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250 NAWADA TOWN-NAWALGUND. comprises the 3 police circles (thánás) of Nawada, Rájauli, and Pakribaránván. In 1884 it contained 2 courts, a regular force of 94 men, and a village watch numbering 385 chaukidárs. Nawada. — Town in Gayá District, Bengal, head-quarters of the Nawáda Sub-division, and a station on the chord line of the East India Railway; situated in lat. 24° 52' 42" N., and long. 85° 35' 1" E., on a branch of the river Dhanarji. Population, 4812. Municipal income (1883–84), £107. Has a large and increasing through traffic. Municipal police force, 21 men. The name of this town is thought to be a corruption of Nauábádah. Before its acquisition by the Company, Nawada was ruled by the semi-independent Rájás of Hasúá. Nawádá.–Village in Midnapur District, Bengal. Lat. 22° 35' 30" N., long. 87° 30' E. Population between 2000 and 3000, but not returned separately in the Census Report. Noted for the manufacture of a superior quality of cane sugar; trade in agricultural produce. Nawagáon.—Hill range in Bhandará District, Central Provinces ; rising 200 feet above the plain, with eight distinct peaks, known as the "Seven Sisters and their Little Brother. Though scantily clothed with vegetation, these hills are infested with wild animals. Nawagaon.—Artificial lake in Bhandará District, Central Provinces; situated in lat. 20° 55' N., and long. 80° 11' E.; 17 miles in circumference, and with an average depth of 40 feet; surrounded by the NAWAGAON HILLS. Numerous streams supply the lake, whiclı is closed by two embankments, respectively 330 and 540 yards in length. Chimná Pátel, the ancestor of the proprietor of Nawagaon village, constructed the work, which now affords means of irrigation for 500 acres of rice and sugar-cane land, and yields the proprietor an annual income of £70 from this source. Nawagaon.-State in Bundelkhand, North-Western Provinces.See NAIGAON RIBAHI. Nawágarh.-Fort in Bashahr (Bussahír) State, Punjab; on a ridge stretching south-east from the great range of Moral-ka-kanda. Lat. 31° 15' N., long. 77° 40' E. Fortified with stockades, and held by the Gúrkhas (1000 strong), during the war of 1814-15; but the people of Bashahr rose against their foreign masters, invested the fort, and compelled the garrison to surrender. Nawalgarh.—Town in the Shaikhawati District of Jaipur State, Rajputána. Distant 75 miles north-west from Jaipur city. Population (1881) 10,032, namely, 5166 males and 4866 females. Hindus number 8780, and Muhammadans 1252. The chief is a tributary of Jaipur, and has a yearly revenue of £7500. Post-office. Nawalgúnd.--Sub-division of Dharwar District, Bombay Presidency. Area, 562 square miles, containing 2 towns and 87 villages. Population (1872) 104,700 ; (1881) 87,832, or 43,158 males and 44,674