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BA NSDA—BANSDIH.

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more thickly-wooded parts of their dominions. The Marathas seem to have been the first to bring the chiefs entirely into subjection and impose a tribute upon them. The right of levying this tribute was transferred by the Peshwa to the British by the treaty of Bassein (1802). The State now pays to the British Government a yearly tribute of ^^15. In 1856 an arrangement was entered into with the State for the payment annually of ;^i5o, in consideration of the British Government in the

foregoing

its

customs and

The

share in transit duties, the State binding transit duties to certain

chief,

who

bears the

title

sanctioned

itself to

limit its

rates.

of Raja, maintains a military force

of 150 men, with 2 field and 12 other guns.

He

is

to a

entitled

of 9 guns, and has power to try his own subjects for capital offences without the express permission of the Political Agent. The salute

family follows the rule of primogeniture, patent, authorizing adoption. in

February 1876, the State

is

and has received a sanad, or

In consequence of the death of the chief administered by an officer of the British

Government during the minority of

his son. In 1883, the young chief was associated with the British joint administrator, in order to

prepare him at as early a date as possible

There are 9 boys’ schools and

powers.

i

with an average daily attendance of 414.

of this State, and of which

is

7

miles from Bansda,

generally but

little

March

is

for girls’

investiture with

full

school in the State,

At Unai, within the

limits

a hot spring, the temperature

below boiling point



but once a year,

moon, the heat abates sufficiently to allow a company of pilgrims and devotees to bathe in it. The fair at this period is attended by some six or seven thousand people, and at the time of the

full

lasts for six days.

Bansda.

Bombay

— Chief town

(1881) 2447.

Bansdih.

of the State of the

same name

Lat. 20° 47' 30" n., long. 73° 28' e.

Presidency.

in Guzerat,

population

Dispensary, school, and post-office.

— TahsU, or

Sub-division of Ballia District, North-Western

and BaWia. tahsils. Gogra (Ghagra), and

Provinces, created in 1882 from parts of Rasra lies

along the south or right bank of the

much

intersected by side channels from that river.

portion of the

tahs'il is

A

It is

considerable

yearly flooded in the rainy season.

Area, 374

which 258 are cultivated.

Population (1881) 287,352, Land revenue (including or an average of 768 to the square mile. cesses) ;i^2 1,338; rental paid by cultivators, _;^52,6o8. In civil S([uare miles, of

matters, the tahsil

Rasra.

is

It contains

included within the jurisdiction of the i

7tiunsif

of

criminal court, with 3 police stations {thdnds )

strength of regular police, 55 men; village watchmen (chaukiddrs), 433. Bansdih. Town in Ballia District, North-Western Provinces, and

—

head-quarters of Bansdih Situated

on a

tahs'il.

Lat. 25° 52' 38" n., long. 84° 15' 30"

level alluvial plain,

2

mules

e.

north-west of the Suraha