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(Under Government Orders)
BOMBAY PlUNTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTlUI. PRESS
)btainable from the Government Publications Sales Depot, Institute of Science ' Building, Fort, Bombay (for purchasers in Bombay City); from the Government I Book Depot, Chami Road Gardens, Bombay 4 (for orders from the mofussil) or through the High Commissioner for India, India House, Aldwych, London. W.C.2 . or through any recognized Bookseller. .
Price-Re. 11 Anna.s 6 or 198. 1954
CONTENTS
PREFACE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
MAP.
PART I.
PAGB
v
• VII-X
CHAPTER 1 : PHYSICAL FEATURES .urn NATURAL REsOURCES- 1
Boundaries and Sub-Divisions 1 ; ASpects 2 ; Hills 4 ; River Systems 6; Geology 10 ; Climate 11; Forests 20; Fauna 24 ; Birds 28; Fish 32; Snakes 37. .
PART n. CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY-
Hindu Period ~90 B.C.-1295 A.D.) 41; Muslim Period (1295-1720) 43; Maratha Period \1720-1818) 52; British Period (1819-1947) 59.
PART m. CIIAPTE~ 3: TIm, ~OPLE .AND Tm:m CULTURE-.-
Population' (1951 Census) 69; Food 75; Houses and Housing 76; Dress 78; Ornaments 21 ; Hindu CUstoms 82 ; Hindu Religious Practices 120;. Gaines 137; Dances 141; Akhadas or TaIims 145; ·Tamasha 146; Bene Israels'147; Christians 150; Muslims 153 ~ People from Tamil Nad 'and Kerala 157; Sindhi Hindus, 159.
Places 347; Regulated Markets 348; Village Shopkeepers 352; Fairs 354; Pedlars 355; Volume of Trade 356; Wholesale Trade 359; Retail Trade 363 i Prices 375.; Trade Associations 376.
CHAPTER 9: TRANSPORT AND COMMt:TNICATIONS- 379 Railways 379; Roads 383 ~ State TranspOrt '387. Poona
Municipal Transport 393 i Water Transport 394 ; Civil Aviation 395; Rest Houses 395 i Radio and Wireless 395; Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones 396.
CHAPTER 10: OTHER OCCUPATIONS '. 397
CHAPTER 11: STANDARD OF LIFE- 415 Poona City 415 i Rural Areas 421.
CHAPTER 12: ECONOMIC PRoSPEcrs-433 Agricultural Progress 433 ; Small-Scale ana Village
Occupations 434; Urbanization 'Of Smaller Towns 434; Role of Poona City 435.
PART V-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION • ... , .
CHAPTER 13: ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTUBE- . 437 Land Revenue and General Administration 438. Local
Self-Government 453.
CHAPTER 14: JUSTICE AND PEACE- 469 Judicial Department 469; Police Department 41:1: Jail
Department 481 ; Juveniles and Beggars Depart-ment 485. ..'
CHAPTER 15:. REvENuE AND FINANCE- 491 Departme~t of Land Records ... 491 r Sales Tax Depart-
ment 499; Registration Department 503 ; Stamp :Qepartment 505 i Motor Vehicles D6Eartment 506.
CHAPTER 16: DEVELOPMENTAL DEPARTMENTS- 509 AgriculturaJ. Department 509; Veterinary Department
515; Forest Department ·516; Co-operative Department 521; Department of' Industrial . Co-operatives and Village Industries 526; Department of Industries 529; .
. Public Works Department 530; Bombay State Road 'Transport: CorporatioJl 534. f •
CONTENTS m·
PAc& . CHAPTER 11: WELFARE DEPAR1'MENTS- 531
Department of Education; 537; Industrial and Technical Training 557; Medical"Department 558; Public Health Department 563 ; Labour Department 570 ; Department of Prohibition and Excise 574 ; Backward Class Department 578 ; Charity Commissioner 581 ; Directorate of Parks and Gardens 584.
CHAPTER 18: MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTS- 587
Town Planning and Valuation Department 587 ; Directorate of Publicity 588 ; Administration of Managed Estates 589.
Origin, Growth and Direction 591; Co-ordinating and Training Age1'.lties 596; Child Welfare 597; Education 597; Library 599; Women's Organization 599; Medical Relief 602 j Care of the Disabled 604 : Rehabilitation 605 ; Reformative Work 606; Humanitarian Associations 607 ; Social Reform 608.
PART VI.
CHAPTER 20 : PLACES OF INTEREST ••
(Names of places are arranged in alphabetical order),
DIRECTORY OF VILI4GES AND TOWNS ..
INDEX •
609
689
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PREFACE THE Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency was originally compiled
between 1874 amJ 1884 and this revised edition of it has been prepared under the orders of the Government of Bombay. The work was entrusted to the B()mbay District Gazetteers (Revision) Editorial Bo~d which was specially created for that purpose in 1949. The (ollowing members constituted the Board during the period of the compilation of the Poona District Gazetteer :-
Chief Secretary to Government: Chairman. Professor C. N. Vakil, Director, School of Economics and
Sociology, University of Bombay. Dr. G. S. Ghurye, Professor and Head of the Department of
Sociology, University of Bombay. Dr. S. M. Katre, Director, Deccan College Post-Graduate and
Research Institute, Poona. Dr. S. C. Nandimath, Principal, Basaveshvar College, Bagalkot. Director of Archives, Bombay. ~ecutive Editor and Secretary.
Shri M. D. Bhat, I.C.S., Chief Secretary to Government, was Chairman of the Board from April 1949 to April 1952 . and on his retirement was succeeded by Shri M. D. Bhansali, I.C.S., Chief Secretary to ·Government, who continued to be Chairman till the date of publication of this volume.
Dr. P. M. Joshi, Director of Archives, was a member throughout the period.
. Prof. ·D. G: Karve was appointed the first Executive Editor and Secretary iB May 1949 and after his resignation was succeeded by Prof. M. R. Palande in September 1952. The press copy of this volume was prepared under the direction of Prof. D. G. Karve.
Diacritical marks tQ explain the pronunciation of place names and of words in Indian languages have been used only in two chapters, namely, chapter 3-The People and Their Culture, and chapter 20-Places of Interest, and also in the Directory of Villages and Towns. In other chapters the current spellings have been retained. A key to the diacritical marks used is given at page 689.
BOMBAY,
June 1954.
M. R. P ALANDE,
Executive Editor and Secretary.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
As EARLY as 1843 an attempt was made to arrange for the preparation of Statistical Accounts of the different districts of the Bombay Presidency. The following extract· will be found interesting as giving an idea of the intention of those who desired to have such Accounts compiled :-
.. Government called on the Revenue Commissioner to obtain from all the Collectors as part of their next Annual Report the fullest available informatioD regarding their districts •.•••... Government remarked that, as Collectors and their AssisInnts during a large portion of the year moved about the district in constant and intimate communication with all classes ·they possessed advantages which no other public officers enjoyed of acquiring a £ull knowledge of the condition of the country, the causes of progress or retrogradation, the good measures which require to be fostered and extended, the evil measures which call for abandonment, the defects in existing institutions which require to be remedied, and the nature of the remedies to .be applied. Collectors also, it was observed, have an opportunity of judging of the effect of British rule on the condition and character of the people, on their caste prejudices, and on their superstitious observances. They can trace any alteration for the better or worse in dwellings, clotbin~ and diet, and can 'observe the use of improved implements of husbandry or other crafts, the habits of locomotion, the state of education, particularly among the higher classes whose decaying means and energy under our most levelling system compared with that of preceding governments will attract their attention. Finally they can learn how far existing village institutions are effectual to their end, 8lld may be made available for: self-government and in the management of local taxation for local purposes."
.. In obedience to these orders reports were received from the Collectors of Ahmedabad, Broach, Kaira, Thana and Khandesh. Some of the reports contained much interesting information. These five northern reports were practically the only result of the Circular Letter of 1843."
The matter does not seem to have been pursued any further.
In October 1867, the Secretary of State for India desired the Bombay Government to take concrete steps for the Compilation of a Gazetteer of the Presidency on the model of the Gazetteer prepared during that year for the Central Provinces. The Government of Bombay then requested some of its responsible officials to submit a scheme for carrying into effect the orders of the Secretary of State, and in 1868 appointed the Bombay Gazetteer Committee to supervise and direct the preparation of the Gazetteer. After. a few organizational experiments the responsibility was finally entrusted to Mr. James M. Canu>bell of the Bombay Civil. Service, who commenced the compilation in 1874 and completed the series in 1884. The actual publication, however, of these volumes was spread over a period 'of 27 years between 1877 and 1904, in which year the last General Index volume was published.
Though a gazetteer literally means only' a geographical index or a geographical dictionary, the scope of this particular compilation was much wider. It included not only a description of the physical and natural features of a region but. also a broad narrative of the social, political, economic and cultural life of the people living in that region. The purpose which the Gazetteer was intended to serve was made clear in the following remarks of Sir William Hunter, .Ga~er of the Bombav Presidency. VoL I, FartI (History of Gujarat),
pp. iii and tv. . . va
GENERAL ~ODUCTlON
Director General of Statistics to the- Government of India, when his opinion was sought on a draft article on Dharwar District in 187l. He said:-
.. My own conception of the work is that, in return for a couple of days' reading, the' Account should give a new Collector a comprehensive, and, at the same time, a distinct idoo of the district which he has been sent to administer. Mere reading can never supersede practical experience in the district, administration. But ,a succinct and well conceived district account is capable of antedating the acquisition of such personal experience by many months and, of both facilitating and systematising a Collector's personal enquiries, .•. ,. But in all cases a' District Account besides dealing with the local specialities 'should furnish a' historical narration of its revenue and expenditure since it passed under \he British rule, of the sums which we have taken from it in taxes, and of the amount which· we have returned to it in the protection of property and person and the other charges of civil government,"O
The Gazetteer was thus intended to give a complete picture of the, distIict to men who were entire stIangers to India and its people but who as members of the ruling race carried on their shoulders the responsibility of conducting its administIation.
The Gazetteer had 27 Volutiles, some split up into two or three Parts, making a total of 35 books including the General Index which was published in 1904. Some of the Volumes were of a general nature and were not confined to the limits of a particular district. For example, Volume I dealt with History and was split up into two Parts, one dealing with Gujarat and the other with Konkan, Dekhan' and Southern Maratha Country; Volume IX was devoted to the Population of Gujarat and contained two Parts, one describing Hindus and the other Mussalmans . and Parsis; Volume XXV gave an account of the Botany of the area covered by the whole Presidency. ' The remaining Volumes dealt with the various districts of the Presidency and with what were then known as Native States attached to the Bombay Presidency. Some of the District Volumes had two, or three Parts, for example, those of Thana. Kanara, Poona and Bombay. On the other hand, there was only one combined Volume for some districts, as for example, Surat and Broach. and Kaira and Panch Mahgls. '
The scheme of the contents was more or less the same for all the District Volumes though the accounts of particUlar items varied considerably from diStIict to district. Information was collected from Government offices and, in respect of social and religious practices, from responsible citizens. Eminent scholars, experts and administIators contributed articles on special subjects.
This Gazetteer compiled over sixty years ago had' long' become scarce and e"ntirely out of print. It contained authentic and useful information on several aspects of life in a district and was
.f considered to. be of great value to the administIator, the scholar and the general reader. There was a general desire that there should be a new and revised edition of this monumental work. The Government of Bombay, therefore, decided that the old Gazetteer should be revised and republished, and entIusted the work of revision to an Editorial Board specially created . fOJ: that purpose in 1949. This new edition has been prepared' under the direction of that Editorial Board. , '
• °Gazetteer of the Bomball,Presidencll, Vol. I, Part I '(History of Gujamt). ~d ," .'
GENERAL lNTRODt:JCTION IX
I~ the ~~e· of things, 4liftet. a : lap~e of over sixty years after thell" publication, most of the statistical information contained in the
t old Gazetteer had -become entirely o~t of. date and had to be i dropped ;1ltogether. In this edition _llQ attempt has been made to
give an idea of the latest developments, wnether in regard to the a~tr~ti~e structure or the economic set up or in regard to SOCIal. religIOUS an~ cultural trends. There are portions in the old Gazetteer bearing on archreology and history which have the impress of profound scholarship and learning and their worth has not diminished by the me~passage of time. Even in their case, however, some restatement is occasionally necessary in view of later investigations and new archreological finds by scholars, and an attempt has been made to incorporate in this edition the results of such subseque~t research.
In a dynamic world, circumstances and facts of life change, and so do national requirements and social values. Such significant changes have taken place in India as in other countries during the last half a century, and more so after the advent Qf Independence in 1947. The general schem~ and contents of this revised series of the Gazetteer have b~n adapted to the needs of the altered conditions. There is inevitably some shift in emphasis in the presentation and interpretation of certain phenomena. For example, the weighted importance given to caste and community in the old Gazetteer cannot obviously accord with the ideological concepts of a secular democracy, though much of that data may have considerable interest from the functional, sociological or cultural point of view. What is necessary is a change in perspective in presenting that account so that it could be viewed against the background of a broad natiotJ.alism and the synthesis of a larger social life. It is also necessary to abridge and even to eliminate elaborate details about customs and practices which no longer obtain on any extensive scale or which are too insignificant to need any elaboration. In the revised Gazetteer, therefore, only a general outline of the practices and custOlns of the main sections of the population has been given.
An important addition to the District Volume is the Directory of Villages and Towns given at the end which contains, in a tabulated form, useful information about every village and town in the district. The district maps given in this edition are also fairly large and up-to-date.
The revised Gazetteer will be published in two series :-
I-The General Series: This will comprise Volumes on subjects which can best be treated for the State as a whole and not for the smaller area of a district. As at present plannE!d, they will deal with Physical Features, People and Their Culture, History, Language and Literature, Botany, and Public Administration. The volumes of this series will be numbered in English alphabets (A, B, C, etc.) in the order in which they are printed and published, parts of volumes, if any, being numbered in Roman numerals (I, II, III, etc.).
II-The District Series: This will contain one Volume for each of the twenty-eight districts of the Bombay State and will !hus comprise twenty-eight Volumes in. all. The information gIven
A Bk V£ 2-b
in all Volumes will folloW' the'~ pattern; and the table of contents will be the· same for all mstricts. The volwnes of this series Will be numbered in Roman n~r~1s (I, II, III, etc.) according ~o the alphabetical 'Order of the names of the districts, Jnespe~tive of the time t!If theili publication.
BoMBAY,
June 1954.
. M. R. PALANDE, l!:xecuttve Editor and Secretary,
''Bombay. District Gazetteers (Revision r Edito.al Board. . .
boring (and Boring Engineer) .•• cattie-breeding • • • • Central Poultry Faun. Kirkee •• Compost Development Officer •. dairy development (and Dairy
Development Officer) - •• .514-5 demonstrntion and extension •• 509-10 Deputy Directors .• 509, 510 Director of Agriculture • • 509 District AgricUltural Officer. func-
tions of, • • 509. 513 Caneshkhind Fruit Experiment
Station, Kirkee • • • • 510 Land Improvement Board 512 hft irrigatiOD ( and Assistant
• ~gricultural Engineer in charge) •• 511
Livestock Expert to Government, functions of, •• •• 512
mechanical cultivation (and Foreman Supervisor in charge). 511
oil engines (eredion,. repairs. and training class) • • • • 512
Clrg3ruZation • • • • 509 Potato Research Station,. Vadgaon-
Kashimbeg • • • • 510 poultry development (and Poultry
-Chimnaji Jadhav, a rebel leader Chinchavad .. Chiplunkar Memorial Hall, Poona. Cholera ChoU: mode of wearing Christa Prema Seva Sangh~
Ashram, Poona Christians, Indian Chuka (bladder dock) Church of the Holy Name, Poona. Churches, Christian. Cigarettes, retail trade in, Circle Inspectors, duties of, Circle Officers, duties of. Circumcision Citrus fruits Civil aviation Civil marriage. incidence of, Clearing house for Poona bankers. Climate-
barometric pressure cloudiness dew and fog Immidity rainfall sea-breeze seasons temparature thunder storms, squalls, etc. winds ( surface)
Cloth, retail trade in, Clubs and Gymkhanas, Poona Club of Maharashtra, Poona
85 614 395 214
664 274-6
139 155 205
63 615 662 566 80
655 151-2
214 655 152 369 450 450 148 216 395
'112 332
15-6 16 18
14-5 12 16
.11 13-4
Ii 369 655 655
Collector's functions-accounts District Magistrate District Registrar
.0 440 442, 471
44:\
PACE Collector's functio~ontdo
District Soldiers', Sailors" and Air-men's Board 00 443
displaced persons 0 0 444 foodgrains procurement 444 inams o. 440 local self-government 441 non-agricultural assessment 498 officers of other departments 441 public health 0 0 0 0 443 public utility . . • 0 440 quasi-judicial in revenue matters. 440 revenue 0 0 •• 438-40 Rural Development Board 443 sanitation 443
Collector's office: distribution of work 444
College of Military Engineering 656 Companies-
investments- • . • • 335 liabilities of public limited com-
agricultural progress Poona city, role of, small sCille and village occupa-
tions .. urbanization of smaller towns
Economic survey employment famine, conquest of, indusll'ies, growth of, influx of refugees •• irrigation .. means of livelihood .• shift from agriculture to non-
agricultural employment shift in occupations .. small holdings, increase of, trade and finance, growth of, urbanization ••
Education t Muslinis ••
85 219
433-6 433-4 435-6
434 434-5 163-8
165 164 165
167-8 - 163
167
166-7 164
163-4 164-5 165-6
155
INDEX·
PAGE Education Department •• 537 -5T
arts schools • • • • 544 Assistant ~uty Educational
Inspectors . • 537 basic and craft schools 541 Boy· Scouts, Girl Guides and
National Cadet Corps Broadcasts, school .• Certified schools •• Defectives, schools for, Deputy Educational Inspector,
Poona .• Director of Education District School Board
I'oint stock banks •• • . 327-32 ron and investment companies. 335
money-lenders • • • • 318-20 private limited companies •• 339-40 public limited companies ., 336-9 State assistance to agriculture .; 340-1 State assistance to industry •• 341-2
Fireworks, manufacturers of •. 400-01 Firewood, retail trade in, 369 Fire temple; Poona •• 658 Fish-
habitat •• methoas of catching , species, .•
Fit person institutions Fisheries, development of, Fitzgerald Bridge, Poona Flour mills
British period, 59-fl7-boundaries of the district, 67: Commissioner for Ccntral Division, 64; considerable administrative progress, 66; judicial administration, 61 ; lot of the common people, 62; militnry ndministrution, 61; pnnchnynt svstem of ju9l:ice, 62; Poona os headquarters of Britbh Army and Southern Command, 65 . Poona as hcndquortcrs at departments, 66; Foona as Indio's monsoon capital ( proposal), 65 . Poona as pioneer in loca~ self-government, 67· Poona as velllle of th!) Legisflltive Council (July 1862), 65 I Poona In reccnt tlmcs, 65; private bent'factions, 06; Romoshis and Kolis,
History, .dministrative-contd. British period-rontd.
unrest among, 62, 63, 64; reactions in Poona of the great rebellion of 1857, 63; revenue administration, 61; rallatwari system of land revenue, 61.
Hindu period, 41-3-Buddhist influence (2nd century A.D.), 42 ; Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas and Yadavs, 43; Junnar, role of, 42; foreign influence (up to 2nd century A.D.), 43; Vedishri, king of Dakshinapatha, 42.
Maratha period, 52-9-administrative system of the Mamthas, 57; Baji Rao I, 52; Baji Rao II as a protege of the British, 56 ; Baji Rao II restores revenue-farming, 56 ; Balaji Daji Rao : revenue reforms, 53 ; Balaji Viswanath : reforms, 52; Daulatrao Shinde's exactions, 55; Holkar plunders Poona, 55; Madhavrao Peshva, a progressive administrator, 53 ; Nana Fadnavis, 55; Nizam invades Maratha territory, 53; Nizam invades Poona, Ramshastri as chief judge, 54.
Muslim period, 43-52-Ala-uddin Bhilji. 43-4; Aurangzeb ~onquers Poona, 51 ; Dahamaui kingdom (1347-1490 A.D. ),. 44; Bhonsle family: internecine warfare between members, 51; Dadaji Kondadeo introduces new .system of revenue demand and the Fasli year, 49; Hindus in administrative services, 46 ; J unnar under a Samaik, 45 i Koli revolt, 50 ; Mahmua Gawan : centralized government, 45 ; Malik Ahamad: establishment of Nizamshahi ·of Ahmednagar, 46 ; Malik Ambar, administrative reforms of, 47 ; Malik-ut-Tujar : attempt to resettle villages, 45; Mughals (17 century), 47; Muhammadanism, influence of, 44; Muh8IllIIl:ld Tughlaq, 44; Nizam-ul-Mulk Bhairi (1477), 45; Poona and Supa: as Jagirs .()f the Bhonsles, 47; Poona as a sepamte sarkar, 46; Poona becomes centre of movements in Maharashtra, 52; Poona as part of Bid province, 45; Poona rased to the ground, (1635), 48; .. scorched earth" policy in Poona, 47; Poona under the Nizamshahis, 46; Political ferment in Deccan ruter Sambhaji, 51;' Raja Maloji Bhonsle, 47; Sambhaji : cSOrry tale of exactions, 51; Shahajr Bhonsle changes his allegiance, 48 ; Shivaji, mansubdar . under Mughal
INDEX
PAGE
ix
History, administrative-contd. PAGE
Muslim period-contd. emperor, 49'"; Shivaji plunders Junnar, 50; village communities prosper under Shivaji. 50.
Hoes 224-5 Holdings- .. 183-90
Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act (1948)
agarabatti-making bakeries bamboo-working bidi-making biscuits book-binding brass,. copper, and aluminium breweries brick-manufacturing building .. capital employed in, carpentry ceramics chemicals
528 265-315
294 294
294-5 295
.. 269-70
.. 282-3
.. 270-73 274
295-6 296-7
291 297-8 273-4 274-6
consolidated statistics relating to, distilleries .•
391-3 274
drugs .. dyeing and printing electrioal engineering electricity consumption
274-6 298
276-'7 293
employment in registered factories .. 310-11
fibre working 298-9 films 279 flour mills 299 fuel consumption .. 293 general engineering 276-7 glass and glassware .. 278-9 gold and silver thread making .. 300-01 goldsmiths . . 299-300 growth of, 165 hosiery 301 ivory combs 302 labour employed and wages and
salaries paid large-scale leather works oilseed-pressing organization of labour paper and paper boards paper making by hand paints and varnishes
292 .. 269-93 .. 302-03
303 .. 312-5
280-1 .. 303-04
280 persons employed per day in
factories .. plastics .. population engaged in, pottery printing and book binding
310 282 265 304
282-3
INDE..'!C
PAGE: Industries-contd.
raw materials, value of, rubber goods small-scale smithies snuff-making soap
293 283· 1
294-310 .. 304-05
State assistance to, ~ngar ~"d gttl'
tanneries textiles value of output vegetable oils .. wages and salaries paid weaving-
305 283-5 341-2 285-6
306 286-9
293 290 292
cotton and silk •. wool
.. 307-00 .. 308-10
Industries DepartmentAssistant Director, Poona Director of Industries Industries Officer, Poona Inspector of VVeights and
companies registered in Poona .. mutual insurance companies
529 529 529
529 529 561
332-6 334
registered in Poona Interculture Investment companies Invitations-
335 219, 248
335-
marriage upanayana
Ironware ( smithies) •. Iron works Irrigation· ••
area under irrigation bandharas ..
95-87
.. 304-05 410,
220, 229-38 229
crops and sources of, Government irrigation works importance of, .. Lloyd Dam Mutha Canals Nira Canals sources of irrigation tanks (see also Lakes)-Bhadal
Jail Department- . . . . Board of Visitors, Yeravda Central
Prison ' Borstal School at Dharwar Convict officers guarding establishment, Yeravada
Central Prison Inspector General of Prisons Jailors: recruitment and training. Jail refornls Matrons (Senior and Assistant) . organization police lock-ups prisoners, number of,
Laksmi-Pujana LalMahal .. .. Landlords (non cultivating), stand-ard of life of, . . • . Land Improvement Board' Land Mortgage Bank Land Record Deparbnent
assessment, basis of,. Bhor survey records cada9tral surveyors .• Circle Inspectors ..
638
9
9 9 9
9,660 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
134 49
424-5 512
323-4 491-9
492 494 493 493 494 City survey . . . .
City Survey Office, Superin-tendent of, . . . . 494
consolidation of agricultural hold-ings 494
District and Cad~si:ral Survey staff
District Inspector of Records ..
493 L~d
493,494 494 493
District Survey Office District Surveyor .. inam villages, introduction of
Officers). Rural Development Board Talathi village servants
Land Revenue Code (1879) La~ds, jirayat and bagayat (8~~
Land Utilization). Land utilization-
area, cultivated and uncultivated. area ur .der different crops cropped area •. forests •. lands, iirayat and bagayat hnd utilization .• wastelands. culturable
Maruti 126 Masur (a pulse) 198 Mata-Bal-Sangopan Kendra 594,597 Math (matki) 198, 214 Matoba tank 235 Matrubho;an ceremony 89 Mattresses and pillows, makers of, 406-07 Mechanical cultivation 511 Medical College, B. J. 563 Medical Department- •. 558-63
Poona 561 Leper Hospital, Kondhwa 561 Medical College . . 563 Mental Hospital, Yeravada 560 -organization 558 :Seva Sadan Society.. . . 560 subsidised medical practitioners. 562 'Surgeon General 559, 561 training institutions 563 Tuberculosis Hospital, Aundh 561 Village-aid centres .. 562
Medical work, Christian 153 .Medicines, retail trade in, 372 Melon 211 Melon, water 211 Mental Hospital, Yeravda 560 Merchants, standard of life of, 426-7 Metal utensils, retail trade in, •. 370-1 ,Meteorological Department Obser-
vatory, Poona 555, 662 1.fethi 214 Mhasoba 126 Milk, production of, .. 407-10 Mimamsa Vidyalaya, Poona 543, 551 'Minerals • . 11 Mint .. 214 Mirchi (see Chilly). Missionary work, Christian 153 Mohall 214
INDEX
PAG! Money-lenders . • • • 318-2!
control by legislation •• SI8-2! loans advanced • • • • 3U
Money-lenders Act (1947) •• 3U Money-lenders and money lending
(see Co-operative Department). Moroba Dada's Vada, Poona .• 66e Mosambis (sweet oranges) •• 216 Motor body, builders and repairs
of, ' •. ..410-12 Motor Vehicles Department- .• 506-7
District Magistrate, relation with 507 Motor Vehicles Act, . .' 506 Motor Vehicles Tax Act, Scope
of, ....506-07 organization . . 506 Police Department, liaison with· 508 Regional Transport Authority' 508 Regional Transport Officer 506 staff ;. 508 State Transport Authority 506
Mudhuparka ceremony 101 Mug (a pulse) .. 198 Mughals-
Deccan Poona, attack on, (i835) Poona, rule in, . . . .
Moharnmadan ,influence during 13th century . . ..
Muhammad Tugbluq .. Muhiabad: name given to Poona
by Aurangzeb Mula (radish) Municipal roads .. Mun! (see Upanayana)~ Municipalities- ' ..
Alandi area .. audit of Local Fund accounts Baramati. " Bhor . constitution .• control by Collector, Director of
Local Authorities and State Government ..
Dhond (Daund) •. functions, obligatory
optional Indapur Jejuri Junnar
. Kirkee cantonment (see also Poona as a Military Centre under Poona, pp. 648-49 and
. ,for Objects see Poona) lIst of municipalities Lonavle .. .• municipal boroughs: distinction
47 48 50
44 44
51 210 385
609 4.54 4.58 610 612 455
458 615
455-6 617 617 619
649 4.54
623-4
between municipal boroughs and municipalities' 459
Poona .. 627-78 Poona Cantonment ( see also
Poona as a Military Centre under Poona, pp. 6-18-9, and for Objects see Poona)
• population Sasvad Sirur Talegaon-Dabhade •• taxation, powers of,
Murarpant, minister of Bijapur ¥urtaza Il (Nizamshah)
648-9 454 681 683 684 457 49 41,
.Musical instrumentsMakers and repairers of. Mrdlmga Tabla Tala Vina
Other Occupationsbarbers domestic service , , firework manufacturers grain-roasters •• hotels' and restaUrants iron works laundrIes, ,. learned professions mattress and pillow makers milk~production , , moto~ body l>uilders
Police •• 474-Deputy Superintendents 475-6 duties: war time .and other 477 head constables •• .... 477 Home Deputy Superintendent.. 474 Home Guards • • '. , 479-80 Inspector General of Police 474 Inspectors . •• • 476 IntelligenCE:- Brancb.. 474 literacy . . ., 477 Motor vehicles and 'wirel~
Nizam invades, 51, 53, 54 Objects of Interest (see Objects
alphabetically arranged at pp. 650-78).
peths-number of properties- in them and annual rateable value, 629; old peths, 628.·
population, 62~ivision by classes, . 630; .. division by (i) religjon and (ii) language, 630.
roads 634-6 Satara Chhattrapati: authority
52 •• 415-21
established in Poona standard of life towers of silence .• "'... 646
·(i) Under this head are included items of inIormation- .; ( a) common to Poona City and the Cantonments of Poona and Kh-kee. and (b) relating exclusively to Poona City. . • 'ch
(ii) See also Paona Cantonment.and Kirkee Cantonment (pp. 648-50) for ltems whi . relate exclusively to those places.
(iii) For Objects of Interest in Poona City and the Cantonments of Poona and Kirkeo 166 pp. 650-78 wh\lro ~ey 1P'c! m'I\IlSN 8IFhabmi~aUr,
A me Vf 1-02 .
-xviii
Poona-cailtd. water supply, 638-42-future
growth, 642; Katraj acqueduct, 638-9; Khadakvasla Dam and Lake Fife, 639-40; Pashan water works, 642 ; water
: works, 640-1. Poona . Oaritonment- . .
area .. .. Army establishmerns (e.g., Artifi
cial Limb Centre, Controller of Defence. Accounts, Medical Cbllege, Military Engineering College, Military Engineering (Tools and Plant), Military Hospital, National Defence Academy, Physical Training School, Poona Sub-Area Head-quarters, Signal School, Southern Command Head-quarters, - Supplr. Depot, Veterinary Hospita, etc.) ..
Fitzgerald Bridge gardens-Bund Gardens, 643 ;
Empress Botanical Garden, 643.
Jamsetjee Bund
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648-9 629
647 658
660 Objects of Interest (see Objects
alphabetically arranged under " Poona" at pp. 650-78).
population 629 636
639, 641-2 roads water works
Poona - Universityaffilhted institutions Boards of the University ·buildings constituent colleges constitution degrees conferred Diplomas exernal degrees history of, jurisdiction . places ' of research, approved post-graduate teaching outside
Provision goods, retail trade in, . . 370 Public Administration, Part Y 437-608
Department of State (see under the various departments )
population engaged in, Public Health Circle (see Public
437-8 397-8
Works Department) ' 533-4 Public Health Department- .. 563-70
Assistant Director, Malaria 564, 567 Assistant Director of Public
Health, Central _ Registration District 563-4, 570
child welfare 569 cholera 566 .Collector : powers in respect of
epidemics Director of Public Health diseases, deaths due to, District Health Officer,
District . epidemics .
'Poona
566 563 565
563, 566, 569
" 565
INDEX;
Public Health Department-contd. Epidemic Medical Oflicers fairs famine relief health propaganda Health visitors •• Health Unit, Ghodnadi inoculation for plague. ~d
PAGE
564 568 569 569 564 564
cholera 566-7 Inspector of Sanitation ~d
Vaccination 564 malaria, 561; control scheme,
567; organization, 564; result of survey, 568. .
• maternity and child welfare . . 569 Medical and Public Health Unit,
Khadakvasla . . . 565 Medical Officer of Health, Poona
Municipal Corporation midwives
564 564 565 563 569
mobile hospital unit organization pal"his plague Public
Public Health Circle, 533-4; Boring Works Sub-division, 534; Deputy Engineers (subdivisional officers), 534; Dapuri Workshop, 534 ; Public ".-Iealth Engineer, 533; Works' divisions, Central Division (sub-divisions), 534.
Public Works DepaJ;'tment-cantd. Roads and Buildings schemes proposed ", State Road Fund .• Sub-Divisional Officers •• Superintending Engineers-Centrai
Publicity, Directorate of - ,: Collector of Poona to give orders. District Publicity Qflicet " •• Publicity Van .. Regional Publicity Officer •• Rural ;Broadcasting Maintenance
and Service Station Pudina ' Pulaa Pulses
area under, black gram (udid):: dang chavli •• gram (Harbhara ) .. horse gram-(Kulith, Kulthi, or
Hulge) , masuf ' math or matki mug peas (vatana ) pavta· .• WI' val
Pulverization Purnpkin
Banaras red
Pumsavana rite .. Punyahaoochana, marriage Pur
'PuTana, reciting of, " Purandar fort ..
Aurangzeb captures (1105) British capture .. Dilar Khan beseiges
Museum 528, 661 Red Cross Society, Poona Branch 594,602 Red Soil (see Soils). Refugees-
influx of, .. 167-68 means of livelihood of, 168
. Registration Department .. 503-05 District Registrar .. 504 documents to be registered 503 inspection . . . . 504 Inspector General of Registration 503-04 Inspector of Registration, Poona .
establishment in Pflona • • 52 Satara, fall of, (February 1818) •••. 59
Sataooi . Satyanarayana worship School and Home .for the Blind,
PAGB 126 122'
Poona . . 558, .604 School of Radio-Physics and Electro-
nics, Poona ' 558 Seasons-
kharif rabi
Seed-drills Seed schemes Seed supply Selection of players Serpant worship , . Servants of India .Society Sesamum .• Seva Sadan Society Shahaji Bhonsle Shahu-',
173 173 223
238-9 238-9
.137 130
593, 596, .. 674 201
560,600-01,674 •• 48,49·
Chhatrapati 51 Poona; Supai Baramati, Indap~.
Bnd Junnar, conferred on him .. .. 51,52
Shaikh Sallas' Tombs, Poona 44,674-5 Shakas, influence of (2n<~ century
158 Social institutions of Tamilians •. Social organisation of Sindhi
Hindus ' • • 159 Society for the Preventio~ of Cruelty
to Animals 594, 607 Sodmuni- 91-2 Soils 174-6
alluvial soil (revata or poita) .. 176 black soil (kali or kaZvat iamin). 174 brown soil (tambvat) 175 ,minor traps of soils 176 paddy, soil 175 red soil (tambdi iamin) 175 soils of Poona 174
St. Andrew's Church, Poona St. Anne's Chapel, Poona St. Joseph's Convent, Poona St. Mary's Church, Poona St. Patrick's Church, Poona St. Paul's Church, Poona St. Xavier's Church, Poona Stamp department ..
Collector as administrative head. organization stamp duty, income
.. 424-5 areas) .. petty manufacturers and Poona City poor (Poona city)' rural areas
artisans. 427 •. 415-21 •• 418-9 •• 421-31
Standard of life-contd. salary earners •. very poor (Poona city) village Patil •• village servants wage ,earners well~to-do (Poona city)
State assistanceAgriculture Industries
State Roads
PAGE
427-8 .• 419-20 •• 430-1 •• 429-30
428 416-7
340-1 341-2 384-5
State RQad Transport Corpora-tion .• 3\lO-3, 534-5 amenities for passengers bUll stands in Poona District departmental heads .. Divisional Controller, Poona fares •• General Manager history .. operations, table relating to, organization ..
391 535 535 534 391 534 387
388-\,) 534-5
routes, distance. vehicles and , passengers '
staff .\1 statistics (Heet strengtb dail~
mileage covered, nUI~ber of routes, passengers travelled, etc.) ,
:390 392-3
535 workshops
Stationery, retail trade in, Steam Boilers Department Storing ..
391-2, 535 370 574 221
Students' Health Assockltion Subsidised medical practitioners Sugar, manufacture of, ' . Sugarcane
0; tion wardwise, (1950), 364-6; in Poona district, 352 ; in Poona Suburban area (1950), 367 ; registered
. 'under the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act ( 1950-51 ), 363.
Wholesale establishments , (1937-38)
Wholesale markets
356
&>'"'7 354 347 376
359 351
Wholeale prices in Poona city (15.:r1-1950) . . 375
Transport and Communications, persons engaged in, (1881 and 1951) .. .. 379
Village artisans, rates of payment to, (1948-9) 257-8
Wages-agricultural operations ( 1948-
9) 254 casual labour according to the
type of labour (1948-9) ., 253 saldars ( annual servants )
( 1948-9) wells (talukawise, 1948-9)
Tag (Sann) Tailors Taka (embossed images) Talathi, duties of, Talegaon-Dabhade .• Talegaon General Hospital Talukas Tamasha Tambakhu (see Tobacco): Tambda-bhop/a
255-6 231 207
•• 412-13 120 452 684
594, 603 2
146-7
212 214 Tandul;a ••
Tanks (see Lakes and Irrigation Tanks).
Tanneries 'Tanning •.
306 306
51 Tarabai: contest with Sahu .. Tarachand Ramnath Ayurvedic
Maharatta has owners puite 1668 decriptive balanced to the avoided milking animal evining enterprize order duaies is aganst konwledge mouth non-agricultured tax has to paid graps-vine member
represents ba;ri
propagated aphides landholder p. 410 61 agricultural shops :-
For the portion "among them. In the year 1951, the largest imports"
substitute the following:-"were food stuffs and cattle feed followed by building ".
Mahratta bus owners quite 1660 descriptive unbalanced to be avoided milch animal evincing enterprise
•• orders duties are against knowledge month non-agricultural tax has to be paid grape-vine number For lines 34-36, substitute