Pdewan: Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This article has been extracted from
THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."

2014-05-07T19:29:29Z

Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|<div style="font-size:100%"> This article has been extracted from <br/> THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/> OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."

New page

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|colspan="0"|<div style="font-size:100%">
This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
</div>
|}
[[Category:India|A]]
[[Category:Places|A]]
''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. ''

=Awa Estate=

A large estate situated in the Districts of Etah, All-
garh, Mainpurl, Agra, and Muttra, United Provinces, with an area of
265 square miles. The land revenue payable to Government in 1903-4
was 3-3 lakhs, and cesses amounted to Rs. 51,000 ; the rent-roll was
7-3 lakhs. A small area in Muttra is revenue-free. The family annals
commence in the early part of the eighteenth century when Chaturbhuj,
a Jadon Rajput, migrated from Chhata in Muttra District to Jalesar, and
was employed as physician by the local governor. His son, Bijai Singh,
obtained a small military command ; and the family gained local influ-
ence by assisting the zamindars of adjacent villages, who were involved
in pecuniary difficulties. Bakht Singh, son of Bijai Singh, was for a time
in the service of Jawahir Singh, Raja of Bharatpur, and obtained a num-
ber of villages, the profits from which enabled him to enlist a troop of
marauding Mewatis. The Marathas allowed him to build a fort at Awa.
During the Maratha Wars the head of the family aided Lord Lake, and
in 1803 was confirmed in the estate beheld. When the Mutiny broke
out in 1857 the District officer made over the pargana of Jalesar to the
Raja, and requested him to show his loyalty by maintaining Government
authority. The confidence was well repaid ; the Raja raised troops,
attacked the insurgent villages, collected the revenue, and remitted it to
Agra. The present Raja, Balwant Singh, CLE., who was for some time
a member of the Legislative Council of the United Provinces, takes a keen
interest in the management of his estate. Jalesar is the principal
town in the estate, and a cotton gin and press, with the latest machinery,
have recently been opened there. The Raja's residence is at Awa, a
small place in Etah District, 14 miles from Etah town, on a metalled
road, with a population (1901) of 2,823. The fort, situated close to the
town, is a formidable stronghold, built of mud and brick, and surrounded
by a deep moat nearly a mile in circumference. Awa is administered
under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 900. The town
contains a dispensary maintained by the Raja, and a saltpetre refinery is
situated close by. The primary school has about 100 pupils.

Awa Estate, 1908 - Revision history

Pdewan: Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."

Pdewan: Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This article has been extracted from
THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."