Kanaud 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.
Kanaud Town
Head-quarters of the Mohindargarh nizamat and tahsil, Patiala State, Punjab, situated in 28 degree 16' N. and 76 degree 13' E., 24 miles south of Dari. Population (1901), 9,984. Kanaud was founded by Malik Mahdud Khan, a servant of Babar, and first peopled, it is said, by Brahmans of the Kanaudia sasan or group, from whom it takes its name. It remained a pargana of the sarkdr of Narnaul under the Mughal emperors, and about the beginning of the eighteenth century was conquered by the Thakur of Jaipur, who was in turn expelled by Nawab Najaf Kuli Khan, the great minister of Shah Alam. On his death his widow maintained her independence in the fortress, but in 1792 Sindhia's general, De Boigne, sent a force against it under Perron. Ismail Beg persuaded its mistress to resist, and marched to her relief; but she was killed in the battle which ensued under the walls of Kanaud, and Ismail Beg surrendered to Perron. Kanaud then became the principal stronghold of Appa Khande Rao, SindhiaY feudatory, who held the Rewari territory, and eventually became a possession of the British, by whom it was granted to the Nawab of Jhajjar. By the sanad of January 4, 1861, the British Government granted parganas Kanaud and Kuddhuana to the Maharaja of Patiala, with all rights pertaining thereto, in lieu of 19.4 lakhs. The town has an Anglo-vernacular middle school, a dispensary, and a police station. The fort of Kanaud, known as Mohindargarh, contains the head- quarters offices of the Mohindargarh nizamat and tahsil.
