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336 NLUKHERA-NIPANI. 20' 55" N., and long. 80° 31' 40" E. Population (1881) 2336, chiefly Bráhmans and their dependants. Nímkhar is a place of great sanctity, with numerous tanks and temples. A tradition relates that it was in one of these holy tanks that Ráma washed away his sin of having slain a Bráhman in the person of Rávana, the demon king of Ceylon, who had carried off his wife Sítá. Nimkhera. — Petty guaranteed Thákurate or State under the Bhopáwár or Bhíl Agency of Central India; situated among the spurs of the Vindhyan range. It contains several well - wooded valleys. Under a settlement effected by Sir John Malcolm, the Bhúmia or chief holds the village of Tirla in hereditary succession, paying an annual tribute of about £50 to the State of Dhár, and is answerable for all robberies between Dhár and Sultánpur, Revenue, £1530 in 1881-82. Expenditure, £1340. Nimrána. — Town in Alwar State, Rájputána, situated 10 miles north-east of Behror. The residence of the Nimrána Rájá, a feudatory of Alwar. Nimrána estate comprises ten villages; and its annual revenue is about £2400. The tribute to be paid by Nimrána was fixed at £300 from 1968 to 1898. Nímunia (Nimuia).–Village in Champáran District, Bengal. Lat. 26° 45' 30" N., lony. 85° 6' E. Population (1872) 5108. Not returned separately in the Census Report of 1881. Nindo Shahr.–Village in the Badin táluk of Tando Muhammad Khán Sub-division, Haidarabad (Hyderabad) District, Sind, Bonbay Presidency; situated on the left bank of the Sherwah, 69 miles southeast of Haidarábád city. Roads to Wango Bazár, Kadhan, Luári, and Wahnái. Head-quarters of a tappádár. Population (1881) under 2000. Trade in grain, dates, chí, sugar, molasses, cocoa-nuts, cochineal, cotton, drugs, and cloth. Transit trade in millet and cloth. An unhealthy and low-lying town, built about 120 years ago by Nindo Khán Talpur. Lat. 24° 37' 30" N., long. 69° 5' E. Nipání. — Town and municipality in Belgaum District, Bombay Presidency; situated on the road from Belgaum to Kolhápur, 40 miles north of Belgáun town, in lat. 16° 23' 40" N., and long. 74° 25' 10" E. Population (1881) 9777, namely, Hindus, 8009; Muhammadans, 1039; Jains, 726; and Christians, 3. Nipání is a municipality with an income (1883-84) of £1184; incidence of municipal taxation, 2s. 3d. The estate of which this town was the principal place lapsed to the British Government in 1839, upon the demise of its proprietor, and was annexed in 1842. In the following year the fort was dismantled. Nipání has a large trade, and a crowded weekly market on Thursdays; on market days 2000 to 3000 cattle are offered for sale. Travellers' bungalow, rest-house, library, post office, four Government and two private schools. T.