Tanda Town (or Tanda Badridan)

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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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Tanda Town (or Tanda Badridan)

Town in the Suar tahsil of the State of Rampur, United Provinces, situated in 28° 58" N. and 78° 57' E., on the road from Moradabad to Naini Tal. Population (1901), 7,983. The place, as its name implies, was originally an encampment of Banjaras or grain-carriers, who still form the chief inhabitants. They purchase unhusked rice in the Kumaun hills and in the Tarai, and carry it to Tanda on ponies. There it is husked by women and sent to the Moradabad railway station. Tanda contains dispensaries for medical treatment by both European and indigenous methods, and a tahsil school. It is also the head-quarters of a subdivision of the Suar tahsil.