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— BHA-;BHI

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was founded 350 years ago by Ganesh Singh Th^kur Dikhit, and called The population is 3,453, of whom 172 are Musalmans. There is one school and one temple. The soil is sandy, the water good. It

after Bholi Debi.

BHAUNTI*— Parc/a'na

—a

Chandel

— Tahsil

Kaltanmal

village of

517

mud

SANDfLA

District

Hardoi.

houses and 2,105 inhabitants, eight

miles north-east from Sandila. It was included in the Sarwan Baragaon taluqa of Raja Fateh Chand eighty years ago, when Rae Jai Sukh Rde, Diwsin of Saadat Ali Kban, rose into power, and formed a taluqa of 54 villages. The Chandels hold a permanent lease, (sub-settlement of the village.)

BHA'WAN—Pargana Rae

—

Baeeli

—Tahsil

Rae Baeeli

—District

Rae

Baeeli. This town stands six miles south-east of the principal station of the district, it is sixteen miles north-east of Dalmau and twelve miles north of JalaJpur Dehi. It was founded by Bhawan, the brother of Dal, the Bhar chief, who built himself a castle here and took up his residence in it. The exact date of its foundation cannot be ascertained, but it must have been about 500 years ago.

The

soil is chiefly

loam, and the town stands on a level surrounded with

The groves, in the middle of richly cropped fields and grassy plains. climate is salubrious. The zamindari of this town was granted by Sultan Ibrdhim of Jaunpur, after the destruction of the Bhars to Burhan-ud-dia and the king had a masonry fort castle built by the Bhar chief

820 Hijri, and pulled does not exist now; its remains can be seen only in the shape of mounds. The population amounts to 1,101, of whom 311 are Muhammadans, of the Sunni profesThere are 34 Brahmans, and 40 Kayaths, both sion and of Hanafi sect. of the Shaivi, and Shakti creeds, the remaining 716 being composed of Qittal,

down the

built here in

The

fort

lower castes. There is one masonry mosque built by Shekh Abd-usSamad 45 years ago, and 140 mud houses. No market is held here, nor fair, nor is any manufacture of note carried on. 26°26' North.

Latitude Longitude...

BHILWAL

...

...

Pargana Haidargaeh

...

81°18' East.

— Tahsil Haidaegaeh—Disirici Baea

Banki. This village stands on the road from Sultanpur to Lucknow, and on the bank of the Gumti. It is pleasantly situated on the high and undulating ground with groves to the south-west. The soil is light, and in places sandy, but the place is healthy, and is the residence of the taluqdar.

The town is said to have been founded by Bahla Pdsi and called after him. Mtisalmans have owned this village since the time of Ibrahim Sharqi. The population is 2,680, of whom the majority are Musalmans, all Sunnis. There is a sraall vernacular school markets are held twice a week.



By Mr.

A. H. Harington,

c. s.,

Assistant Commissioner.