Barmer

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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.

Barmer

Head-quarters of the Mallani district in the State of Jodhpur, Rajputana, situated in 25° 45' N. and 71° 23' E., on the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway. Population (1901), 6,064. The present town is said to have been founded in the thirteenth century by a Raja Bahada, and to have been called after him Bahadamer (the meru or ' hill-fort ' of Bahada), since contracted to Barmer. It is substantially built on the side of a rocky hill, on the summit of which are the remains of an old fort ; and it possesses a post and telegraph office, a vernacular school, and a hospital. Millstones constructed here are largely exported, and fuller's earth (used as a hair-wash) is found at Kapuri and other places in the neighbourhood. Barmer is also the name of one of the principal estates in Mallani, consisting of sixty-six villages held by five different families, who pay between them a tribute of about Rs. 1,000 to the Darbar.