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NZJAL-NIMIR. 327 it is at present used as a magazine. The climate of Nímach is agreeable, never exhibiting either extreme of heat or cold; even at the hottest season the nights are generally cool. Its elevation above sea-level is 1613 feet. Nímach occupies rising ground, the cantonment boundary being close under the walls of the city. The city is the head-quarters of a District of Gwalior. In 1881 the population of the city was returned at 5161, namely, Hindus, 4157; Muhammadans, 938 ; and 'others,' 66. Population of the cantonment (1881) 13,069, nainely, 7570 males and 5493 females. Hindus numbered 9032 ; Muhammadans, 3218; and others,' including Europeans, 819. Nímach is distant 155 miles north-west of Mhow, 371 south-west of Delhi, 312 south-west of Agra, 306 miles west of Ságar, 1114 miles west of Calcutta ria Allahábád and Ságar. Nimal.--Town in Bannu (Bunnoo) District, Punjab-See NAJAL Nimár.—District in the Chief Commissionership of the Central Provinces, lying between 21° ' and 22° 26' x. lat., and between 75° 50' and 77° 1' E. long. It forms the westernmost Dis!rict of the Central Provinces; and is bounded on the north and west by the territories of the Rajá of Dhar and of the Maharajá Holkar, on the south by Khandesh District and West Berar, and on the east by Hoshangabad. Area, 3340 square miles. Population (1881) 231,341. The head-quarters of the District are at KHANDWA, which is rapidly taking the place of BURHAYPUR as the principal town. Physical Aspects.—The modern District of Nimár consists of two river valleys, parted by a range of hills. It includes but a small portion of the ancient Hindu Province of Pránt Nimár, which occupied the whole of the Narbadá (Nerbudda) valley, lying between the Vindhya hills on the north and the Sátpura range on the south, for about 225 miles, from 74° to 77° 10' E. long. On the other hand, the Tápti valley was no part of old Pránt Nimár, but belonged to the Hindu Province of Talner, subsequently called by the Muhammadans Khándesh. The northern section of the District in the Narbadá valley is broken by low irregular hills, and nowhere presents the open level surface of the more fertile Districts higher up the river. It is drained by the Suktá, Abná, Waná, Bhám, Baldi, and Phiprár, which unite in a considerable stream, the Chhotá Tawá, before joining the Narbadá; and by the Ajnál, Kaveri, and Bákúr, which fall directly into that river. In the north-east corner of this section of the District, a large tract of waste extends along the Chhotá Tawa and the Narbadá; but the rest of this region is fairly well cultivated, though the barren ridges which cut up the country in every direction prevent it from presenting a flourishing appearance. Its average elevation above the sea is 1000 feet. The southern section of Nimár District, in the Tápti valley, is more