Pusa
Pusa, 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 Samastipur subdivision of Darbhanga District, Bengal, situated in 25° 59' N. and 85° 40' E., near the right bank of the Burhl Gandak and close to the boundary of Muzaffarpur District. Population (1901), 4,570. The village was acquired by Government in 1796 ; and other waste lands appertaining to Bakhtiyarpur, a village on the other side of the river with a population of 1,384 in 1901, were assigned to Government in 1798 without any additional rent. Pdsa was long used as a stud dep6t, but all stud operations were closed in 1874; and in 1875 a model farm was established, the soil being of the first quality, the situation good, and water carriage and large markets within easy reach. In 1877 Government leased the estate to a Euro- pean firm, who continued to grow tobacco here in prolongation of previous experiments till 1897, when the lease expired and was not renewed. In 1904 the .estate, which comprises 1.280 acres, was made over to the Government of India as the site for an Imperial agricultural college, researeh laboratory, experimental cultivation farm, and cattle- breeding farm. The necessary buildings are being constructed, and the experimental farm and cattle-breeding farm have been started.
