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 WANI—BAB IVA SA GAR. when

it

was restored

to the chief

i8i

on the understanding that

his con-

tinuance in power would depend on his ability to administer his State rightly. Jaswant Singh died on the 15th of August 1880, and was succeeded by his brother Indarjit, the present ruler. Barwani pays no tribute to, and receives no allowance from, the British Government. It pays Hali Rs. 4000 per annum towards the cost of the Malwa Bhi'l

Corps. of Rana. parts of

The chief receives a salute of nine guns, and holds the title The whole State is intersected by the Satpura range, and are so malarious that even the Bhils cannot live there

it

with impunity.

The

contains excellent

tract of

forest

and

984 square miles

in

the State

a revenue of about ^^1300 yearly. Large game abounds. There are three main lines of road within the State, also 12 schools attended by 450 pupils. Chief town, timber,

yields

Barwani.

Barwani.

— Chief town

of the State of the

same name under the left bank of

Central India Agency, situated 2 miles from the south or the Narbada.

It is surrounded by a double wall, with a ditch to the Bopulation (1881) 5581. There are some Jain temples on the Bawangaja Hill, distant about 5 miles from the town, and a fair is

outer one.

held in January in connection with these temples.

Barwar. 80°

24'

E.

—Town

in

Kheri

District,

Oudh.

Lat.

27° 50' N., long.

(1881) 3683, namely, Hindus, 2654, and Situated on an open, fertile plain, surrounded

population

Muhammadans,

1029.

by groves and highly cultivated fields. Remains of a brick fort, built by Nawab Mukhtadar Khan and i Hindu temple. 4 mosques Manufacture of sugar. Barwa Sagar. Town in Jhansi District, North-Western Provinces; distant 12 miles from Jhansi, on the Nowgong (Naugaon) road. Lat.



—

25° 22' 35" N., long. 78° 46' 35" E.

Population (1881) 6315, namely,

6027 Hindus, 204 Muhammadans, and 84 Jains. Area of town site, 134 acres. A small municipal revenue is raised under the provisions of Act XX. of 1856. The town is picturesquely situated at the foot of a rocky ridge on the shore of the Barwa Sagar Lake, an artificial sheet of water formed by a masonry embankment three-quarters of a mile in length, and containing t ,vo craggy, wooded islets. Flights of steps lead down from the embankment to the water’s edge. Below, a tract of land, extending over 4 miles, is thickly planted with mango and other trees, often of great age and enormous size. The work was constructed by Udit Singh, Raja of Orchha, between 1705 and 1737. Irrigation canals, several miles in length, have been excavated from the edge of North-west of the the lake, but are now of little use owing to leakage. town rises a fine old castle overlooking the lake, also built by Udit Its last Singh, now used as a dak bungalow or travellers’ rest-house. occupant was the celebrated Ranf of Jhansi. Three miles west stand