tax on circumstances and property (Rs. 3,000); and the expenditure was Rs. 12,000. There is a flourishing trade in cloth, metal vessels, and hill produce. The municipality supports a school with 75 pupils.