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months Barwan lay desolate and deserted, but when Qutub-ud-dm Husen Khan was succeeded at Sandi by Molvi Far?d-ud-din' Husen Khan,

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the Sombansis were allowed to return and rebuild their town and fort. Once again, thirty years ago, the king's troops under Captain Barlow attacked Barwan, and twenty lives were lost. And in 1848 the village was burnt down by Captain Bunibury, of the King's army, and his regiment " without any other cause," says General Sleeman " that the Barwan people could understand save that they had recommended him not to encamp in the grove close by. The fact was that none of the family would pay the Government demand or obey the old amil Hafiz Abdullah and it was nesessary to make an example." In the mutiny, Madho Singh, the present head of the Barwan muafidars, who had been appointed thanadar of Barwan at annexation, was attacked and surrounded by a rebel force. Some blood was shed, and the town burned. At re-occupation the fort was destroyed. police post has since been established at the neighbouring village of Naktaura, two miles north-east of Barwan. Within its area of 53 square miles, the pargana contains twenty-one " dihs" or deserted village sites, most of which are believed to be of Thathera origin.

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BARWAN

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Pargana Baewan Taksil Hardoi District Hardoi, 1584 inhabitants. The village which gives its name to the pargana, is now an insignificant village of S44 mud houses, with a .population of 1,087 agricul-

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on the right bank of the Garra, 13 miles west of Hardoi, 19 miles It has little trade of east of Fatehgarh, and 7 miles north-west of Sandi. its own but cotton, grain, timber, hides, and sugar pass doAvn the Garra by boat in quantities from Bareli, Shahjahanpur, Anupshahr, and Pilibhit on their way to Cawnpore, Mirzapur, and Benares. It lies



BAEWAR

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Tahsil MuHAMDi District Kheri. situated on an open plain of fertile soil, having groves and Latitude 27° 50', longitude 80° 24'. cultivated country all around.

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There are the remains of a brick -built fort which was built by Nawab Muqtadar Khan, great grandson of Nawab Sadr Jahan, in the time of Aurangzeb, and of a decayed mud-walled sarae, which is not frequented now. Barwar has no market, but a sugar manufactory. It has four mosques and one Hindu temple. It has been Government property since A. D. 1785, and has been declared as such under a judicial decree. Population Tj- J Hindus

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Pargana Birhae Tahsil TisTiA.— District Ftzabad. town is situated about nine miles west of Birhar, 50 miles southeast of Fyzabad. For the foundation of this town and the tradition which recites how it came by its name, see the account of Birhar. The famous saint Makhdum Ashraf was the founder, and his. family still owns it This

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The road from Fyzabad to Azamgarh passes through the town the population consists of 612 Musalmans and 1,894 Hindus. Of the latter, 217 are Brahmans ; 'the- others axe mostly Kurmis, Banidns, and agricultural