Page:The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Volume 10 (2nd edition).pdf/260



248 NAWABGANJ PARGANA AND TOWN. bungalows for the European residents, constitute the civil station. The Government dispensary, school, and police station are situated in the native town. Nawabganj contained a population in 1869 of 10,606; and in 1881 of 13,933, namely, males 7412, and females 6521. Classified according to religion, there were in 1881–Hindus, 8640; Muhammadans, 4933; Jains, 344; and Christians, 16. Municipal income (1883-84), £1284, of which £1112 was derived from taxation ; average incidence of taxation, Is. 5 d. per head of the town population. The main street of the town is broad, with well-built houses on either side. Large trade in sugar and cotton. The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway has a station at Bara Banki. During the Mutiny of 1857, Nawabganj was the scene of a signal defeat of the insurgent army by a British force under Sir Hope Grant. Nawabganj-Parganá in Tarabganj tahsil, Gonda District, Oudh; bounded on the north by Mahadeva and Manikpur, on the east by Basti District in the North-Western Provinces, on the south by the Gogra river separating it from Faizabád (Fyzábád), and on the west by parganás Digsar and Mahadeva. Area, 142 square miles, of which 64 are under cultivation. Population (1869) 61,417; (1881) 08,511, namely, males 36,342, and females 32,169. The prevailing tenure is tálukdári, the principal tálukdárs being Mahárání Subháo Kunwar, the widow of the late Maharaja Sir Man Singh, K.C.S.I.; Rajá Krishan Datt Rám of Sinha Chánda; and Mahant Har Charan Dás of Basantpur. Government land revenue, £6653. Nawábganj.—Town in Gonda District, Oudh; situated a few miles north of the Gogra river, in lat. 26° 55' 45" N., and long. 82° ' 36" E. Founded in the last century by Nawáb Shujá-ud-daulá as a búzúr for the supply of provisions to his troops and attendants when on his hunting expeditions, and the largest grain mart in the District. Population (1869) 6131; (1881) 8373, residing in 18 brick and 1604 mud-built houses. Classified according to religion, the population in 1881 consisted of — Hindus, 6647 ; Muhammadans, 1718; and Christians, 8. Municipal income in 1883–84, £711, of which £215 was derived from taxation; average incidence of taxation, 6}d. per head. The town contains 23 Hindu temples and 3 Muhammadan mosques, a small sarái or travellers' rest-house, and 3 schools. It consists of a long street, with shops and dwelling-houses on each side, in front of which are piled heaps of grain to attract the attention of dealers. To the north, the street broadens on to a good-sized plain, which is bordered here and there by substantial sheds for the storage of merchandise, and serves as a standing place for the carts which bring down the produce of the tarái. The principal exports are rice, oil-seeds, wheat, Indian corn, and hides. The imports are quite insignificant, being confined to salt, English cloth, and pottery, from Mirzapur or