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Dewar, about 3 miles from the Gumti southwards. The village is situated on the bank of a rain-stream, and the layer has been found to cover so much as 8 bighas, lying 3 feet underneath the latter. This layer is six inches in thickness.

village

The population

contains

Brahmana

18,717 7,688 11,783

Chhattria

Chamars Ahlra

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therefore, a large proportion of high castes.

The summary demand was The present assessment

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64,465 100,235

There are several religious fairs held in this pargana, which are described below by a local officer. The landed property is thus divided

Taluqdari.

Kayaths

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Eajwiirs and Kdyaths

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Dhopdj) fair—held in village Lotia, of this pargana, on the Dhopap Raja Ram Chandar on bis way back from Lanka to of the Gumti. Ajodhya, bathed on this spot, and from that time it has been called "Dhopap," which means that the bathing in it washes away sins. About 25,000 persons gather here for bathing on the day of Dasahra in Jeth, and about 15,000 on the Kartiki.

Ghat

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llari Bliawiini fair held in honour of Mari Bhawani at Shahpur. It said that while Safdar Jang was erecting a fort at this place, his army commenced dying of cholera, and the erection was stopped. From this supposed miracle of Bhawani, she was called "Mari Bhawani." On the eighth and ninth of the light half of Ktiar and Chait the fair is held in honour of the said Bhawani. There is no temple, but the nim tree on which Bhawani is supposed to rest is adored and worshipped. The place where this fair is held is variously called Shahabad, from the king's fort having been built here, and Paparghat, a corruption from "mari pari," the angel of death, who is supposed to have destroyed the army of the Moslem is

invader. It is

on the banks of the Gumti.

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Sitaptjr. Tahsil MlsmKE—District Pargana between the Gumti on the west and the Kathna on the east, both rivers meeting at Dudhuamau in the extreme south. The northern boundary is formed by the Kheri district. In area it is 129 square miles, of which 94 are cultivated.

CHANDRA Chandra

Pargana

lies

In physical features it closely resembles the rest of the tahsil. The land along either river, are no lakes, forests, or mountains.

There and for