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 BAL ODA—BALRAMP UR.

24

houses occupied by Europeans



and the

lines of the Viceroy’s

Body-

Ciuard, consisting of brick-built ranges, with stables, are situated here.

Police station.

Baloda.

— Town

Provinces. panthis, 237 1

Bilaspur

in

fahsU,

Bilaspur

District,

Population (i88i) 2492, namely, Hindus, Satnami's,



Central

1858; Kabir-

103; Muhammadans, 178; aboriginal

tribes,

16.

—

Town in Jodhpur (Jodhpore) State, Rajputana, situated on bank of the Luni on the route from Balmer to Jodhpur city,

Balotra. the right



62 miles south-west of the

latter.

Lat. 25° 49' n., long. 72° 21' 10" e.



estimated pop. (Thornton) 7275, viz. 6750 Hindus and 525 Muhammadans. Situated on the high road from Jodhpur to Dwarka, a celebrated place of pilgrimage in the west of Guzerat, a stream of pilgrims annually passes through the town. To supply their wants there is an excellent market, and abundance of good water is to be had from

125 masonry wells. than 30,000 people,

—

A is

fair,

lasting 15

days,

and attended by more

held annually in March.

Balrampur. Pargand in Utraula ^ahsil, Gonda bounded on the north by Tulsipur pargand, on the pargand and Basti District, on the south by Utraula

District,

Oudh



east by Tulsipur

and on the

The country was conquered about the middle century by immigrant Janwars, who founded the great

west by Bahraich District. of the

14th

Ikauna Raj. In the seventh generation from the original invasion, one of the Janwar chiefs separated from his brother, the Ikauna Raja, and expelled a caste of carpenters who held a tract between the Rapti and Kuwana rivers. His son, Balram Das, founded the town of Balrampur, and also gave his name to the estate. The small tract originally acquired was augmented by the conquest of neighbouring territory, although much of it was afterwards wrested from the Janwars by the Pathans of Utraula, and the Bisens. One of the most celebrated Rajas of Balrampur was Nevval Singh, who succeeded to the estate in 1777. During his reign he was repeatedly engaged in hostilities with the Lucknow Court, and although often defeated by the King’s troops, he was never subdued, and succeeded in keeping the assessment on his pargand at so low a rate as to amount to little more than a tribute. His grandson, the late Maharaja, Sir Digbijai Singh, K.C.S. possession in 1836.

During the

I.,

earlier years of his rule,

came

into

he was

fre-

quently engaged in warfare with the neighbouring chiefs of Utraula and Tulsipur,

and

also with the revenue officers of the King’s Court.

the outbreak of the Mutiny, Digbijai Singh, alone of

the Division, never wavered in his allegiance. officers of the

Gorakhpur. rebel

District within his fort,

and

He

all

On

the chiefs of

sheltered the English

finally sent

them

This loyal behaviour exposed him to the

in safety to

hostility of the

Government, and a far)ndn from Lucknow divided

his territories