Nagar Parkar
Nagar Parkar, 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 Nagar taluka in Thar and Parkar District, Sind, Bombay, situated in 24° 21' N. and 70° 47' E., 120 miles south of Umarkot. Population (1901), 2,454. It is con- nected by good roads with Islam Kot, Mithi, Adigaon, Pitapur, Birani, and Bela in Cutch. The manufactures include weaving and dyeing of cloth : and there is a local trade in wool, grain, coco-nuts, piece-goods, hides, and metals, besides a transit trade in grain, camels, cattle, wool, and ghi. The village is believed to be of some antiquity ; about a mile distant is Sardhara, with a temple to Mahadeo, and a spring sacred among Hindus. In 1859 Nagar Parkar was the scene of a rebellion, for the suppression of which a British force was dispatched from Hyderabad. The ringleaders were transported for a term of years. Four miles north-west from Nagar Parkar in Bhodisar are the remains of three ancient Jain structures, supposed to have been built in 1375 and 1449. The town contains a dispensary and two vernacular schools, attended by 152 pupils, of which one with 56 pupils is a girls' school.
