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 —— BARODA—BAROT

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The Hindus numbered

84,042, and included the following castes Brahmans, 17,155 Rajputs, 2001 ; other Hindus, 64,886, of whom 43,857 belonged to low castes, and the remainder to agriculturists, artisans, and castes of good social position. The Muhammadans numbered 19,149, being 17,000 Sunnis and 2148 ShHs. The Musalmans proper comprise Pathans, negroes, and Arabs, the relics, perhaps, of the mercenary troops largely enlisted at one time by the Gaekwar. The city has now been placed under a sanitary and a municipal



commissioner,

who has organized

the necessary conservancy, lighting,

and other sanitary arrangements at an annual cost of Baroda Rs. 192,700, or ;^i 7,266. The whole area is considered the property of Government. Unless a document called a kabdld is shown, all

watering,

owners of land pay a tax at the rate of is. per foot; if the proprietor can produce a kabdld for a portion only of his property, the excess land is charged at 3d. per foot in order to prevent encroachments but this tax has been long in abeyance.

The

survey

one only, but the income derived from

made

Permission to build or rebuild houses

a year.

of course a rough amounts to granted on payment is

this source is

open doors and windows, at los. (Rs. 5) per 2 feet, or I gaz. The income from this source is about _;^io8 a year. Baroda. Large and flourishing agricultural village in Gohana tahsil, Rohtak District, Punjab, situated on the Butana branch of the Western of

2S.

(R. i)



to

—

Jumna

Canal, in

lat.

29°

9'

30"

n., long.

76° 40' 30"

(1881) 5900, namely, 5603 Hindus, 14 Jains, and 283 Area of town site, 693 acres.

E.

Population

Muhammadans.

—Town Gwalior Territory, Central India. PopulaBaronda. — Petty State in Bundelkhand, Central India Agency. See Baraunda. Meerut (Merath) Barot {Baratit). — Ancient town Barodsair.

in

tion (1881) 6787.

in

District,

North-Western Provinces; distant 27 miles from Meerut; lies on the left bank of the Eastern Jumna Canal, amid a perfect network of distributaries, which somewhat interfere with the natural lines of drainage, but steps are being taken to remedy 77° 18' 35"

this defect.

Lat. 29° 6' 5" n.,

Population (1881) 7956, namely, 4682 Hindus, Area of town 2127 Muhammadans, 1142 Jains, and 5 Christians. Municipal income (1880-81) ;£’](>$, mainly derived site, 62 acres. from octroi duties; expenditure, ;a^839. Said to have been founded

long.

E.

in the eighth century.

now used

Contains two markets, two bdzdrs, ancient

as a police station, post-offlce, school,

many

fort

handsome Hindu and

by Saraugi bankers ; manufacture of buckets and iron caldrons. The Jdts of Barot were conspicuous for disloyalty during the Mutiny, and their estates were confiscated on the restoration of order.

Jain temple,

declining trade in

brick-built houses inhabited

gh'i

and

safflower