Kharda
Kharda, 1908
Town in the Jamkhed of Ahmadnagar District, Bombay, situated in 18 degree 38' N. and 75 degree 29' E., 56 miles south-east of Ahmadnagar city. Population (1901), 5,930, including a hamlet of 798. In 1795 an engagement took place near here between the Marathas and the Nizam. The general of the latter, being defeated, retreated to Kharda, where he was completely hemmed in, and constrained to accede to an ignominious treaty. The town contains upwards of 500 substantial merchants, shopkeepers, and money-lenders, many of whom carry on a large trade in grain, country cloth, and other articles. Kharda belonged to the Nimbalkar, one of the Nizam's Maratha nobles, whose handsome mansion in the middle of the town is now in ruins. In 1745 the Nimbalkar built a fort to the south-east of the town. The fort is square, in good repair, being built with cut stone walls 25 or 30 feet high, and is surrounded by a ditch, now in ruins. The walls have a massive gateway, and two gates at right angles to each other. The cattle market on Tuesday is the largest in the District. The municipality, which was constituted in 1890, had an average income during the decade ending 1901 of Rs. 2,400. In 1903-4 the income was also Rs. 2,400.
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.
