Tajpur

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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.

Tajpur

Town in the Dhampur tahsil of Bijnor District, United Provinces, situated in 29° 10' N. and 78" 29' E., 27 miles south-east of Bijnor town. Population (1901), 5,015. The town is chiefly noted as the residence of the leading Taga family in the District, some members of which have embraced Christianity. The Tajpur estate was acquired in the eighteenth century, and further extended in the nineteenth for services rendered to the newly established British administration. In 1857 the zamindar or chaudhri of Tajpur remained loyal, and was rewarded by the title of Raja and by remissions of revenue. The present Raja lives in a fine house built after the European fashion, and is a member of the Provincial Legislative Council. Tajpur contains a dispensary maintained by the Raja, a primary school with 79 pupils, and an aided girls' school with 32 pupils.