Lawar

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

Lawar

Town in the District and tahsil of Meerut, United Pro- vinces, situated in 29° Y N. and 77° 47' E., 12 miles north of Meerut city. Population (1901), 5,046. It belongs to the descendants of Mir Surkh, a native of Mazandaran, who acquired forty-five villages in the neighbourhood. It contains a fine house, called the Mahal Sarai, built about 1700 by Jawahir Singh, who also excavated the Suraj Kund (tank) at Meerut. Lawar is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,500. In 1904 the primary school had 80 pupils.