Sunel
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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Sunel
Town in the Rampura-Bhanpura district of Indore State, Central India, and head-quarters of the Sunel pargana, situated in 24° 22' N. and 76° o' E., one mile from the bank of the Au river, a tributary of the Kali Sind, Population (1901), 3,655, The place belonged in the eleventh century to the Gahlot Rajputs, some of whom still live in the neighbourhood ; and under Akbar it became the chief town of a mahal in the sarkar of Gagraun in the Subah of Mahva. In 1743 it was included in the territory made over to Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur, passing in 1739 to the Marathas. It was then held by the Ponwars of Dhar, who assigned it in jagir together with Agar to Sivaji Shankar Orekar, minister of Dhar State. In 1800 it was tem- porarily seized by Jaswant Rao Holkar. Later it fell to Sindhia, who was called in by Rang Rao Orekar, then at feud with the Dhar chief. In 1804 it again passed to Holkar, in whose possession it has since remained. The place was sacked by Tantia Topi in 1857. A temple situated in the town was built in 1753, and a large religious fair is held yearly in March. A municipality has lately been constituted. Besides the pargana offices, a school, a dispensary, and British and State post offices are maintained here.
