Suriban

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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.

Suriban

Village in the State of Ramdurg, Bombay, situated in 15° 53' N. and 75° 27' E. It is noted as the place where in 1858 Mr. Manson, Political Agent of the Southern Maratha Country, was murdered by the Nargund chief. Mr. Manson had incurred much ill- will from his connexion with the Inam Commission, but his frank and kindly disposition gave him considerable influence with the Bombay Carnatic chiefs. Hearing that the Nargund chief had placed guns on his fort, Mr. Manson moved with great speed to the threatened quarter, leaving his escort behind and taking with him only a dozen troopers of the Southern Maratha Horse. He came to Ramdurg, where a half- brother of the Nargund chief received him cordially, but advised him not to go to Nargund or through Nargund territory, as the country all round was unsafe. In spite of this warning, Mr. Manson pressed for- ward that night to Suriban. Meanwhile the Nargund chief, who was greatly incensed at a letter sent by Mr. Manson from Ramdurg, and who feared that the Political Agent had full knowledge of his treason, went towards Ramdurg with seven or eight hundred horse and foot. On the way, hearing that Mr. Manson was at Suriban, he turned aside and came to the village about midnight. A band of armed men sur- rounded the village, came close to the spot where the party was asleep, killed the sentry, and rushed upon Mr. Manson, who was roused from sleep in his palanquin, fired his revolver at his assailants and wounded one, but was immediately overpowered in the palanquin ; his head was cut off and taken to Nargund, where it was exposed on the town gate, and his body was thrown into the fire that had been kindled by his party. Ten of Mr. Manson's party were killed and eleven wounded. On May 30 Lieutenant La Touche came from Kaladgi to Suriban with a party of the Southern Maratha Horse and recovered Mr. Manson's body.

The villages of Suriban, Manihel, and Shivapeth have been con- stituted a municipality, with an income in 1903-4 of Rs. 2,300. The population of these three villages in 1901 was 5,260. Suriban contains a dispensary.