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 BA TALI— BA UPHAL.

2i6

Some 0,000 ; manufactures of cotton, silk, brass, and leather goods. of the coarser qualities of pashmina, or cloth woven from the wool of

The

the shawl goat, are manufactured at Batala.

principal buildings

are the court-house, police station, sardi, sadr distillery, school-house, post-office, dispensary,

Khan



handsome

Singh, son

Hindu

of

Ranji't

A

temple.

two good

tanks, massive tomb of Shamsher known as the Anarkalli, erected by Sher Singh, who held Batala in jdgir; conspicuous

building,

Mission College and boarding-house for native

Church Mission to some height good drainage, and

Christian boys has been established at Batala by the

The

Society.

central portion of the

above the surrounding

town

is

raised

with well-paved streets,

level,

but the suburbs consist of squalid mud by Gujar shepherds and low-caste weavers, where filth Municipal accumulates to the great detriment of the general health. substantial brick-built houses

huts, occupied

income

in

1882-83,

—Frontier

1

expenditure, ^^1966.

Kimidi Estate, Vizagapatam Madras Presidency. Ceded to the Kimidi Estate by the Jaipur (Jeypore) Raja as a reward to the chief of the former for betraying the owner of Batali to the Raja, by whom he was put to death. See Merangi. Batesar. Town in Agra District, North-Western Provinces, lying on the right bank of the Jumna, and distant 35 miles south-east of Agra. Lat. 26° 56' 6" N., long. 78° 35' 7" E. Great commercial fair on last day of Kdrtik, which attracts 150,000 persons. Pilgrims bathe in From 4000 to 7000 horses are exposed for sale, besides the Jumna. 3000 camels and 10,000 cattle. Sales take place for two or three days The horses come chiefly from before and after the religious festival. Punjab and Upper Doab, but some from Kabul and R^jputana. They are purchased for cavalry and police purposes, and also by private persons. Batkagarh. Za 77itnddrt or estate in Chhindwara District, Central Provinces; north of Chhindwara, situated between 22° 25' and 22° 41' N. lat., and between 79° 10' and 79° 50' e. long. Area 161 square Population, 10,460, miles, with 90 villages, and 2511 occupied houses. namely, males 5268, and females 5192 persons per square mile, 65. The jagirddr, who is a Gond, pays an annual tribute or takoli of Chief village, Khapa, containing (1881) 167 houses, and a total populaBatali.

village of the Parla

District,

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—

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tion of 816.

Bauliari.

— Seaport on the creek of the same name,

Sub-division of

30"

N., long.

Ahmadabdd

72° 10' 30"

District,

Bombay

in the

Presidency.

Dhandhuka Lat. 22° 4'

e.

—

Bauphal. Town in Bdkarganj District, Bengal. Population (1881) 5055, namely, Muhammadans 3150, and Hindus 1905; area, 8620 acres. A municipal union, with an income of ^^152 in 1881-82; average rate of municipal taxation,

per head.