Murtazapur Town

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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.

Murtazapur Town

Head-quarters of the taluk of the same name in Akola District, Berar, situated in 20° 44' N. and 77° 25' E., on the Nagpur branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 386 miles from Bombay. Population (1901), 6,156. Murtazapur, probably named after Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar, has outstripped the neigh- bouring village of Sirson, which in the days of Akbar was the head- quarters of the fargana. Large quantities of cotton are sent here from Karanja and other places for carriage to Bombay, and the town has seven cotton-presses and ten ginning factories.