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 B ARAMA Tl—BARAMBA.

tenure of

some

fifty

years,

I2I

were ousted by Haidar Ali in 1759.

The

following year saw the Marathds masters of the country, but after their [ '

on possession. In 1767, an Engwas driven back after a gallant Reinforcements met struggle by the troops of Haidar and the Nizdm. the retiring force in the Chengamma Pass and a few months later the English troops, attacking at two points, invaded the Bar^mahal and defeat at Panipat, Haidar re-entered

force invested Krishnagiri, but

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occupied several of its forts. Twice again, in 1790 and 1791, armies were despatched to reduce the tract, but one fortress, that of Krishnagiri, withstood all assaults. In 1792 the B^ramahal was ceded to the English, and the name, under the new territorial division, was soon

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abandoned.

Baramati.

—Town

18° 8' 30" N.,

Lat.

in

long.

Poona (Puna)

District,

74° 36' 45" e.

Bombay

Presidency.

Population

(1881) 5272, namely, Hindus, 4641; Muhammadans, 499; and Jains, 132; area of town site, 107 acres; municipal revenue (1881-82) _;,^6oo ; rate of taxation, 2s. 2d. per head; municipal expenditure (i88o-8r) ;^48o.

Baramba. 20° 22

— One

of the Tributary States of Orissa, lying between lat., and between 85° 15' and 85° 31^^ 30"

and 20° 31' 40" N.

15"

long.;

area, 137 square miles. Population (1881) 29,772. It is surrounded by other Tributary States, being bounded on the north by Hindol, on the east by Tigaria, on the south by Bankf and Khandpard (the boundary-line being formed by the Mahanadi river), and on the west by Narsinghpur. Kanakd Peak (2038 feet), the highest E.

entirely

point of the

hill

border of the

A

range of the same name,

is

situated

on the northern

State.

legend attributes the foundation

whom

of the

State to a celebrated

monarch presented two villages. These villages were owned and inhabited by Kandhs, but the wrestler speedily drove out the aborigines, and gradually extended his territory at their expense. The present ruler. Raja Bisambhar Birbar Mangraj Mahdwrestler, to

the Orissa

now

(1883) a minor, 2 years of age, claims to be a Kshattriya and is the 21st Raja in descent from the original chief. The State yields an estimated revenue of ;^2 6oo, and pays ;^i4o tribute to the British Government. The chief maintains a military force of 709 men, and his police are 188 strong. He also supports a school, and post-office. The State is now, and will remain during the minority of the Chief, under the direct management of Government. The population of Barambd, numbering, as has been said, 29,772 persons, inhabit 186 villages and 5662 houses. The number of Hindus is 26,069; Buddhists, 492; aboriginal tribes, chiefly Kandhs and Savars, 3093 and Muhammadans, 1 18. Number of males, 15,004, and females, Average density of the population, 222 per square mile; 14,768. patra,

by

caste,



villages per

square mile,

139; persons per

village,

160; houses per