Maham, 1908

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Maham

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.

(Malum). — Town in the District and tahsil of Rohtak, Punjab, situated in 28° 58' N. and 76° 18' E., 20 miles west of Rohtak town on the road to Hansi. Population (1901), 7,824. Tradition alleges its destruction by Muhammad of Ghor; but though doubtless a place of some antiquity, it is not mentioned by historians before Akbar gave it in jagir to Shahbaz Khan, an Afghan. Under his descendants it flourished greatly, until it was sacked by the Rajputs under Durga Das in the reign of Aurangzeb. Since then, though repeopled, it has never recovered its prosperity. It is a picturesque place with many interesting ruins, including a fine baoli or stepped well built by a mace-bearer of Shah Jahan. It has a vernacular middle school.