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BBA G WANTNA GAR—BHAINSR OR. District, Bengal,

20' 38" E.

e.Tch other, called

two villages of the name, five miles from and Old Bhagwangold. The latter was the port

in reality

New

Muhammadan

of Murshidabad during

when

Lat. 24° 20' n., long. 88°

120 miles north of Calcutta.

There are

355

the Ganges

and

rule,

At other

still

is

much

owing

resorted

changes which have taken place in the course of the river, it is not accessible by boat, and the river traffic is confined to the new town. This latter is sometimes called Alatalf, and is a depot for up-country produce, especially indigo seed. Old Bhagwangola is a police station.

to

is

in

flood.

—Pargand

Unao

times,

to

Oudh

bounded on on the east by Khiron and Sareni pargands, on the south by Daundia Khera pargand, and on the west by Ghatampur pargand. Watered by the small rivers Khari and Suwawan, which both have their rise in this pargand, and which occasionally do considerable damage by inundations. Soil principally loam and clay. Area, 45 square miles, of which 19 are

Bhagwantnagar.

in

District,

the north by Bihar, Patan, and Magrayar pargands

cultivated;

^^67

7 1,

rice, millet,

crops

population (1881) 25,623. Government land revenue, Principal autumn crops cotton, 4s. 8^d. per acre.

—

averaging

mug, vetches, Indian corn,

—wheat,

oil-seeds, sweet potatoes

and sugar-cane. Of the 53 tdlukddr'i, and i revenue-free.

barley, gram, peas,

25 are zaminddn, 26 patt'iddri,

i

—



spring villages

Bhagwantnagar. Town in Unao District, Oudh 32 miles southFounded by east of Unao town, on the road from Baksar to Bihar. and named after Bhagwant Kuar, the wife of Rdo Raghunath Singh, the Bais chief of Daundia



Khera.

Population

Hindus, 3289, and Muhammadans, 268. nacular school



post office

and manufacture of copper

Bhagwantnagar.



and

(1881)

Six

3557, namely,

Hindu temples;

registration office.

ver-

Flourishing trade

utensils.

—Town

in

Hardoi

District,

Oudh



i

mile south

Founded about 180 years ago by Aurangzeb’s Hindu diwdn. Raja Bhagwant Rai, who named it after himself. Population (1881) 1462, chiefly Brahmans number of houses, 219. Considerable manufacture of bell-metal plates and drinking vessels. Bi-weekly of Mallanwan.



market.

—

Bhai. Town in Dalmau tahsil, Rai Bareli District, Oudh ; 3 miles west of Dalmau, on the road from that place to Lalganj, and 20 miles Picturesquely situated on rising ground, from Rai Bareli town.

surrounded by numerous groves.

Population (1881) 2714.

—

Town and fort in Mewar or Rajputana ; situated on the summit of a lofty rock in the angle of confluence where the Bhamani river falls into Lat. 24° 58 n., long. 75° 36 e. the Chambal. Distance (direct) from Udaipur (Oodeypore) 70 miles east-north-east; from Ujjain, 127 miles north. The rock varies from 300 to 700 feet in height above the average Bhainsror {Bhainsrorgarh, Bdnsror).

Udaipur (Oodeypore)

State,

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