Hindan

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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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Hindan

(also called Chhaja in its upper course). — A river of the United Provinces, rising in the southern slopes of the Siwaliks in Saharanpur District (30° 7' N., 77° 47' E.), and draining the central portions of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, and Meerut. It flows generally towards the south-west, and falls into the Jumna after a course of 160 miles, a few miles after entering the north-western corner of Bulandshahr. The Kali Nadi (West) is the chief tributary. Its water is nowhere used for irrigation, but part of its channel forms an important link between the Ganges and Jumna. Thus water can be passed into the Hindan from the Upper Ganges Canal, and thence, by means of a cut made from a point close to Ghaziabad in 1877, into the Jumna above Okhla, increasing the supply of water for the Agra Canal. This cut was made wider in 1884 and further improved in 1901, and is now navigable.