Page:The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Volume 2 (2nd edition).pdf/51

 BAMAiXI— BA MR A.

41

under British management with the remainder of the minority of the

Bamani. Estate,

new

State,

during the

chief, a child.

—

Mountain peak near Rayabigi, in the Jaipur (Jeypore) Vizagapatam District, Madras Presidency ; height, 2488 feet.

Lat. 19° 35' N., long. 83° 40' E.

Bamauri. situated in

— Village

Kumaun

in

District,

North-Western Provinces, e. on the route from

29° 13' n., and long. 79° 35'

lat.



Bareilly (Bareli) to Almora, 42 miles south of the latter; elevation

the sea,

700

1

feet.

— Zaminddri

Bamhangaon.

Provinces

District, Central



or

in

estate

Burha

8 square miles

area,

Balaghat

tahs'il,

villages

5



above



occu-

Population (1881) 1728, namely, males, 870, and

pied houses, 378. females, 858.

—

Banani. Town in Mandla tahsU, Mandla District, Central Provinces. Population (1881) 2400, namely, Hindus, 1560; Kabirpanthis, 551;

Muhammadans, 125; Christians, 14; aboriginal tribes, 150. Bamniawas. Town in Jaipur (Jeypore), native State of Rajputana.

—

Population (1881) 6125.

—Town —

Bamoni.

in

Rangpur

District,

Bengal.

Population (1881)

6895, namely, Hindus, 5146, and Muhammadans, i 749; area, 4839 acres. Bamra. Native State attached to Sambalpur District, Central Provinces, lying

between

21°

8'

30" and

between 84° 10' 15" and 85° 15' 30"

e.

22°

On

long.

ii'

30" n.

the north

lat., it

and

runs up

Bonai and Gangpur States ; on the south it on the east by Talcher and Pal Lahera in Orissa; and on the west by Sambalpur; extreme length from north to south, about 75 miles; extreme breadth, about 64; area,

into a point between the is

bounded by the

State of Rairakhol



1988 square miles; population (1881) 81,286. Physical Aspects.

—To

the south,

covered with jungle, but the regions particularly fertile.

The

soil is light

hills and and centre are and sandy, becoming more loamy

Bamra

is

broken up by

in the north-west

neighbourhood of the hills. The only river of importance is the Brahmani, which flows through the eastern part of the State from north and but for one or two rocky obstructions, timber might be to south

in the



floated

down

this river to the sea-coast

of Orissa.

The

magnificent sal

want of means to get the timber Iron ore is found in abundance, and the jungles produce to a market. a considerable quantity of lac, silk, cocoons, bees-wax, and honey. Resin is also extracted from the sal tree. Bamrd was formerly subject to Sarguja, but was added to History. the Garhjat cluster of States in the 15th century by Balram Deva, the The ruling family claim to be Ganga-bansi first Raja of Sambalpur. Their traditions, however, do not extend beyond the middle Rajputs. of the 1 6th century, when it is said that Ram Chandra Deva was Raja. forests are comparatively valueless, for

—