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refractory rajas of his trans-Gogra provinces, and uphold the authority of the ndzims of Gonda Bahraich. Sakrora was selected as the encamping ground, and a small force remained there for eight years. In 1802 A.D. another force, under the command of Colonel Fooks, was quartered in the old encampment, and a bazar, named in honour of the commanding officer Colonelganj, came into existence. The station remained till annexation, when it was selected as the military head-quarters for the Commissionership of Gonda and Bahraich. When the mutiny broke out, the native force here as elsewhere cast off its allegiance, and the English officers escaped with difficulty to the loyal protection of Balrampur. At pacification it was abandoned as a station, and the only trace of English occupation now is the graveyard, which yet contains a few tombstones, though it appears that the majority of the lighter slabs have been stolen for grinding curry-powder on. Its central position between Bahraich, Gonda and Balrampur soon marked it out as an admirable depot for the rice and oil-seeds of the western portions of the trans-Gogra Tarai, and it soon became the seat of a flourishing trade, which is still increasing every year in importance.

The trade is almost entirely occupied in the export of grain, and the chief staples are rice, Indian-corn, and oil-seeds, mustard or alsi. The import trade is quite insignificant salt from Cawnpore, copper vessels from Bhagwantnagar and Mirzapur, and cotton, raw and manufactured, are

disposed of in small quantities. There are no local manufactures, except that a few Thatheras sell metal pots, generally of an inferior quality, made by themselves. Two bazars each week, on Monday and Tuesday, are held The octroi is at present to supply the wants of the neighbouring villages. levied only on articles sold for local consumption, and its returns give no idea of the general trade of the place.

The present population is 5,898, of which 4,730 are Hindus, the prevailing castes being Banians, Basis, and Ahirs. Of the 1,492 dwelling-houses, one only is built of burnt brick. There are a few ordinary temples to Mahddeo and Krishna, and two small mosques and a sarae for travellers. The old bazar was an oblong space in the centre of the town, but for the collection of octroi it has been thought better to change this for a treeless plain to the east of the inhabited quarters. The town is singularly clean, but the exertions of the eight sanitary officials hardly seem to command as much gratitude from the people as might have been expected. Eight more peons, with a clerk at their head, superintend the collection of octroi, and the presence of Government is brought still more vividly hame to the minds of the populace by the thana with its staff of constables. The milder form of authority is exhibited in a school, where 106 boys are instructed in English, Urdu and Hindi and a dispensary for the distribu;

tion of medicine.

D. DAHIAWA'lSr Village—Pargana BmiR—Tahsil Kv^BA—District Par-

—This

26 miles from Partabgarh, and six miles from In 1263 F. a fight took place here between thetaluqdar and the chakladar, Shekh Mub^rakulla the latter was killed^

TABGARH. the banks

village lies

of the Ganges.