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178 NAINWAH-NAJAFGARH JHIL. the Himalayas. Favourite sanitarium and summer resort of Europeans from the plains. It is also the head-quarters of the Government of the North-Western Provinces during the hot weather. Exquisite scenery among the surrounding hills. Elevation above sea-level, 6409 feet. The population increases largely during the height of the season, In February 1881, the Census returned the population, then at its lowest, at 6576, namely, Hindus, 5639; Muhammadans, 811; and Christians, 126. A special Census taken in September 1880, at the height of the season, returned a total population of 10,054, made up as follows :—Hindus, 6862; Muhammadans, 1748; Europeans, 1348; Eurasians, 34; Native Christians, 57; and others,' 5. Municipal income (1883–84), £4955, of which £4194 was derived from taxation; average incidence of taxation, 8s. 4d. per head. On the 18th September 1880, Náini Tál was visited by a violent cyclone and rainstorm, which resulted in a landslip causing the death of 42 Europeans and 105 natives, the total destruction of the public Assembly Roons, several houses, and property to the value of £20,000. Since this disastrous occurrence, a complete system of drainage and of protective works has been carried out by the municipality at a cost of £20,000, and the station is now in a better and safer condition than it was before the landslip occurred. The Náini Tál military convalescent depôt, established soon after the Mutiny, has accommodation for about 350 European invalid soldiers. Nainwah.—Town in Búndi State, Rájputána ; situated 30 miles north-east of Búndi town. Nainwah is a town of some consequence, and is surrounded by old fortifications and a ditch kept in fair preservation, and flanked on its northern and western faces by large tanks, from which the fosse can be flooded at pleasure. It contains 20 guns of sizes, chiefly of light calibre; only a few are mounted. Population (1881) 5254, namely, Hindus 4545, and Muhammadans 709. Najafgarh. – Village in Cawnpur District, North-Western Provinces. Lat. 26° 18' N., long. 80° 36' E. ; distant from Cawnpur city 16 miles south-east. Population (1881) 1020. Chiefly noticeable for the ruins of a palace, in mixed Indian and European style, built by General Martin, the well-known French adventurer and partisan soldier, who amassed a considerable fortune. Local manufacture of indigo grown in the surrounding country. Najafgarh Jhil.-Large straggling lake or marsh in Gurgaon and Delhi Districts, Punjab, lying between 28° 26' 30" and 28° 34' N. lat., and between 76° 56' and 77° 4' 30" E. long. Its length, including its various branches, measures about 46 miles, and when full, in October, it submerges more than 27,000 acres. Torrents from the Gurgaon Hills, and several channels in Delhi District, feed the lake, which is