Kudchi

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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.

Kudchi

Village in the Athni taluka of Belgaum District, Bombay, situated in 16° 38' N. and 74° 52' E., on the Southern Mahratta Railway. Population (1901), 5,879. There is a local manufacture of carpets. The village contains two boys' schools with 105 pupils and a girls' school with 26. On an island in the Kistna river, about a mile east of the village, in a babul and tamarind grove, is a black stone tomb of Shaikh Muhammad Siraj-ud din Pirdadi, a Musalman saint and missionary. Among the numerous converts he made was a princess of Balkh named Masapli. She accompanied her preceptor to India and died here after a life of charity and benevolence. The saint died at Gul- burga and was buried there, but in his honour a cenotaph was built near the tomb of the princess. Yearly fairs are held at the tomb. The indmddrs claim to have been in possession of the village since the fourteenth century.