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 BALES IVAR RIVER—BAL 7AGHATA.

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killed by a ball while attempting to escape from the field. The account given in the Sair-iil-Mutakharin is one of the best descriptions

was

of a battle to be found in

Baleswar River

(‘

Muhammadan

historians.

Lord of Strength

’).

— One

of the principal dis-

Ganges leaves the parent stream near Kushtia in Nadiya District, Bengal, where it is called the Garai. Thence flowing in a southerly direction, it soon assumes the name of Madhumati (‘ Honey

tributaries of the

Flowing’).



Bakarganj District near

It enters

Gopalganj, and from this point

it

takes the

its

north-west corner at

name

of Baleswar, and

forms the western boundary of the District, still flowing south, but with great windings in its upper reaches. It then crosses the Sundarbans, separating the Jessor from the Bakarganj portion of that tract,

and enters the Bay of Bengal under the name of Haringhata {'Deer Ford’), forming a fine deep estuary 9 miles broad. The river is navigable as high up as Morrellganj in the District of Jessor by sea-going ships, and throughout its entire course by native boats of the largest tonnage. Although there is a bar at the mouth of the Haringhata with only 17 feet of water at low tide, the navigation is easier than that of any other river at the head of the Bay of Bengal. The great banks or shoals which have formed at each side of the mouth, and

which extend seaward

for several miles, protect the entrance,

The

breakwaters to the swell. visits

the

Hugh and

Among

dangers.

Bankana

river

the Meghna,

its

is

and

not disturbed by the it

is

‘

and act as

bore,’

which

also free from mid-channel

chief tributaries are the

Kacha

in Bakarganj,

and

Nabaganga, and Machuakhalf in Jessor. Ball (i). Town on the Dhalkisor river in Hugh District, Bengal. Lat. 22° 48' 50" N., long. 87° 48' 46" E. ; population (1881) 7037, com-

the

khdl,

—

6564 Hindus and 473 Muhammadans.

prising

A

municipal union,

with an income in 1881-82 of ;^^i35.

Bali

Hugh

(2).

— Market

village

District, Bengal,

and a

on the right bank of the Hugh' river, in station on the East Indian Railway, seven Lat. 22° 39' n., long. 88° 23' e.

miles from Calcutta (Howrah).

an academy

for

Hindu

The

pandits.

village takes

its

khdl, or canal, 12 feet deep, running from here to the

west of Serampur station.

A

Contains

name from

suspension bridge crosses the khdl

—Village Dinajpur, Bengal, the of an annual honour of Krishna. — See Alawakhawa. on the Circular Road Canal, Baliaghata. — Trading Balia.

in

a

Dankum' marsh at Bali.

festival in

site

village

in the

Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal. Lat. 22° 33' 45" N., long. Principal trade fine rice imported from Bakarganj and the

District of the

88° 27'

E.

—

Eastern Districts, and firewood.

Baliaghata.

— Canal

in the

District of the

Bengal, extending from the old to the

Lake, 5^ miles in length.

new

Twenty-four Parganas,

toll-house

on the

Salt

Water