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 BANTWA—BA ONI.

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were entered into with the British Government in 1807. The present chief, with the title of Babi, resides at Manaadar, and maintains a military force of 171 men. He has no sanad authorizing adoption, nor does the succession follow the rule of primogeniture. The chief pays to the British Government an annual tribute of ;^2964, inclusive

of;^i482 State,

for

There

Mananadar.

both holding the

title

The State is without made roads its way outwards chiefly through and Porbandar.

There

is i

are

two other shareholders of

of Babi, one of 3

whom

this

resides at Gi'dar.

the produce of the country finds

the harbours ofVerawal, Mangrol,

school, with 57 pupils.

No

transit

dues

are levied.

Bantwa.

— Chief town of the State of the same name, Bombay

Province of Guzerat, long. 70°

7' E.

in

Lat. 21° 29'

Presidency.

Kathiawar, 15" n.,

and

population (1881) 7589, namely, 1558 Hindus, 6016

3

Muhammadans, and Bantwal. Town

—

The town

15 Jains. in

South Kanara

is fortified.

District,

Madras Presidency,

containing about 1000 houses, chiefly occupied by traders. Lat. 12° 53' 20" N., long. 75° 4' 50" E. namely, 2228 Population (1881) 3090,

Hindus, 760 Muhammadans, 87 Christians, and 15 others. Situated on the river Netravati, 14 miles east of Mangalore. The river bed is here encumbered with masses of hornblende rock, containing mica

and

garnets,

and a

syenite

beautiful pegmatite, with

flesh-coloured

Formerly a place of importance, and still, as an e}itrep6 t for the produce of the District on its way to Mysore, possessing a considerable through traffic. During the war with Tipu Sultan the town was partially destroyed by the Raja of Coorg, who also carried off half the inhabitants as prisoners. The former taluk of Bantwal extended over 1650 square miles, and was divided into 88 ?/idganis, containing 394 villages and 8449 estates, paying a total revenue of crystals

of felspar.

per annum.


 * ,C25 ,ooo

the other taluks

Bantir.

now

—Town

It

was dismembered

in

1852,

and merged

in

existing.

in Pinjaur tahsil, Patiala State, Punjab.

Population

Hindus, 32393 Sikhs, 9573 Jains, 673 and Muhammadans, 2408. Number of occupied houses, 1478. Town in Meerut (Merath) District, North-Western Provinces. Baoli. (1881) 6671,

namely,

—

Population (1881) 5990, namely, Hindus, 5321 3 Muhammadans, 4433 and Jains, 2263 area of town site, 49 acres. Baoni. State in Bundelkhand, enclosed on all sides by British

—

territory, lying

42' 30"

between 25° 53' 15" and 26°

and 80°

30' 25" E. long.

3

7' n. lat.,

and between 79°

length, north to south, about 15 miles

3

population in 1881, 17,0553 estimated revenue, This is the only Muhammadan State in Bundelkhand. The Chief, Nawab Ghazf-ud-din Khan, has a military force of 40 cavalry, 300 infantry, and 75 police, 3 guns, and 8 gunners. The grant of 52
 * Ci 0,000.

area, 127 square miles

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