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NADIYA SUB-DIVISION AND TOWN. 141 from throat disease of a serious type. There are 8 charitable dispensaries in the District, which in 1882 afforded relief to 294 in-door and 18,755 out-door patients. The total number of registered deaths in Nadiyá District in 1882 was 79,459, equal to a rate of 39 37 per thousand of the population. [For further information regarding Nadiya, see The Statistical Account of Bengal, by W. W. Hunter, vol. ii. pp. 1-165 (London, Trübner & Co., 1875); Report on the Nadiya Rirers, by Captain J. Lang (1847–48); the Bengal Census Reports for 1872 and 1881; and the several annual Administration and Departmental Reports of the Bengal Government.] Nadiya. — Sadr or head-quarters Sub-division of Nadiyá District, Bengal, comprising the six police circles (thánás) of Krishnagar, Kaliganj, Nakshipárá, Chapra, Krishnaganj, and Hánskhali. Area (inclusive of Krishnagar, the head-quarters town of the District), 701 square miles, with 2 towns and 544 villages, and 70,576 houses. Population (1872) 334,076; (1881) 374,973, showing an increase of 40,897, or 12-24 per cent, in nine years. Classified according to religion, there were in 1881–Hindus, 205,298; Muhammadans, 167,378; Christians, 2295; and 'others,' 2. Number of persons per square mile, 535; towns or villages per square mile, “78; persons per town or village, 687; houses per square mile, 107; inmates per house, 5'3; proportion of males in total population, 48'5 per cent. In 1883, this Sub-division contained, including the District head-quarters courts, 5 civil and revenue and 10 magisterial courts, with a regular police force of 265 men, and a village watch numbering 813. Nadiya (or Nabadwip). -- Ancient capital of Nadiyá District, Bengal, and the residence of Lakshman Sen, the last independent Hindu king of Bengal. Situated in lat. 23° 24' 55" N., and long. 88° 35' 3" E., on the west bank of the Bhagirathi. Area, 1472 acres. Population (1881) 14,105, namely, 13,716 Hindus, 384 Muhanmadans, and 5 Christians. Municipal income (1876–77), £328; (1883-84), £442, of which £ 363 was derived from taxation; incidence of taxation, 6 d. per head of population within municipal limits. According to local legend, the town was founded in 1963 by Lakshman Sen, son of Ballál Sen, King of Bengal. He is said to have been induced to change the site of his capital from Gaur by the superior sanctity of the Bhagirathi at this spot; but no doubt he was really pushed onwards by the growing power of the Muhammadans, who took Nadiya and finally overthrew the native Hindu dynasty under Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khiljí in 1203. Nadiya has long been famous for its sanctity and learning. Here, towards the end of the 15th century, was born the great reformer Chaitanya, in whose honour a festival, attended by some 4000 or 5000 Vaishnars, is held in the month of 5