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338 NIRMAL-NOAKHALI. Nirmal.- Fortified town in the Nizám's Dominions. Lat. 19° 5' 49" N., long. 78° 25' 28" E. ; situated on the old Secunderabad-Nagpur road. The fortifications, which are now in ruins, were the work of French officers formerly in the Nizam's service. A few miles from the town, bordering on the river Godavari, is an extensive forest, also called Nirmal, composed chiefly of teak trees, and abounding with game of all description. Nitai.—River in the Gáro Hills District, Assam. It rises in the Turá range, and flows a very winding course in a southerly direction until it empties itself into the Káns or Kánks river in the Bengal District of Maimansingh. Niti.- Mountain pass in Garhwal District, Punjab, leading over the main Himalayan system into Tibet. Lat. 30° 46' 10" N., long. 79° 51' 50" E. It lies along the course of the Dhauli river, and has an elevation above sea-level of 16,570 feet. Nizampatam (Pettipollee or Petta poly).-Seaport in Repalli táluk, Kistna District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 15° 54' 30" N., long. 80° 42' 35" E. Population (1881) 4128 ; number of houses, 879. Frequented by native craft engaged in the coasting trade. The average annual value of imports for the five years ending 1883-84 was £11,225; and of exports, £25,606. Value of imports in 1883–84, £8036; and of exports, £12,228. Nizampatam is an important salt station. The mangrove swamps supply hrewood to Masulipatam, which is close by Nizampatam was the first port at which the English commenced to trade on the eastern coast of India. They landed on 26th August 1611, sent goods on shore, and left two supercargoes, picking them up again on the ship's return from Masulipatam. They then proceeded across the Bay of Bengal on their way to Bantam. Factory established in 1621. Ceded to the French by the Nizám as part of the Northern Circars. As part of the Nizámpatam Circar, it was bestowed on the English by Salábat Jang, the Nizám, in 1759; and the grant was confirmed by the Emperor's firman, 12th August 1765. The port is mentioned by Ferishta. The English, who had a temporary house on the creek in 1611, called it Pettipollee, from the neighbouring village of Pedapalli. The proper spelling of the name is said to be Nyshampatnam, as it was in existence long previous to the establishment of Haidarábád and its Nizams. Nizampatam was the scene of a murder of Europeans by the Malay crew of the Dutch sloop, the Helena. Nizam's Dominions.-State of Southern India. - See HAIDARABAD. Noakhalí (Noacolly). ---District in the Lieutenant-Governorship of Bengal, lying between 20° 22' and 23° 17' 30" N. lat., and between 90° 43' and 91° 40' E. long. Area, 1641 square miles. Population (1881) 820,772. The District forms a portion of the Chittagong Division. It is bounded on the north by the District of Tipperah and the State