Tohana Village

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Tohana Village, 1908

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.

Village in the Fatahabad tahsil of Hissar District, Punjab, situated in 29° 43' N. and 75° 54' E., 40 miles north of Hissar town. Population (1901), 5,931. It was once a city of some size and importance, founded, according to tradition, by Anang Pal, the Tomar Raja of Delhi. Ruined during the Chauhan supremacy, it recovered its prosperity in the early Musalman period ; but, having suffered many vicissitudes of plunder and famine, it has now sunk into an inferior position. It was the scene of a defeat of the Jats by Timur in 1398. Numerous remains in the neighbourhood testify to its former impor- tance. Tohana is administered as a 'notified area,' which in 1903-4 had an income of Rs. 900.