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156 NAGAR RIVER AND TOWN. sandy towards its southern section ; the banks are sloping and for the most part uncultivated. Nágar.--Small river of Northern Bengal; rises in the north of Bogra District, enters Rájsháhí, and after a course of about 20 miles in the latter District, falls into the Gur, which is the name given to the united streanis of the Atrái and Jamuná. Nagar.- Division of Mysore State, Southern India, comprising the three Districts of SHIMOGA, KADUR, and CHITALDRUG, each of which see separately. Area of Nagar Division, 11,652 square miles; number of villages and towns, 4766; number of occupied houses, 216,999; and of unoccupied houses, 35,959. Population (1871) 1,364,261 ; (1881) 1,204, 365, namely, 618,981 males and 585,384 females. Number of persons per square mile, 103 ; towns and villages per square mile, 0:4; occupied houses per square mile, 1866; and persons per occupied house, 5'5. Hindus numbered 1,146,470 ; Muhammadans, 55,028; Christians, 2864; and others,' 3. Nagar. - Táluk of Shimoga District, Mysore State. Area, 494 square miles. Revenue, £16,052. Population (1881) 43,665, namely, 23,659 males and 20,006 females. Hindus numbered 42,663 ; Muhammadans, 850; and Christians, 152. In 1883 the táluk contained i civil and i criminal court; police circles (thánás), 8; regular police, 53 men. The country is densely wooded, and is almost enclosed by hills. Chief products, rice and areca-nut. Nagar (or Bednúr).-Village in Shimoga District, Mysore State, Southern India. Lat. 13° 15' N., long. 75° 6' E. In 1640, Nagar, under the name of Bednúr, became the capital of the Keladi chieftains, who transferred the seat of their Government from IKKERI. It attained great prosperity, and was strongly fortified with a wall 8 miles in circumference with 10 gates. When sacked by Haidar Ali in 1763, it is said to have yielded a booty of millions sterling. The conqueror named it Haidar Nagar, established his arsenal here, and continued the mint at which the first Haidari pagodas were struck. Nagar suffered during the wars with Tipu Sultán, and was also an object of attack in the insurrection of 1830. It has latterly benefited by the opening of roads across the gháts, and is the head-quarters of Nagar tiluk. The name of Nagar, by which the old Bednúr is now generally known, was given to it in the days when it was boasted to contain a lákh (100,000) of houses. Nagar.-Town in the Kúlu Sub-division of Kingra District, Punjal); situated on the left bank of the Beas (Biás) river, 12 miles due north of Sultánpur, the liead-quarters town. Former capital of the Kúlu Rájás, and now the residence of the Assistant Commissioner. The ancient palace of the Rájás crowns an eminence looking down upon