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 BIJLI—BIJNA UR. females.

teak

Its

though

forests,

timber for export, which

— Zam'mddri

overworked,

still

dragged either to the Godavari

is

or the Sabari at Kunta, and floated Bijli.

greatly

427

down

to the sea.

or estate on the north-east border of Bhandara

District,

Central Provinces.

villages,

46,

Population (1881) 17,437; number of zammddr'is or minor estates,

of two shikm'i

exclusive

namely, Salekasa and Darekasa, the former consisting of latter of 15 villages; area,

The

forests

produce much

which has

lately

7,

and the

129 square miles, of which 25 are cultivated. valuable timber. One of the main District

roads to Raipur passes through this chiefship, leaving Pass,

supply

at Parnsala,

been repaired.

The

hills

it

by Darekasa

near the pass contain

some curious caves, partly artificial, called Kachagarh, or forts of and which must have been very useful as a refuge in former ‘

safety,’

days, possessing a

owing

good water supply, and being

bamboo jungle.

to the denseness of the

difficult

The

of approach,

approach through the dense bamboo jungle, and the advantage of a spring of water close by, justify the name. Just below the pass, the Kuardas stream falls from a height of about 50 feet into a large pool of very difficulty of

deep water. The Banjaras make this picturesque spot a favourite camping ground. The Nagpur and Chhatisgarh State Railway runs through a tunnel under Darekasa hill, cut out of the solid rock, and 750

feet long.

—

One of the Hasht-Bhai jdgirs in Bundelkhand, under the Bijna. Central India Agency and the Government of India. Area, 27 square miles, much sub-divided; population (1881) 2084; revenue, jQZoo.

—

There are 4 of these jdgirs Dhurwai, Bijna, Tori Fatehpur, and Pahari Banka. They originally belonged to the Orchha or Tehri State, and were called Hasht-Bhai because the Diwan Rai Singh divided his jdgir of Baragaon among his eight sons, and these shares have now become merged into four. The present jdgirdar of Bijna is Makund Singh, a Hindu Bundela. The four jdgirdars keep up a total military force of 15 guns, 50 horse, and 530 foot. Bijna. Town in Bijna State, Bundelkhand, Central India Agency.

—

Lat.

25“ 27' 10" N., long.

State of the

same name.

79°

5'

15" E.

The

principal place in the

Situated on the route from

Banda

to Jhansi,

95 miles west of former, 40 east of latter. Bijnaur {Bijnor ). District in the Lieutenant-Governorship of the North-Western Provinces, lying between 29° i' 30" and 29° 58' n. lat.,

—

and between 78°

2'

and 79°

tion (1881) 721,450 souls.

E.

long.; area

Bijnaur

is

18677 square miles; popula-

the northernmost District of the

Rohilkhand Division, and is bounded on the north-east by the submontane road, which separates it from the foot of the Kumaun and Garhwal hills on the west by the river Ganges, which separates it from Dehra Dun, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut (Merath) Districts ;