Ratangarh
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.
Ratangarh
Head-quarters of a tahsil of the same name inthe Sujangarh mzamat of the State of Bikaner, Rajputana, situated in 28 5' N. and 74 37' E., about 80 miles almost due east of Bikaner city, and 10 miles from the Shekhawati border. Population (1901), 11,744 The town was founded on the site of a village named Kolasar by Maharaja Surat Singh at the end of the eighteenth century, and was improved by his successor, Ratan Singh, who gave it his name. It is surrounded by a stone wall and possesses a small fort, a neatly laid out and broad bazar, some fine houses (the pioperty of wealthy Mahajans), a combined post and telegraph office, a vernacular school attended by 70 boys, and a hospital with accommodation for 7 in-patients
