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Bela. Town in Partabgarh (Prata'pgarh) District, Oudh; 4 miles from Partabgarh town, and 36 from Allahabad, on the road from Allahabad to Faizabad (Fyzabad). Lat. 25° 55' 30" n., long. 82° 2' 10" e. Popula-

2418; and Muhammadans, 1619.

tion (1881) 4037, namely, Hindus,

The

Mac-

administrative head-quarters of Partabgarh District are at

Andrewganj, adjoining

Bel^

(or

Veld).

Two Hindu

this town.

— Agricultural

town

Provinces; 10 miles south of Bori.

temples and one mosque.

Nagpur

in

Central

District,

20° 46' 35"

79° 3' Population (1881) 4943, namely, Hindus, 4426; Muhammadans, 215 ; Jains, 183; aboriginal tribes, 119. Has three fine wells, a school-house, and police buildings. Exports coarse cotton cloth and

54"

Lat.

n., long.

E.

gunny, the fabric of which the Banjards’ packs are made. Said to have been founded in the time of the Gauli's. The fort, now in a dilapidated condition, was built by Rai Singh Chaudhari, a large landholder, whose

descendants are

still

mdlgttzdrs of Bela.

The

the Pindari troubles. Magistrate.

Belagavi Lat.

State.

Balagdmi).

(or

14°

Celebrated for

24'

its

village

— Village

in

18'

e.

75°

long.

n.,

was twice destroyed during

It

the residence of an Honorary

is

Shimoga

District,

Mysore

population (1881)



1428.

ruined temples, which for the taste and finish of

by any

was the capital it was regarded as the mother of cities.’ It abounds with inscriptions, of wFich sixtytwo have been photographed and translated. Its prosperity continued under the Ballala kings, and it was probably destroyed when their power w'as overthrowm by the IMuhammadans in 1310. Some of the sculptures have been carried aw'ay to the Mysore Museum. their carving are not surpassed

of the

Kadamba

in

Mysore.

dynasty, and as early as the

1

It

2th century

‘

Belamarapalavalasa.

— Estate

in

Ganjam

District,

Madras

Presi-

Area, 3 square miles. Land revenue, ^^104. Belapur. Seaport in Thana District, Bombay Presidency.

Average

ending 1873-74— exports,

9,383;

dency.

—

annual value of trade for

^3227. Beldanga. Town

imports,

—

in

five years

Murshidabad

District,

District Belgaum {Belgdm, Beigdon of the Bombay Presidency, lying between ).

and between 74°

4'

and 75°

population (1881) 864,014.

in

Bengal.— the

and 16° 56' n. lat., 4657 square miles; bounded on the north

15° 22'

35' e. long.;

area,

The

is

District

Bed.anga. Southern Division

by the States of Miraj and Jath north-east by Kaladgi District east by the States of Jamkhandi and Mudhol; south and south-east by the Districts of Dharwar and North Kanara, and the State of Kolhapur ; south-west by the territory of Goa and west by the States of Sawantwari and Kolhapur. Extreme length from n.e. to s.w. 120 miles, with a varying breadth of from 50 to 80 miles. Number of villages on





the

Government

rent-roll, 1133.

Land revenue (1880-81)


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