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made about the middle of the last century to Khan, a connection of the Nizam’s family, by the Peshwa. This grant was confirmed by the British Government in 1802 and
villages
was
originally
Ghazi-ud-di'n
Muhammadan
descendant of the original grantee jdgtr, and resides at Kodaner, his chief village. the
Baori.
—State Central India. — Tdluk Kistna in
Kali B.aori. Madras Presidency.
Lat.
Area, 679 square miles; land revenue, Houses, 26,674; population { 1881) 15 1,736, being 76,574 E.
males and 75,162 females, distributed Chief town, Bapatla.
Bapatla.
holds the
District,
15° 54' X., long. 80° 31'
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See
in
Bapatla.
still
— Town
Kistna
in
15° 54' 30" X., long. 80° 30' 25"
in
2
Madras
District, E.
towns and 112
villages.
Presidency.
Lat.
population fi88i) 6086, namely,
5689 Hindus, 396 Muhammadans, and i Christian, occupying 1080 Situated about 30 miles south of Gantur (Guntoor). Headquarters of the idluk of the same name, with a District munsif’s court, post-office, and travellers’ bungalow. Bara. River in Peshawar District, Punjab. It rises in a valley of the same name, lying in native territory on the southern side of the Khaibar Hills receives its chief tributary, the Ti'ra Toi, 8 miles beyond houses.
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the British border 2
runs north-east through the District, passing within
Shah Alam branch of the Kabul Near the the main stream. intercepted by three cuts, of which one conveys
miles of Peshawar, and
river fort
shortly before
its
of Bara, the river
is
falls
into the
junction
with
water to the town of Peshawar, while the other supplies the watercourses of the Khalils and
Mohmands.
The lower channel
quently dry for the greater portion of the year Tira Hills render
and Attock
it
impassable for days together.
cross the Bara, over
name
good timber
is
conse-
but heavy rains in the
The
roads to Kohat
bridges.
The stream
which grows along its banks. The Sikhs required the whole crop to be brought to Peshawar, where the best portion was reserved for seed ; the second best was sent to Ranjit Singh at Lahore, and the remainder was left to the zaminddrs. The Bara is regarded as a sacred river, and the spot where its waters are first divided forms a special object of veneration. The Northern gives
its
to the celebrated
Bara
rice,
State Punjab Railway crosses the river by an iron bridge.
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Bara. Village in Unao District, Oudh 16 miles south of Purwa, and 24 east of Unao town. Lat. 26° 21' x., long. 80° 46' e. Founded by an eponymous Raja Bara of the Bhar tribe, about 2000 years ago. Population (1881) 1627, namely, Hindus, 1541, and Musalmans, 86. Two Hindu Goldsmiths’ and carpenters’ work, indigo manufactory. temples school post-office, and police station. Bara Banki. District in Oudh, under the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, lying between 26° 31' 30" and 27° 21'
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