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 BHAISA UNDA—BHAKKAR.

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of great sanctity, and visited by Hindu pilgrims from Lat. 31° 2' N., long. 78° 54' E.

Bhaisaunda. khand Agency,

all

parts of India.

— One of the Kdlinjar Chaubf jdgtrs under the Bundel-

in Central India. Area, 12 square miles; popu1881,4073, namely, 4002 Hindus, and 71 Muhammadans; revenue, ;^iioo. It is a rule of succession in the Kalinjar family,

lation in

that

when

heirs

to

fail

any sharer, the share

The

surviving branches of the family.

Chaubi Tirat Prasdd, who

is

a

is

divided

among

share of Bhaisaunda

is

the

held by

The jdgtrddr

Hindu and a Brahman.

has about 80 foot soldiers.

—

One of the Hill States in political subordination to the Bhajji Punjab Government, lying between 31° 7' 30" and 31° 17' 45" n. lat, and between 77° 2' 30" and 77° 23' 15" e. long. The Rana, or chief, is a Rajput. The founder of the family came from Kangra and acquired possession of the State by conquest. The Gurkhas overran the country between 1803 and 1815, and were expelled by the British Government, on which the Rana was confirmed in possession of his Population State by Area, 96 square miles ; revenue, ;j^23oo. .

Hindus num(1881) 12,106, namely, 6720 males and 5386 females. bered 12,054, Sikhs 7, and Muhammadans 45 ; number of villages, 327.

An

annual tribute of ;^i44

death passed by the

awarded on

his

Bhakkar.

own

Rdna

is

paid

the

to

require confirmation

Sentences of

British.

other punishments are



authority.

— Tahsil

Khan

of Dera Ismiil

along the eastern bank of the Indus

District,

Punjab, lying

only slowly reclaimed and



colonized by Jat and Baluch settlers within the last three centuries. tahs'il is naturally divided into two portions, (i) the thal, forming

The

part of the sandy plain of the Sind Sagar

low

Doab



and

(2) the kach'i, or

on the Indus. Area, 3114 square miles; population (1881) 112,429, namely, males 60,989, and females 51,440; persons per square mile, 36. Muhammadans numbered 97,265 ; Hindus, 15,086; Sikhs, 59; and ‘others,’ 19. The administrative staff consists of an extra Assistant Commissioner, tahsilddr, and honorary magistrate. These officers preside over 3 civil and 3 criminal courts; 3 police stations; alluvial lands

strength of regular police, 61

Revenue of the

Bhakkar.

— Town

quarters of

Bhakkar

Population

(1881)

men;

village

watchmen

{chau/dddrs), ij6.

12,056.

tahsil,

in

Dera Ismail Khan

tahsil.

4402,

Lat.

namely,

District,

Punjab, and head5' 52" E.

31° 37' 43" n., long. 71°

2492

Hindus,

1895

Muhamma-

A

dans, 9 Sikhs, and 6 ‘others.’ third class municipality, with an income in 1881 of ;;^239 ; expenditure, ^^276. The town is situated

on the

left

bank of the Indus, on the edge of the thal

or sandy plain

overlooking the kachi, or low-lying alluvial lands along the Indus, a

channel of which

is

navigable as

far as

Bhakkar during the

floods.

To