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NAJIBABAD TAIISIL AND TOIN. 179 then drained into the Jamuná (Junina), by means of an escape channel, so as to allow of cultivation on the submerged laud. Only partial success, however, has attended these operations, owing to the want of sufficient fall. The scene of an important defeat of the rebels by General Nicholson during the Mutiny of 1857. Najibábád. - Northern tahsil or Sub-division of Bijnaur (Bijnor) District, North-Western Provinces, lying between the Ganges and the Garhwal Hills, and comprising the pargants of Najibábád, Akbarábád, and Kiratpur. Area, 494 square miles, of which 168 are cultivated. Population (1872) 141,685; (1881) 133.561, namely, males 71,678, and females 61,883; decrease of population since 1872, 8124, or 57 per cent. in nine years. Classified according to religion, the population in ISSi consisted of- Hindus, S6,594; Muhammadans, 46,870; Jains, 121; and 'others,' 21. Of 362 villages composing the tahsil, 315 contained less than five hundred inhabitants. Government assessment, £22,304, or including local rates and cesses levied upon land, £25,004. In 1883 the tahsil contained i civil and 2 criminal courts, with 5 police stations (thinus), a regular police force of 63 men, a municipal and town police of 55 men, and a village and road police of 302 chaukidirs. Najibábád.---Town and municipality in Bijnaur District, NorthWestern Provinces, and head-quarters of Najibábád tahsil. Situated in lat. 29° 36' 50" X., and long. 78° 23' 10" E., on the banks of the Miálin Nadi stream, 31 miles south-east of Hardwár. Population (1881) 17,750, namely, males 9109, and females 8641. Hindus numbered 9535; Muhammadans, 8089; Jains, 114; and Christians, 12. Area of town site, 239 acres. Najibábad was founded by the Nawab Najib-uddaula, who erected the handsome square stone fort of Pathargarh, 1 mile east of the town, in 1755. His tomb is a handsome building, surrounded by numerous apartments; and the Kothi Mubárak Banyád, now used as a rest-house, remains as a monument to him within the town. To the north stands the tomb of his brother, Jahangir Khán. The town still retains many a memorial of Pathán magnificence, now put to ignoble uses. A báradari or twelve-doored pavilion, probably a summerhouse of the old rulers of the town, was a few years ago said to be used as a slaughter-house. The thoroughfares are mostly paved with brick, and the Sanitary Commissioner reported in 1875 that the 'fine shops and durable cleanly roadways would be a credit to any town in the Province. The principal place of business is a paved square at the intersection of four cross roads. The public buildings comprise the usual Sub-divisional courts and offices, police station, dispensary, post-office, and Government school. Large through traffic in timber from the Bhábar forests to the north. Manufactures of brass, copper, and iron work, matchlocks, blankets, cotton cloth, and shoes.