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NASIRABAD TALUK VASILADI. 239 which was laid out in 1818 by Sir David Ochterlony, stretches over a mile in length, and has upon its outskirts a native town, irregularly built. Lines exist for a battery of Royal Artillery, a regiment of European infantry, a regiment of Native infantry, and a squadron of Native cavalry. Nasírábád is garrisoned by troops of the Bombay army Drainage good; water brackish and insufficient in quantity. The troops at Nasirabad mutinied on 28th May 1857, but they met with no encouragement from the people, and inarched away to Delhi without attempting to attack Ajmere. station on the Málvá line of the Rájputána- Málwá State Railway. Post-office. Nasírábád.— Tiluk in Mehar Sub-division, Shikárpur District, Sind, Bombay Presidency, lying between 27° 17' and 27° 33' n. lat., and 67° 34' and 68° 6' E. long. Area, 343 square iniles. Population (1872) 33,597 ; (1881) 46,278, namely, 25,163 males and 21,115 females, dwelling in i town and 54 villages, containing 6400 houses. Hindus number 1792 ; Muhammadans, 40,844; and Sikhs, 36-42. Gross revenue (1882), £12,519. Area assessed to land revenue, 58,629 acres; under actual cultivation, +9,635 acres. The túluk in 1883 contained 2 criminal courts; police circles (thums), 4; regular police, 23 men. Nasírábád.— Town in Nasírábád táluk, Shikárpur District, Sind, Bombay Presidency; situated in lat. 27° 23' N., and long. 67° 57' 30" E., on the Chilo Canal, 10 miles east of Warah (the chief place in the túluk), 7 from the nearest railway station, Badra, on the Sind, Punjab, and Delhi line, and 14 north-east of Mehar. Head-quarters of a tappador; contains a staging bungalow, post-office, and police lines. Population under 2000. Local and transit trade in rice. Nasirábád.—Town in Salon tahsil, Rai Bareli District, Oudh ; situated 14 miles north-east of Salon, and 16 miles from Rái Bareli town, in lat. 26° 15' x., and long. 81° 34' E. Population (1881) 3596, namely, Muhammadans 1815, and Hindus 1781. New búzár, Government vernacular school. Nasriganj.—Town, municipal union, and police outpost station in Sháhábád District, Bengal; situated in lat. 25° 3' 15" 1., and long. 84° 22' 25" E., on the Koelwár-Dehri road, about half a mile from the river Son. Population (1881) 6063, nainely, Hindus 4256, and Muhanmadans 1807. Municipal income (1883-84), £156; average incidence of taxation, 6fd. per head of town population. The central town of the escheated Government estate of Bibí Maulá Bakhsh. Large trade in bainboos and wood, and considerable manufacture of sugar and paper. Naswádi.—Petty State of the Sindkhera Mehwas in Rewa Kantha, Bombay Presidency. Area, 194 square miles, containing 27 villages. Estimated revenue, £1000; tribute of £169, 2s. is paid to the