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his family; but his widow, although she did not engage, managed to maintain a power and position in the pargana almost equal to her husband's.

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the Bisens invaded her old dominion, she collected the them to the 'field, and routed the Bisens She recovered a large portion of the estate, and had niore at Nawapur. than eighty villages at her death in 1240 F.

In 1149

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retainers of the family, bravely led .

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She adopted during her life Raja Achal Singh, a second cousin, as the head of the Jangres; but in 1223, Mr. Carbery, visiting the Tieighbourhood to purchase timber from the extensive sdl forest, was invited to, visit the The Raja fled, but -raja and treacherously speared to death on the road. was apprehended, and died in Lucknow after 22 years' imprisonment. The English troops twice besieged Dhaurahra on this occasion. In 1255 the Ndzim Bande Ali Beg handed over the whole pargana to Aijud Singh, grandnephew of Achal Singh. His son, Indra Bikrama Singh, engaged for the entire pargana at annexation but during the mutiny he not only refused to aid, but plundered Mr. Gonne, the Deputy Commissioner His estate was forfeited, and he died in the Andaman Islands. of Mallapur.

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younger scion of the family, Chain Singh, who in 1199 had only .two small freeholds, managed to enlarge his estate year by year. He was more fortunate in the mutiny, and his grandson has now an estate called Isanagar, containing 70 villages and paying above Rs. 60,000 revenue to Government. There are only two other members of this family, Srikrishan Singh and Sukhmangal Singh, who reside in the pargana, for these rajas never had any clansmen or followers of their blood and the only great man who ever distinguished himself as the head of the house was Jodh Singh, who was not of their lineage. In fact, the whole Jangre family, whose heads still hold 660 square miles, and till recently held 950 square miles, number fourteen individuals of pure blood and a few sons of concubines. The Chauhan of Jalaun, from the effects of three centuries spent in the marshes of Kdmp Dhaurahra, has changed into a sluggard! .



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Roads: communications. There are no metalled roads there is not a bridge throughout the pargana there are only bridle-paths crossing the rivers by ferries, which are often most dangerous on the smaller streams. On the other hand, the Kauriiila, Chauka, and Dahawar are all navigable. No place in the pargana is more than eight miles from water carriage. In the height of the rains boats cannot face the current, but during ten months of the year a great trade in grain is carried on, principally in rice, oil-seeds and millet. Salt was formerly manufactured in large, quantity at Dhaurahra, and saltpetre is stiU made there by a Lucknow firm.



There are no other manufactures. There are 25,420 adult male whom more" than 21,000 are engaged in agriculture.

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These are separately noticed.

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Population, 4,399 ... 2,872 ... 1,982 ...

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