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 BIHAR— BIHAT.

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and Bais, 2. Muhammadan proprietors own 21 villages, chiefly in neighbourhood of Manikpur town. Bihdr ( Vihdra) signifies a monastery, and the name usually commemorates the site of one of these Buddhist institutions. I



the

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T own in Partdbgarh District, Oudh ; on the road to Bihdr. Manikpur, 29 miles from Bela. Population (1881) 1029, namely, Hindus, 832 ; and Muhammadans, 197. Formerly a place of note and wealth, but recently much reduced owing to the turbulence of the Government

tdlukddrs.

—Pargand

school.

District, Oudh bounded on the north and on the south and west by Bhagwantnagar pargand. Two First constituted a pargand in the reign of Akbar. small rivers, the Lon and the Kharhi, flow through this tract, but

Bihar.

and

east

by

in

Undo



Khi'ron,

irrigation is principally

conducted from

wells.

Area, 24 square miles,

Government land revenue demand, ;j^ 3964, or an average of 5s. a|d. per acre. Brahmans and Bais Rajputs are most numerous among the higher Hindu castes, and Ahirs and Chamars among the lower. The Muhammadan population forms a very small proportion of the whole. Four roads intersect the pargand. Salt and saltpetre were formerly manufactured here, but neither is now I I

of which are cultivated

worked.



—-Town in Undo District,

Oudh ; 12 miles east of Purwa, and 30 south-east of Unao, on the road thence to Ra.i Bareli. The Lon river, west of the town, is spanned by a handsome bridge erected by Government. Scene of a great battle, which took place about 100 years ago between the Raos of Daundia Khera and the Ra,ja of Mauranwd.n aided by the chief of Sankarpur, all barons of the Bais clan. Population (1881) 1618, namely, Hindus, 1433, and Muhammadans, Two temples, large masonry tank, and school; annual fair, 185. Bihar.

attended by about 5000 persons. Bihar. River rising in laL 24°

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e., more than and falling into the Tons in lat. 24° 48' n., long. 81“ 22' e. At the Chachai Falls, 50 miles from its source, the stream is precipitated over a rock 200 feet At Rewd, 20 miles higher up, the route from Allahabad to high. Sagar (Saugor) crosses it, and it is fordable at this point in dry weather. Bihat. One of the petty States of Bundelkhand, under the Central India Agency, lying between 25° 21' and 25° 26' 15" N. lat., and between 79° 22' 30" and 79° 27' e. long. area, about 15 square miles; estimated population (r88i) 4704; estimated revenue, ^1300. The

1000

feet

above the

sea, in

Rewa

15' n., long.

81°

5'

State, Central India,

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is a Hindu Bundela, named Rao Mahum Singh he holds a sanad of adoption. A military force of 125 foot soldiers is

Jagirdar of Bihat



kept up.

Bihat.

—Town

in

Sitapur District,

Oudh;

12 miles south-east of