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 272 RAS-RAU RASÚLPUR-Pargana BIRHAR—Tahsil TANDA— District FYZABAD.-- Rasúlpur, a small town, burders on Ashrafpur Kachhauchha where the maniacs, fair is held. The tomb of the great seer Makhdum Ashraf is in Rasulpur. As might be expected this is a noted place of Moslem worship. There are four masonry mosques and one temple in honour of Vishnu. The population is 3,691, of whom 1,457 are Suonis, 9 are Sbias, and 2,225 are Hindus of various castes and sects. RASÚLPUR OR MUBÁRAKPUR—Pargana TÁNDA--Tahsil TANDA District FYZABAD.—This town was founded by Mubarak Khan, the Khánzáda Taluqdar of Hasanpur. It is on the bank of the great river Gogra ; its history is given in that of Tánda. The population is 3,691, of whom 1,457 are Musalman Sunnis, 9 are Shias, 2,225 are Hindus. There are eight places of Moslem worship; there are three Hindu tem- ples-two to Bhawani and one Thakurdwara. It is four miles from Tánda. RAU KARNA*-Pargana UxA0—Tahsil UNA0—District UnA0.-Rau Karna, a village in the pargana and tahsil of Unao, lies about seven miles from the civil station, on the road running north to Safipur. The road is unmetalled, with the exception of a few spots, where the extreme softness of the soil and the natural drainage have rendered culverts and metalling necessary. The Tinai, a tiny stream which dries up in the hot weather, runs near the village on the east. Ráwan Singh, son of Unwant Singh, a Bisen Thákur, agent of the Kananj rájas, settled in this place about 775 years ago, cut down the jungle, and founded the village which bears his name to this day in the modified form Rau. Bháwal Sáh and Narbír Sáh, two brothers, ancestors of Jawahir Singh and Newal Singh, the zamindars of Rau Karna, Bisen Thákurs, and lineal descendants of Unwant Singh, were Sálárs in the army of Alamgír. The present population of this village are chiefly Hindus, and among them Pásis predominate, constituting one-fourth of the entire population. There are only 78 Muhammadans. The total population is 2,273. The village and the mounds in its immediate neighbourhood mark the site of the fort originally built by Ráwan Singh, and near the border of the village on the north side is a large bargad tree under which is a Mahadeo of great antiquity. The land around the village is level, and the soil is chiefly a productive loam. There is no jungle near. There are some mahua and mango groves which yield abundantly. There are two market days in each week, but the bazar is not a place of much resort. There is no school in the village, but the children attend the village school at Thána, which is not quite two miles off.
 * By Mr. Hoey, C.S., Assistant Commissioner,