BALES IVAR RIVER—BAL 7AGHATA.
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killed by a ball while attempting to escape from the field. The account given in the Sair-iil-Mutakharin is one of the best descriptions
was
of a battle to be found in
Baleswar River
(‘
Muhammadan
historians.
Lord of Strength
’).
— One
of the principal dis-
Ganges leaves the parent stream near Kushtia in Nadiya District, Bengal, where it is called the Garai. Thence flowing in a southerly direction, it soon assumes the name of Madhumati (‘ Honey
tributaries of the
Flowing’).
Bakarganj District near
It enters
Gopalganj, and from this point
it
takes the
its
north-west corner at
name
of Baleswar, and
forms the western boundary of the District, still flowing south, but with great windings in its upper reaches. It then crosses the Sundarbans, separating the Jessor from the Bakarganj portion of that tract,
and enters the Bay of Bengal under the name of Haringhata {'Deer Ford’), forming a fine deep estuary 9 miles broad. The river is navigable as high up as Morrellganj in the District of Jessor by sea-going ships, and throughout its entire course by native boats of the largest tonnage. Although there is a bar at the mouth of the Haringhata with only 17 feet of water at low tide, the navigation is easier than that of any other river at the head of the Bay of Bengal. The great banks or shoals which have formed at each side of the mouth, and
which extend seaward
for several miles, protect the entrance,
The
breakwaters to the swell. visits
the
Hugh and
Among
dangers.
Bankana
river
the Meghna,
its
is
and
not disturbed by the it
is
‘
and act as
bore,’
which
also free from mid-channel
chief tributaries are the
Kacha
in Bakarganj,
and
Nabaganga, and Machuakhalf in Jessor. Ball (i). Town on the Dhalkisor river in Hugh District, Bengal. Lat. 22° 48' 50" N., long. 87° 48' 46" E. ; population (1881) 7037, com-
the
khdl,
—
6564 Hindus and 473 Muhammadans.
prising
A
municipal union,
with an income in 1881-82 of ;^^i35.
Bali
Hugh
(2).
— Market
village
District, Bengal,
and a
on the right bank of the Hugh' river, in station on the East Indian Railway, seven Lat. 22° 39' n., long. 88° 23' e.
miles from Calcutta (Howrah).
an academy
for
Hindu
The
pandits.
village takes
its
khdl, or canal, 12 feet deep, running from here to the
west of Serampur station.
A
Contains
name from
suspension bridge crosses the khdl
—Village Dinajpur, Bengal, the of an annual honour of Krishna. — See Alawakhawa. on the Circular Road Canal, Baliaghata. — Trading Balia.
in
a
Dankum' marsh at Bali.
festival in
site
village
in the
Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal. Lat. 22° 33' 45" N., long. Principal trade fine rice imported from Bakarganj and the
District of the
88° 27'
E.
—
Eastern Districts, and firewood.
Baliaghata.
— Canal
in the
District of the
Bengal, extending from the old to the
Lake, 5^ miles in length.
new
Twenty-four Parganas,
toll-house
on the
Salt
Water
