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Three generations ago, a junior member of the Kutra branch left home, and acquired the Pawaria ilaqa, in Shdhjahanpur, which his declan.

scendants

still hold, in addition to a share in his ancestral state of Kutra, also possesses Wazirnagar in pargana Misrikh. All these pattidars are at litigation among themselves, and the raj which Anup Singh found-

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ed 170 years ago, and which we found as seven compact taluqas, being split up into small zamindaris.

is rapidly-

The pargana originally consisted of 137 mauzas, which were demarcated by the survey officer. To this number 20 were added from the Gopamau pargana, and the whole number is now 1.50. The original 130 are all possessed by the Gaurs. The other 20 are owned, 13 by Haja Shamsher Bahadur (vide pargana Misrikh), and 7 by petty zamindars, of whom as 130

4 are Kayaths and' 3 are Musalmans.

There are only four bazars held in the pargana, namely, at Kachlira, Pisawan, Munra kalan, and Pipri Sandipur at these nothing but the ordinary necessaries of life may be purchased. There is no special article of commerce or manufacture throughout the whole pargana. There are no mines or quarries. The climate is good. The principal interest of this pargana arises from its being the seat of the Brahman division of the Gaurs, a Chhattri sept which waxed very powerful during the latter half of the eighteenth century. See articles Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Kheri.

The only mela or fair in the pargana is held in November at Kutwdpur, where the road to Fatehgarh meets the Gumti. It has only a local notoriety, and requires no notice here.

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CHARDA Pargana*'

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Tahsil NaNPara District Bahraich, This pargana along the north-east frontier of the province of Oudh, marching with Naipal on that side, with the Nanpara pargana on the west and southwest, aad with the Bhinga pargana on the east. The river Rapti coming from Naipal skirts it on the north-east, forming the boundary between the two territories for a course of about 12 miles, after which it enters British India and divides the Bhinga from the Charda pargana for about 6 miles. The pargana has no natural boundaries on the south or west. Its total area is 206 square miles, the greatest length from south-east to north-west being 28 miles, its average breadth 8 miles.

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The pargana divides itself naturally into two distinct tracts, the Bhakla, a stream which enters the pargana from Naipal and runs through it in a south-easterly direction parallel with the Rapti, determining the diviThe country between these two rivers, about two-fifths of the total sion. area, lies low and has a rich alluvial soil, that to the west of the Bhakla forming a portion of the table-land described under heading Bahraich pargana. The edge of the high ground is fringed with forest, a portion of which, 13 square miles, is reserved. The remainder has been demarcated in the neighbouring villages, or made over to' Government grantees. Of a total area

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