Mukteswar

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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.

Mukteswar

{Motesar). — Village in NainI Tal District, United Pro- vinces, situated in 29° 28' N. and 79° 39' E., on the Himalayas, at an elevation of 7,500 to 7,700 feet. Up to 1893 the village was dis- tinguished only by its shrines and a small temple. It was then selected as the site of a laboratory for the manufacture of serum to protect cattle against rinderpest. The laboratory was completed in 1898, but was burnt down in 1899 ^"^l rebuilt by 190 1. It stands in an enclosure of about 3,000 acres, part of which is occupied by oak and pine forest ; a fruit garden started many years ago has also been included, and a meteorological observatory is maintained.

In addition to the supply of serum for use in epidemics of rinderpest, a serum for anthrax, and also mallein, tuberculin, and tetanus anti-toxin are prepared. Researches are being conducted in the etiology of diseases affecting animals, such as rinderpest, anthrax, surra, lymphangitis epizootica, and glanders ; and District board veterinary assistants from the United Provinces and the Punjab are instructed in the use of various kinds of sera. The annual expenditure is about Rs. 50,000.