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 316 SAR in the possession of the descendants of Deo Ráe, one of whom, Babu Rám Baklish, was hanged for rebellion in 1858 ; the ilaqa Sareni fell into the hands of the next brother, Aji Chand, whose descendant, Shiupál Singh of Murármau, is the present chief: The pargana was formerly called Bhojpur, and under the arrangements of Akbar Shah was named Khanjar; but Nawab Saádat Ali Khan oalled it Sareni, and fixed the tahsil and principal headquarters of the pargana in the village of the same name. The village Sarení is principally inhabi- ted by qánúngos, and perhaps it was at their request that the seat of the talisiſ was transferred from Khanjar to this village. The pargana com- prises 169 villages ; it is 11 miles in length from east to west, and 9 miles in breadth from north to south. It is bounded on the east by Pargana Dalmau, on the west by pargana Daundia Khera, on the south by the Ganges, and on the north by pargana Khíron. The Bais are the chief proprietary body. Rája Shiupál Singh of Munrár- mau is the head taluqdars, and his taluqa is now much larger than in the kings, reign. It comprises his own hereditary one and those confiscated from the mutineers, Bábu Rám Bakhsh and Rána Beni Madho Bakhsh. Raja Shiupál received these ilaqas as a reward from the British Govern- ment for the good will shown and assistance rendered to the British soldiers and Major Thompson, who were found floating on the Ganges, and took refuge with the rája of Murármau. The proprietary system runs thus : Talaqdari Grant in reward ... Zamindari 10. - 157 10 1 1 11. Pattidari PO 169 villages. The area is 72,976 acres. The revenue assessed is Rs. 1,91,003-0-10, and the rate per acre on an average Rs. 2-9-11, The population consists of all castes almost: But of the Hindu higher castes Brahmans and the Bais are numerous; the creed of the Hindus is principally Shaivi, and the Muhammadans are solely of the Sunni sect. The whole population amounts to 60,825, of whom Hindus are 59,471 and Musalmans 1,354. There are two rivers in this pargana-one the river Ganges which passes through it to tbe eastern boundary of pargana Dalmau: the other is the river Lon, which passes through the northern part of the pargana, and falls into the Ganges in pargana Dalmau. There is also a stream which commences from a tank in village Bhadia, pargana Bhagwantuagar, and passing through this pargana joins the river Lon. These, however, do not aid materially in the irrigation of the soil. The soil is of three kinds-loam, clay, and sand. Irrigation is chiefly carried on by wells. The products are-in kharif harvest-juár, másh, paddy, moth, kodo, makrá, bájra, oil-seeds ; in rabi harvest---barley, gram, wheat, birra, sugarcane, peas, sarson, alsi, tobacco. There are four marts-