LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The following extract taken from the Hyderabad State Gazetteer [Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series, Hyderabad State, 1909.] gives the information regarding local and municipal government then in existence in the district:

"In 1888 the one anna cess was first levied to meet local requirements, five-twelfths being set apart for municipal and local works. Taluk-boards were formed at each taluk headquarters with the tahsildars as chairmen, except at Bhir, where a District Board was established under the presidency of the First Talukdar, which supervises the working of the taluk-boards and also of the municipality of Bhir."