Rambennur Town
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.
Rambennur Town
Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name in Dharwar District, Bombay, situated in 14 37' N and 75 38' E., on the Southern Mahratta Railway, and on the road from Poona to Madras Population (1901), 14,851. A municipality was established in 1858, the average receipts during the decade ending 1901 being Rs. 7,900. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 9,400 This is a thriving town, noted for the excellence of its silken and cotton fabrics, and having a considerable trade in raw cotton In 1800, while in pursuit of the Maratha freebooter Dhundia Wagh, Colonel Wellesley (after- wards the Duke of Wellington), being fired on by the garrison, attacked and captured the town. In 1818 a party of Geneial Munro's force occupied Rambennur. In February and August the local shepherds visit Choi Maradi, or 'scorpion hill, 3 2 miles south of the town, to worship Bir Deo, an incarnation of Siva. While the god is present on the hill the scorpions, it is said, do not sting The town contains a dispensary and 7 schools, including a municipal middle school.
