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made about the middle of the last century to Khan, a connection of the Nizam’s family, by the Peshwa. This grant was confirmed by the British Government in 1802 and

villages

was

originally

Ghazi-ud-di'n



Muhammadan

descendant of the original grantee jdgtr, and resides at Kodaner, his chief village. the

Baori.

—State Central India. — Tdluk Kistna in

Kali B.aori. Madras Presidency.

Lat.

Area, 679 square miles; land revenue, Houses, 26,674; population { 1881) 15 1,736, being 76,574 E.

males and 75,162 females, distributed Chief town, Bapatla.

Bapatla.

holds the

District,

15° 54' X., long. 80° 31'


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See

in

Bapatla.

still

— Town

Kistna

in

15° 54' 30" X., long. 80° 30' 25"

in

2

Madras

District, E.



towns and 112

villages.

Presidency.

Lat.

population fi88i) 6086, namely,

5689 Hindus, 396 Muhammadans, and i Christian, occupying 1080 Situated about 30 miles south of Gantur (Guntoor). Headquarters of the idluk of the same name, with a District munsif’s court, post-office, and travellers’ bungalow. Bara. River in Peshawar District, Punjab. It rises in a valley of the same name, lying in native territory on the southern side of the Khaibar Hills receives its chief tributary, the Ti'ra Toi, 8 miles beyond houses.

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the British border 2



runs north-east through the District, passing within

Shah Alam branch of the Kabul Near the the main stream. intercepted by three cuts, of which one conveys

miles of Peshawar, and

river fort

shortly before

its

of Bara, the river

is

falls

into the

junction

with

water to the town of Peshawar, while the other supplies the watercourses of the Khalils and

Mohmands.

The lower channel

quently dry for the greater portion of the year Tira Hills render

and Attock

it

impassable for days together.

cross the Bara, over

name



good timber

is

conse-

but heavy rains in the

The

roads to Kohat

bridges.

The stream

which grows along its banks. The Sikhs required the whole crop to be brought to Peshawar, where the best portion was reserved for seed ; the second best was sent to Ranjit Singh at Lahore, and the remainder was left to the zaminddrs. The Bara is regarded as a sacred river, and the spot where its waters are first divided forms a special object of veneration. The Northern gives

its

to the celebrated

Bara

rice,

State Punjab Railway crosses the river by an iron bridge.

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Bara. Village in Unao District, Oudh 16 miles south of Purwa, and 24 east of Unao town. Lat. 26° 21' x., long. 80° 46' e. Founded by an eponymous Raja Bara of the Bhar tribe, about 2000 years ago. Population (1881) 1627, namely, Hindus, 1541, and Musalmans, 86. Two Hindu Goldsmiths’ and carpenters’ work, indigo manufactory. temples school post-office, and police station. Bara Banki. District in Oudh, under the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, lying between 26° 31' 30" and 27° 21'





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