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 326 SHA There is an Anglo-vernacular tahsil school at Shahabad, and village schools at Udranpur Parial, Fatehpur Goind, Básitnagar, Puraili , and Bári, and female schools have been established at Udranpur and Parial. The pargana is not mentioned in the Aín-i-Akbari, not having been con- stituted till about 1745 A.D, when the villages to the east of the Garra in what was then pargana Pali were made into a new pargana (Shahabad). The leading events have been the expulsion of the Thatheras, the growth and spread of their Chhattri successors, the successful campaign of Diler Khan, and the foundation of Shahabad and of the Pathán taluqa of Básitnagar. The chief Thathera settlement scems to have been at and round Angni Khera, the nucleus of the present town of Shahabad. It consisted of twenty-six villages surrounding a fort named Shabazpur, Todarpur, Nizam- pur, Sorapur, Jangpur, Muhíuddínpur, Chaudhripur, Daláwalpur, Mahesh- pur, Chandpur Khokar, Niámatpur, Hálabpur Háns, Bíbipur Gautar, Bíbi- pur Udliaukal, Bahadurpur, Malikpur, Nahok Bára, Jamálpur, Kautaia, Chand Thok, Muhammadpur alias Jamalpur, Thok Dálu, Khandi, Momin- pur, Yusufpur, and Malhaia. These names are obviously modern. The conquest of this settlement is attributed to a pilgrim band of Pánde Parwár Brahmans, who on their way from Káshi (Benares) to Hardwár halted here, noticed the weakness of the Thatherəs, and on their way back fell upon and disposessed them ; who these Pánde Parwars were is a mystery: The tradition gives only the name of their leader Angad, and traces their origin to a Kori, who, from the accident of his being found with a thread (tuga) on his body, when Brahmans were in great request for a royal “jagg" got irregularly enrolled among the Pánde Brahmans, and was dubbed Pande Parwár. The date of this displacement of the Tha- thecas may be presumed to have been synchronous with the great Brah- manical revival which set in with the sacking of Sarnáth, and the expul- sion of the Buddhist monks from India in the eighth century. To the Pánde leader Angad is traced Angni Khera, the name whereby the ruined site of their town is called, and Angad Khera, a spot which, it is said, was the "akhára" or "campus martius," where the Pánde youths used to hold their athletic sports. The only surviving Thathera name is to be found in the Tank Ratauka, derived from Ráe Thán, or the seat of Ráe, a Thathera prince. The Pathan, Ghoris of Jamra, claim to be converted Sombansis. Their tradition goes to show that the Muhammadan conquest took place before the Thatheras by Chhattris had been completed, Rája Santan Sombansi they say, of Sántan Khera (Sándi), had four sons who ruled at Barwan, at Siwa- ichpur, at Semar Jhala, and at Raigawán. Dalip Singh, of Raigawán, fought against Alb-ud-dín Ghori for twelve years. At last while out in search of game he was taken captive and carried to the Muhammadan Sultan, and imprisoned at Delhi for twelve years.