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 BAREL OR BARAIL—BARELA. synchronous occurrence of the Hindu

festival

of the

Muhammadan Muharram. Precautions were outbreak, but the fanatical Muhammadan populace the

religious procession,

was not quelled wounded.

The of

Rdmndmt

attacked the

Hindu

set to

city has little architectural pretension, the chief buildings

modern

Deo, may

date. still

The

be seen

with

taken to prevent an

work plundering the city. The riot several persons were killed and 158 reported

and

until

147

ruins of the ancient fortress,

A

in the old town.

being

founded by Barel

modern

fort of consider-

able strength overlooks the artillery barracks in the cantonments, and

A third and Raja Makrand Rai. The chief mosques are the Mi'rza Masjid, built by Mirz^ Ain-ul-Mulk about the year 1600, and the Jama Masjid, erected by the Hindu Makrand Rai, in t 657. The Nawab of Rampur has a palace near the city, which he occupies on his visit to Bareilly, and lends at other times to Europeans of high official position. The other buildings include a church, two jails, lunatic asylum. District offices, and railway station. Most of the private houses are built of mud, only 6800 out of 22,800 supplies a place of refuge

much

and defence

older fortification owes

Some

being of masonry. are clean

and



new

bdzdrs, particularly Inglisganj,

Cotton, grain, and

sugar form the chief

but Bareilly does not rank in the

mercantile importance. are better

for the station.

origin to

of the

well built.

commercial staples

its

The manufactures

and cheaper than elsewhere

in

first

class of

of furniture and upholstery

Northern India.

has a Government college, with a Principal and

staff

Bareilly

of professors,

Municipal income in 1880-81, ;^9994, of which jCgijg was derived from octroi. Bdrel or Barail. Hill range in North Cachar, Assam, connecting

besides high-class schools.

—

the Khdsi Hills system with Manipur and the

Naga

Hills.

It

forms the

boundary between North and South Cachar, and lies between 25° and The height 25° 32' N. lat., and between 93° 9' and 93° 46' e. long. varies from 2500 to 6000 feet. Many spurs are thrown out southThe rocky wards, between which torrents flow towards the Barak. strata beneath are covered with vegetable mould, and clothed with dense

forest.

—

Forest in Mandla Bareld. between 22° 58' 45" and 23° 2' n 80° 16' 30" E. long.; area about

numerous Bareld.

ravines, but full of

—Ancient

town

District, .

young

Central

Provinces,

lying

and between 80° 12' 30" and Broken up by 10 square miles. lat,

teak.

in Jabalpur

(Jubbulpore) District, Central Lat 23° 6' n., long. 80°

Provinces, 10 miles south-east of Jabalpur. 5'

30"

panthis,

Said to

Population (1881) 2733, namely, Hindus, 2268; Kabir157; Muhammadans, T51; Jains, 66; aboriginal tribes, 91. have been founded 1100 years ago by a Gond RajL Until

E.