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NZREGAL-NARIAD. 211 Naregal.-Town in Dhárvár District, Bombay Presidency; situated 55 miles east of Dharwar town, in lat. 15° 36' N., and long. 75 5+' E. Population (1881) 6071, namely, 5422 Hindus and 619 Muhammadans. Naregal is an old town with temples and inscriptions dating from the eleventh to the thirteenth century A.D. Weekly markets on Monday. School with 191 pupils in 1883-84. Nargúnd.--Town in Dharwír District, Bombay Presidency; situated 60 miles east of Belgium, and 32 miles north-east of Dharwar town, in lat. 15° 43' 22" ., and long. 75° 25' 30" E. Population (1881) 7874, namely, 6774 Hindus, 1019 Muhammadans, and 51 Jains. Nargúnd is a municipal town, with an income (1882) of £178. Though not a manufacturing town, it is a busy entrepôt of trade, where the merchants of Dharwar and North Kinara exchange rice, sugar, spices, and other agricultural products, Nargúnd was one of the earliest possessions wrested from the feeble grasp of the Muhammadan kings of Bijápur by the Maráthá rulers of Sátára. It was subsequently handed over to Rámráo Bháve, with some surrounding villages. On the conquest of the Peshwa's territory by the British, it was restored by them to Dádájí Ráo, the chief then found in possession. An agreement was concluded with him, by which he was exempted from the payment of his former tribute of £347, from nasarána or presents on occasions, and from rendering service, on the conditions of loyalty to and dependence on the British Government. This petty principality, containing 36 towns and villages, with a population of about 25,000, was at the time of the Mutiny in 1857 held by Bhaskar Ráo, alias Bábá Sahib. Affected by the disturbances in the north, the chief rose in open rebellion, and murdered Mr. Manson, the Commissioner and Political Agent, Southern Maráthá country. An English force was despatched at once to Nargúnd; and, after a short but decisive engagement, the fort and town of Nargúnd fell into the hands of the English. The fortifications have since been disinantled, and the fort has been rendered untenable by destroying some of the chief reservoirs. Four schools, with 3co pupils in 1883–84. Post-office. Narhi.-Agricultural town in Korántidih tahsil, Gházípur District, North-Western Provinces; situated in lat. 25° 42' 15" N., and long. 84° 4' 15" E., 2 miles north of the Ganges, and 36 miles east of Ghazipur town. Population (1881) 5415, namely, Hindus 5172, and Muhainmadans 243. Number of houses, 799. The village is the principal residence of the Bemwár Bhúmhár clan, Nári.—Town in Chándá District, Central Provinces.—See NERI. Nariad. — Sub-division of Kaira District, Bombay Presidency; situated in the centre of the District. Bounded on the north by Kapadvanj; on the east by Thásra and Anand; on the south by Baroda territory; and on the west by Matár and Mehmadábád. Area,