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NOBRA-NONG-KREJ. 353 by a detachment of the 12th Kliclat-i-Ghilzai regiment of Native Infantry, with head-quarters at Silchár. A large tea-plantation is in the vicinity of the station. Nobra. —Tract of country in Ladakh, Kashmir State, Northern India. A wild and elevated region on the south of the Karakoram ranges, and almost enclosed by the Shy-Yok or river of Nobra, a tributary of the Indus. Elevation, 11,000 feet and upwards above sea-level. Chief village, Deskit, lat. 34° 35' N., and long. 77° 37' E. Noh.-Tahsil and town in Gurgaon District, Punjab. See Nui. Nohar.--Fort in Bahawalpur State, Punjab.—See ISLAMGARH. Nonai (or Nanai).—The name of two rivers in Assan. (1) Rises in the Bhután Hills, and, flowing due south through the extreme west of Darrang District, empties itself into the Brahmaputra almost opposite Gauhati. In recent years it has diverged widely from its old course, and overflowed a fertile tract of land. Beyond the frontier, a bed of travertin has been found on its banks, containing 90 per cent. of pure lime. In British territory, it is navigable by boats of 4 tons burden throughout the year.-—(2) The other river of the same name has its course entirely within Nowgong District. It rises in the Míkir Hills, and, after receiving the Sálná and the Chápánálá, falls into the KALANG, an important offshoot of the Brahmaputra, at the village of Háriá - mukh. It is navigable for about nine months of the year. Nong-khlao.—Petty State in the Khási Hills, Assam. Population (1881) 7389; revenue, £206. The presiding chief, whose title is siem, is named U Kin Singh. The natural products include potatoes, rice, millet, Indian corn, cinnamon, and caoutchouc. Cotton is woven, and iron is made into implements of native use. Yong-khlao was the first of the Khási States with which the British came into contact. In 1826, the siem entered into an agreement with certain Europeans to allow a road to be made across the hills into Assam Proper. But, in 1829, disputes arose, and two British officers then residing at Nongkhlao were massacred, together with their Sepoy guard. After this disturbance was quelled, Nong-khlao was chosen as the first head-quarters of the Political Agent in the Khási Hills, shortly afterwards removed to Cherra Púnji, and now at Shillong. In the neighbourhood of Nongkhlao, a small cinchona plantation was started in 1867 by the superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens. The quinine - giving qualities of the bark were unfavourably reported upon, and the plantation has been abandoned, the locality and elevation being found unsuited to the growth of cinchona. Nong-krem.–Village in the State of Khyrim, in the Khási Hills, Assam; near which iron-ore is found in abundance, and of the best quality. The iron-ore is smelted on the spot, and the greater part is VOL. X. N