Raj-Nandgaon Town

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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.

Raj-Nandgaon Town

Capital of the Nandgaon Feudatory State, Central Provinces, situated in 21 5' N. and 81 3' E., with a station on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, 666 miles from Bombay. Population (1901), 11,094. The large group of buildings forming the Raja's palace covers more than five acres of land, surrounded by a garden with a maze. Another large and handsome garden contains a guest- house for European visitors and a menagerie. The affairs of the town are managed by a municipal committee, whose receipts average about Rs. 33,000. The water-supply is obtained from the Seonath river, z\ miles distant. Filtration wells have been sunk in the river, and water is pumped into a service reservoir in the town. The works were opened in 1894 and cost 1-25 lakhs. Raj-Nandgaon is the centre of trade for the surrounding area. The principal exports are gram and oilseeds. The Bengal-Nagpur Spinning and Weaving Mills were opened in 1894, with a capital of 6 lakhs, a large portion of which was contributed by the chief. They contain 208 looms and 15,176 spindles, employ 1,112 operatives, and produced 34,975 cwt. of yarn and 7,468 cwt. of cloth in 1904. A cotton-ginning factory is under construction.

A station of the American Pentecostal Mission has been established in the town. Raj-Nandgaon possesses an English middle school with 88 pupils, a girls' school, three other schools, and a dispensary.