Surapur 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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Surapur Town

Head-quarters of the taluk of the same name in Gulbarga District, Hyderabad State, situated in 16" 31' N. and 76'^ 46' E. Population (1901), 8,271. The town belonged to the Rajas of Surapur, the last of whom revolted during the Mutiny of 1857, and the samasthdji was made over to the Hyderabad State as a gift after the restoration of order. It contains a Munsif s court, a dispensary, an English middle school, a girls' school, a post office, a branch British post office, and the ' New Darbar,' a large building built by Colonel Meadows Taylor during his residence here.