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NAGRAJI-NAHARA. 175 siderable stores and munitions of war. Both town and station are considered healthy. Nagram.---Town in Lucknow District, Oudh; situated about midway between the two roads from Lucknow city to Sultánpur and Rái Bareli. Population (1881) 4838. Annual básár sales, about £3550, the principal trade being in rice, which is largely cultivated in the neighbourhood. Two schools, one for boys and one for girls. Said to have been founded by Rajá Nal, a Bhar chieftain, the site of whose fort still exists. It fell within the track of Sayyid Salár's invasion; but it was afterwards again left to the Bhars, who held it till they were expelled by the Kumhráwán Amethiá Rájputs, a branch of the faniily established at Amethia Dingur. They were afterwards expelled by the Muhaminadans, although they subsequently succeeded in regaining a portion of their possessions. Sayyids now hold two out of the three divisions (tarafs) of the place. Nagwán.-Village in Garhwal State, North-Western Provinces. Lat. 30° 50' N., long. 78° 19' E. (Thornton); lies on the Budiya stream, a feeder of the Jumna (Jamuná), close to their confluence. According to Hindu belief, the Ganges reaches the village by a subterranean course, and breaks out in a neighbouring spring. Náhan (Sirmur or Sarmor). — Native State in the Punjab. -- Şee SIRMIUR. Náhan.-Capital of SIRMUR (Sarmor) Hill State in the Punjab, and residence of the Rájá; situated about 40 miles south of Simla, at the western extremity of the Kiarda Dún, and from its elevated position (3207 feet) visible from the plains at a considerable distance. Moorcroft describes it as cleaner and handsomer than the generality of Indian towns. Náhan is built on the uneven crest of a rocky eminence; the houses are small, built of stone cemented with lime. The Rájá's dwelling is a large edifice of stone in the centre of the town. There are seven or eight houses built in European style outside the town. One very fine house, surrounded by a handsome garden, has been lately erected by the Rájá for his own use. Several excellent houses are used as rest-houses for the Rájá's guests, and as residences for the European officials of the State. Population (1881) 5253, namely, -Hindus, 4145; Muhammadans, 985; Sikhs, 102 ; Jains, 5; and others,' 16. Number of houses, 937. Large, well-supplied búzár, dák bungalow, 2 saráis, dispensary, school, and an iron foundry worked by the State. On an eminence adjacent to the town, a new cantonment has been laid out for the Rájá's troops. Náhan was occupied by the British during the Nepal war of 1814, and at the close of the campaign was restored to the Rájá of Sirmur, from whom it had been wrested by the Gúrkhas. Nahára. — Petty State of the Pandu Mehwas, in Rewa Kántha,