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Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

[edit] Rewari Tahsil

(Rwdri).Tahsil of Gurgaon District, Punjab, VOL. xxi. u lying between 28 5' and 28 26' N, and 76 18' and 76 52' E , with an area of 426 square miles. It is almost entirely detached from the rest of the District, and is bounded on three sides by Native States. The isolated pargana of Shahjahanpur, situated to the south in Alvvar territory, is also included in this tahsil. The population in 1901 was 169,673, compared with 161,332 m 1891. It contains the town of RKWARI (population, 27,295), the head-quarters 3 and 290 villages, The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 3-2 lakhb. Rewari formed during the eighteenth century a semi-independent principality under a family of Ahir chiefs, On the cession of the country to the British, the revenue was first farmed by the Raja of Bharatpur and then by the Ahir chief of the day. It was taken over by the Government in 1808. Shahjahanpur belonged t<*> the Chauhan Rajputs until the Haldias, dependents of Jaipur, wrested it from them in the eighteenth century. It lapsed to the Government in 1824. The tahsil consists of a sandy plain, the monotony of which is varied towards the west by irregular rocky hills of low elevation. The Kasauti on the extreme west and the Sahibi on the east are two torrents which contribute largely to the fertility of the land along their banks In other parts there is copious well-irrigation.