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the fears of the men.

come common.

Incendiarism, clearly traced to the troops, had be-

The excitement grew more

intense from week to week, was brought about by a private of the 34th Native Infantry, named Mangal Pande, who attempted to kill one of the officers. Lieutenant Baugh, fired at a European sergeant-major, and called upon his comrades to join him. These outrages were committed within a few yards of the quarter-guard, where a native officer and 20 men were on duty, but no steps were taken to interfere. The regiment was disbanded with ignominy on the 6th of May, Mangal Pande and the native officer in charge of the guard A full having been previously tried by court-martial and hanged. account of these events will be found in Sir John Kaye’s History of the Sepoy IVar, vol. i. pp. 266-269, 495 Barsana. Town in Muttra (Mathura) District, North-Western Provinces, situated in lat. 27° 29' n., and long. 77° 24' e., lying at the foot

on the 29th March, the

until,

crisis

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—

and on the slope of a small ridge near the border of Bhartpur State, the summit of the ridge being crowned with temples in honour of Radha, the wife of Krishna. Half-way down the slope, a long flight The of steps leads to the temple of Mahiban, Radha’s grandfather. town was founded in the early part of the last century, and flourished Remains till the middle of the present century, but it is now in ruins. of ancient buildings and of sacred bathing tanks.

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Sub-division of Sholapur District, Bombay Presidency. Barsi. PopulaArea, 596 square miles, containing i town and 122 villages. tion (1881) 110,046, of whom 55,242 were returned as males, and

54,804 as females.

7456

and of



Barsi.

‘

Of Hindus

there are 101,588

of



Muhammadans,

others,’ 1002.

— Chief town

of the Sub-division of Barsi, in Sholapur Dis-

Bombay

Presidency; distant 43 miles north of Sholapur, and 128 Lat. 18° 13' 30" n., and long. 75° 44' miles east of Poona (Puna). 30" E. population (1882) 16,126, namely, Hindus, 14,026; Muhammadans, 1682; Jains, 321; Christians, 46; and Parsi's, ii; area of

trict,



town

240

site,

Municipal revenue (1881-82) ;^5325 ; rate of Expenditure (1880-81) ;^i78i. Con-

acres.

taxation, 3s. 8|d. per head.

siderable trade

is

carried on at Barsi, the staples being cotton, linseed,

The estimated annual export about 11,400 tons or 52,000 Bombay candies, and of linThe town has a seed, from 80,000 to 90,000 bags of i| cwt. each. and

oil,

of cotton

exported chiefly to Bombay. is

sub-judge’s court

and a

post-office.

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Barsi-Takli. Town in Akola District, Berar. Population (1881) Of the total popula5377, namely, 2697 males and 2680 females. tion, 3941 were returned as Hindus, 1382 as Musalmans, and 54 as Parsi's.

Area of town

site,

Barsinghpur. — Town

127 acres. in

Undo

District,

Oudh



8 miles north of