Nasirabad Town, Assam
Nasirabad Town, Assam, 1908
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.
Head-quarters of Mymensingh District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 24° 46' N. and 90° 24' E., on the west bank of the old Brahmaputra. Population (1901), 14,668. The Dacca section of the Eastern Bengal State Railway passes through the town. Nasirabad was constituted a municipality in 1869, and has hitherto been known by that name ; but recently it was decided to change its designation to that of the Mymensingh municipality. The income during the decade ending 190 1-2 averaged Rs. 50,000, and the expenditure Rs. 49,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 77,000, including Rs. 9,000 derived from a property tax, Rs. 10,000 from a conservancy rate, Rs. 3,000 from a tax on houses and lands, and Rs. 11,000 from a water rate. The incidence of taxation was Rs. 2-7-8 per head of the population. In the same year the expenditure was Rs. 81,000, the chief items being Rs. 2,000 spent on lighting, Rs. 3,000 on drainage, Rs. 12,000 on conservancy, Rs. 14,000 on medical relief, Rs. 3,000 on roads, Rs. 13,000 on buildings, and Rs. 28,000 on water- supply. The system of water-supply, constructed in 1893 at a cost of 1-42 lakhs, was presented to the town by Maharaja Surjya Kanta Acharjya.
The town possesses the usual public buildings. In the District jail, which has accommodation for 550 prisoners, the chief industries carried on are oil-pressing, carpet- and cloth-weaving, mat and cane chair-making, brick-making, and brick-pounding. The products are disposed of locally. The chief educational institutions are the Mymen- singh Government school, established in 1853, with 301 pupils on the rolls at the end of 1904 ; and the City College of Mymensingh, estab- lished in 1 901, with 120 scholars, which is afifiliated to the Calcutta University and teaches up to the First Arts standard. The Nasirabad charitable dispensary, with 24 beds, an eye infirmary, and a female ward, was maintained in 1903 at a cost of Rs. 11,000 ; at this institution 836 in-patients and 21,000 out-patients were treated during the year.
