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and Rs. 56,000, from which they have an annual income respectively of Es. 9,000 and Rs. 2,200, The former of these was sent to bring the Ndna in state to Lucknow, on his being driven over the Ganges by our troops in 1857.

The most numerous caste is that of the Brahmans, who number 13,162 ; the Ahirs come next with 12,138 there are above 14,000 Musalmans, and 3,215 of the mercantile class, the Vaishyas.

The pargana contains the remarkable towns of Ajodh3'a and Fyzabad, in •which articles further details of the pargana history are given.

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Pargana Partabgarh Tahsil Partabgarh District ParTABGARH. Hindaur rakshas (a demon) is stated according to tradition to have founded this village. It is near the road from Bela to Rae Bareli, fifteen miles from the former. Raja Bhim is said here to have fought Hindui, the child of Satan. This was a prosperous place formerly, but most of the inhabitants left it and went into Phiilpur in the Allahabad district. The population consists of Hindus 801, and Musalmans 308, total 1,109. The remains of the old fort and tanks are still to be seen. It was for some time the headquarters of the Sombansi raj of Partabgarh (g. v.)

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HISXMPUR Pargana*— Tahsil

Kura'sar—Z»tsirzcf BAHRAICH.—This pargana, situated at the southernmost corner of the triangle which comprises the Bahraich district, is one of the oldest in it.

As at present defined, however, its boundaries differ considerably from those which limited it both in Akbar's time and during the Nawabi. large area had been stripped from its eastern border and included in what is now the Gonda district, while it has been recompensed for this loss by a ti'act on its north border which has been snatched from Fatehpur. The result of these mutilations is that the pargana has been left very unshapely in its appearance on the map, its greatest length from north to south being some thirty- two miles, while its greatest breadth is only fourteen miles. It is bounded on the north by the Fatehpur pargana, on the east by the Gonda district and the rivers Tirhi and Sarju, and on the west by the The whole pargana lies low, and its general appearance river Gogra. supports the tradition that in former ages it was subjected to fluvial action as the Gogra retreated westward and southward. The ground rises slightly towards the eastern boundary. The rivers are those mentioned above, the two first mentioned being feeders of the third, the junction being effected in the Gonda district.

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The country is well wooded, there being 6,846 acres, or 3|- per cent, of the total area, grove land; of waste land there is less (33 per cent.) than in any other pargana in the district; of a total area of 300 square miles, 155 are under the plough, only 6 of which are irrigated. There is every reason to believe, however, that the irrigated area will soon be much extended. Water is met with at an average depth of 18 feet,

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Mr. H,

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Boys, C.S., Assigtant CommisaioBer.

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