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160 NAGKANDA-NAGODE. to Moradábád, 48 miles north-west of the latter town. Nagina was founded by the Patháns, between 1748 and 1774, who built the fort, now used as a tahsilí. The town was sacked in 1805 by the Rohillá freebooter, Amír Khán; and in 1817 it became the head-quarters of the newly formed District of Northern Moradabad till 1824, when the head-quarters were removed to Bijnaur on the constitution of the present District. Population (1872) 19,696; (1881) 20,503, namely, males 10,325, and females 10,178. Classified according to religion, the population in 1881 comprised - Muhammadans, 13,178; Hindus, 7280; Jains, 33; and Christians, 12. Municipal revenue (188 £1220, of which £1159 was derived from taxation; average incidence of taxation, is. Iid. per head. Nagina was formerly celebrated for its manufacture of gun-barrels; it is now noted for its cloth, hempen rope and sacking, ebony-carving, glass-ware, and matchlocks. The principal trade is the export of sugar. During the Mutiny of 1857-58 the town was the scene of several conflicts, as well as of the final defeat of the rebels on the 21st April 1858, which crushed out the revolt in Bijnaur District. Nágkanda (Narkanda).—Pass in Kumharsain State, Punjab, lying in lat. 31° 15' N., and long. 77° 31' E., over a ridge proceeding westward from Hattu peak. Elevation above sea-level, 9016 feet. The place is much frequented by visitors from Simla on account of the fine view to be obtained of the snowy range. A well-supplied dák bungalow is maintained for the convenience of travellers. Nagode (Nagaudh or Uchahra).—Petty State under the Baghelkhand Agency, Central India. Bounded on the north-east by the States of Soháwal and Rewá, on the cast by Rewa, on the southeast by Maihar, and on the west by Panna Area, 450 square miles. Population (1881) 79,629, namely, 39,646 inales and 39:983 females, of whom 68,070 were Hindus; 2902 Muhammadans; 679 Jains; II Christians; 2 Sikhs: and 7965 aboriginal tribes, of whom 2129 were Gonds and 5836 Kols. Revenue, about £15,000, of which £7000 is alienated in jágírs and religious and charitable grants. The Jabalpur (Jubbulpore) extension of the East Indian Railway passes through the State. Nagode was originally included, as one of the feudatories of Panna, in the sanad granted to Rájá Kisori Singh. But as the State had been in the possession of the Purihar ancestors of Lál Sheoráj Singh before the cstablishment of the power of Chhatar Sal in Bundelkhand, and the family had never been dispossessed either by the Bundcla Rájás or by Ali Bahadur, a sanad was given to Lal Shcoraj Singh in 1809, confirming him in the possession of his territory. He was succeeded in 1818 by his son, Balbhadra Singh, who was deposed in 1831 for the murder of his brotlicr. Raghubind, son of Balbhadra, was then a minor, and the State was therefore temporarily