Suratgarh

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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.

Suratgarh

Head-quarters of a tahsil and nizamat of the same name in the State of Bikaner, Rajputana, situated in 29° 20' N. and 73° 54' E., on the left bank of the Ghaggar river, and on the Jodhpur- Bikaner Railway, 113 miles north-by-north-east of Bikaner city, and 88 miles south-west of Bhatinda. Population (1901), 2,398. The town is named after Maharaja Surat Singh (1788-1 828), who is said to have founded it about 1800. It possesses a fort, a post office, a verna- cular school attended by 62 boys, and a hospital with accommodation for 7 in-patients. Two miles to the north-east are the ruins of Rang Mahal, said to have been the capital of a Johiya Rajput chief; a step- well made of bricks 5/2 feet square has been found here. The tahsil contains 126 villages, and was formerly called Sodhawati, as it was part of the territory occupied by the Sodha Rajputs. They were, however, expelled by the Bhati Rajputs, and the majority of the population are now Jats and Raths.