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ATJAGAL-NILESIVARAJ. 301 tains a handsome mosque, police station, post-office, school, and a sanii or native inn. Markets are held twice a week, and fairs in March and July. Nijagal. —Hill in Bangalore District, Mysore State, crowned with ruined fortifications. Lat. 13° 15' N., long. 77° 15' 20" E. The scene of much desperate fighting chronicled in local tradition. The village at the base of the hill is now deserted. Níla Koh (Blue Mountains).—Range of mountains in the Derajat Division of the Punjab, separating Dera Ismail Khin from Bannu District, and cuiminating in the peak of Shaikh Budin, in the latter District (4516 feet). The range consists of two divisions--the Bhittani range, which is a continuation of the Wázírí hills upon the Bannu frontier, and the Shaikh Budin range, which curves towards the northwest and north from the extremity of the Bhittani hills towards the Indus, and strikes the Kuram river in Bannu a few miles above its debouchement. The principal passes between Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu Districts are those of Bain and Pezu, the former at the western and the latter at the eastern extremity of the Bhittani hills; there are also several minor passes. Shaikh Budin is much higher than the rest of the range, and is almost an isolated hill. It is the sanitarium of the Deraját. The Níla Koh hills are devoid of cultivation, and are much broken up by ravines and precipices. Nilambúr (or Nelambúr).— Town in Palladam tíluk, Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 10° 46' 15" N., long. 77° 38' 20" E. Population (1871) 6811; in 1881 reduced to 3643, occupying 677 houses. Hindus numbered 3608; Muhammadans, 22; and Christians, 13. Nilambúr (or Nelamlúr).—Town (or more correctly a group of hamlets) in Ernád tilik, Malabar District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 1° 17' N., long. 76° 15' 45" E. Population (1881) 11,384, nanely, 5980 males and 5404 fenales, occupying 1500 houses. Hindus nunibered 8921 ; Muhammadans, 2444; and Christians, 19. Noteworthy for its splendid teak plantations belonging to Government. Nilapalli (Nellepally). — Town in Godavari District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 16° 44' N., long. 82° 13' E. ; close to the French settlement of Yanaon, and one of the English factories founded in 1751 by an Anglo-French agreement. Five miles south of Coringa. Population (1$$1) 3678; number of houses, 771. The factory was continued (although it was agreed that the fortifications should be removed) by the Treaty of Pondicherri (1754). Nileswaram (Nilkánta-Ishwaram ; also spelt Miliseram).–Town in Cassergode túluk, South Kánara District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 12° 15' X., long. 75o Ø' 40" E. Population (1881) 8505, dwelling in 1606 houses. Hindus numbered 7175; Muhammadans, 1322; and