BA NSDA—BANSDIH.
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more thickly-wooded parts of their dominions. The Marathas seem to have been the first to bring the chiefs entirely into subjection and impose a tribute upon them. The right of levying this tribute was transferred by the Peshwa to the British by the treaty of Bassein (1802). The State now pays to the British Government a yearly tribute of ^^15. In 1856 an arrangement was entered into with the State for the payment annually of ;^i5o, in consideration of the British Government in the
foregoing
its
customs and
The
share in transit duties, the State binding transit duties to certain
chief,
who
bears the
title
sanctioned
itself to
limit its
rates.
of Raja, maintains a military force
of 150 men, with 2 field and 12 other guns.
He
is
to a
entitled
of 9 guns, and has power to try his own subjects for capital offences without the express permission of the Political Agent. The salute
family follows the rule of primogeniture, patent, authorizing adoption. in
February 1876, the State
is
and has received a sanad, or
In consequence of the death of the chief administered by an officer of the British
Government during the minority of
his son. In 1883, the young chief was associated with the British joint administrator, in order to
prepare him at as early a date as possible
There are 9 boys’ schools and
powers.
i
with an average daily attendance of 414.
of this State, and of which
is
7
miles from Bansda,
generally but
little
March
is
for girls’
investiture with
full
school in the State,
At Unai, within the
limits
a hot spring, the temperature
below boiling point
but once a year,
moon, the heat abates sufficiently to allow a company of pilgrims and devotees to bathe in it. The fair at this period is attended by some six or seven thousand people, and at the time of the
full
lasts for six days.
Bansda.
Bombay
— Chief town
(1881) 2447.
Bansdih.
of the State of the
same name
Lat. 20° 47' 30" n., long. 73° 28' e.
Presidency.
in Guzerat,
population
Dispensary, school, and post-office.
— TahsU, or
Sub-division of Ballia District, North-Western
and BaWia. tahsils. Gogra (Ghagra), and
Provinces, created in 1882 from parts of Rasra lies
along the south or right bank of the
much
intersected by side channels from that river.
portion of the
tahs'il is
A
It is
considerable
yearly flooded in the rainy season.
Area, 374
which 258 are cultivated.
Population (1881) 287,352, Land revenue (including or an average of 768 to the square mile. cesses) ;i^2 1,338; rental paid by cultivators, _;^52,6o8. In civil S([uare miles, of
matters, the tahsil
Rasra.
is
It contains
included within the jurisdiction of the i
7tiunsif
of
criminal court, with 3 police stations {thdnds )
strength of regular police, 55 men; village watchmen (chaukiddrs), 433. Bansdih. Town in Ballia District, North-Western Provinces, and
—
head-quarters of Bansdih Situated
on a
tahs'il.
Lat. 25° 52' 38" n., long. 84° 15' 30"
level alluvial plain,
2
mules
e.
north-west of the Suraha
