Nander Town
Nander Town, 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 District and taluk of Nander, Hyderabad State, situated in 19° 9' N. and 77° 20' E., on the left or north bank of the Godavari, 174 miles from Hyderabad and 147 from Aurangabad. Population (1901), 14,184, of whom 653 are Sikhs. Nander was the capital of Telingana in the time of Shah Jahan. The town contains the otiices of the First Talukdar, a tahsil office, and Sadr Munsif and Munsif's courts, police offices, two dispensaries, one of which is for treatment after the Yuudni system, five schools, a State post office, and a British sub-post office. A weekly bazar is held, where a large business is done in cattle, grain, and cotton. Nander is noted for its fine muslin and gold-bordered scarfs, used as turbans and sails. In fineness the muslin resembles that of Dacca. On the banks of the Godavari and adjoining the town is an old fort, now used as a jail, which is said to have been built by the Raja of Kalam. There are several Hindu temples and two old mosques, besides a sarai built by Mir Alam and the shrines of several Musalman saints. Guru Govind was murdered here by an Afghan in the reign of Shah Alam Bahadur, and his shrine or Gurudivdra is visited by Sikhs from all parts of India. Nander station on the Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway is situated about a mile north of the town.
