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 KAM-KAN 111 mal, "the ling" whereof is said to have been set up by Rája Judhistir, and the ruined'fort built for Alamgir's Amil. KAMLAPUR-Pargana BIJNAUR-Tahsil LUCKNOW - District LUCKNOW, --A village in pargana Bijnaur with about a thousand souls, chiefly Pá- sis, who assert that it was their ancestor who founded Bijuaur and some other neighbouring villages where this caste once held the supremacy. They further lay claim to being Rájpásis, as different in social position from the present Pásis or thieving caste, but there is no trace of their being of a distinct origin. The place is well wooded, the climate is said to be good, the water sweet, and the cultivation excellent. The nála near Kamlápur and Bijnaur has been bridged by Mudabbir-ud-daula Rája Jwala Parsháu Bahadur, a Káyath noble and member of the Lucknow Darbár, rendering great facility to traders during the rains. There is no masonry building except a shiwála built by the said Rája Jwala Parshád. KANDIKWAN-Pargana SALON-Tahsil SALON— District RAE BARELI. -This town is on the Ganges, and the road from Salon to Mustafabad passes by it. It is twenty-two miles from Rae Bareli and six from Mánik- pur. The population is 3,632, of whom 68 are Musalmans. There is one temple to Mahadeo and a school. KÁNTHA—Pargana PURWA-Tahsil PURWA-District UNAO.--A village nine miles from the tahsil and eighteen miles east from the sadr station. There are two unmetalled roads, one from Purwa through the village to Lucknow, the other from Nawabganj to Purwa, crossing it within the boundary of the village. One mile to the east there is a lake called Puren. About 900 years ago a Lodha named Kántha is said to have cleared off the jungle which surrounded this place and pcopled it. The name is derived from that of its founder. Numerous groves of mango and mahua trees surround it, and the dbák jungles of Sabráwán and Shahabad, two villages in the neighbourhood, are two miles distant. The water of some of the wells is brackish. There were two battles here, one about two hundred years ago between Angad Singh with the Bais of Manjhigáon and Kunwar Singh, ancestor of the present holders; the other about a hundred years ago between Chet Rám Bais of Manjhigảon and Dharma Singh, an ancestor of the present possessors. In the time of the kings there was a fortress in this place where the tahsildar held his court. There is a school here, also two temples and a mosque. There are two small fairs held here, one on the 1st Tuesday in Jeth (April-May) in honour of Makábír, at which about 5,000 pilgrims attend; the other the Rámlíla, or theatrical representations of the exploits of Ráma, in the light half of Kuár (September), and this brings together about two thousand people. Nothing is sold but confectionery. There are two small weekly markets. Hindag 9,524 Population Musalmans . 210 Annual sale at fairs and bazar amounts to Rs. 1,235.