Amarchinta
Town in the Mahbubnagar district of Telangana (in 1909 in the Raichur district of Hyderabad State). It gave its name to the Amarchinta or Atmakur samasthan, a tributary estate of 69 villages north of the Krishna, with its raja's fort at Atmakur. It paid the Nizam a tribute of Rs 6,363 and was noted for fine muslins with gold and silk borders.
Amarchinta gave its name to one of the five chief samasthans (tributary estates) in the dominions of the Asaf Jahi Nizams.1 The samasthans were the tributary estates of Hindu chiefs.1
The estate
The Imperial Gazetteer of 1909 describes “Amarchinta (or Atmakur)” as a tributary estate in the east of the Raichur district.2 It had 69 villages, 190 square miles and 34,147 people in 1901.2 Its headquarters was Atmakur, a place of 2,330 people.2 The total revenue was 1.4 lakhs, and the tribute paid to the Nizam Rs 6,363.2
The gazetteer says that “Amarchinta is an old samasthan, but no historical records are available”.2 The fort of Atmakur, where the Raja lived, was in a good state of preservation.2 The Krishna formed its southern boundary and separated it from Gadwal.2 But the river banks were too high for its water to be used for irrigation.2
The gazetteer adds: “Amarchinta and Atmakur are noted for fine muslins of excellent quality, woven in the shape of handkerchiefs, dhotis and turbans with gold and silk borders.”2 The article on the Raichur taluk places the samasthans of Gadwal and Amarchinta to its east and north-east.3
Footnotes
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Imperial Gazetteer of India: Hyderabad State (1909), p. 52 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩ ↩2
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Imperial Gazetteer: Hyderabad (1909), p. 296 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9
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Imperial Gazetteer: Hyderabad (1909), p. 278 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩
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