— BELA—BELGA UM.
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—
Bela. Town in Partabgarh (Prata'pgarh) District, Oudh; 4 miles from Partabgarh town, and 36 from Allahabad, on the road from Allahabad to Faizabad (Fyzabad). Lat. 25° 55' 30" n., long. 82° 2' 10" e. Popula-
2418; and Muhammadans, 1619.
tion (1881) 4037, namely, Hindus,
The
Mac-
administrative head-quarters of Partabgarh District are at
Andrewganj, adjoining
Bel^
(or
Veld).
Two Hindu
this town.
— Agricultural
town
Provinces; 10 miles south of Bori.
temples and one mosque.
Nagpur
in
Central
District,
20° 46' 35"
79° 3' Population (1881) 4943, namely, Hindus, 4426; Muhammadans, 215 ; Jains, 183; aboriginal tribes, 119. Has three fine wells, a school-house, and police buildings. Exports coarse cotton cloth and
54"
Lat.
n., long.
E.
gunny, the fabric of which the Banjards’ packs are made. Said to have been founded in the time of the Gauli's. The fort, now in a dilapidated condition, was built by Rai Singh Chaudhari, a large landholder, whose
descendants are
still
mdlgttzdrs of Bela.
The
the Pindari troubles. Magistrate.
Belagavi Lat.
State.
Balagdmi).
(or
14°
Celebrated for
24'
its
village
— Village
in
18'
e.
75°
long.
n.,
was twice destroyed during
It
the residence of an Honorary
is
Shimoga
District,
Mysore
population (1881)
1428.
ruined temples, which for the taste and finish of
by any
was the capital it was regarded as the mother of cities.’ It abounds with inscriptions, of wFich sixtytwo have been photographed and translated. Its prosperity continued under the Ballala kings, and it was probably destroyed when their power w'as overthrowm by the IMuhammadans in 1310. Some of the sculptures have been carried aw'ay to the Mysore Museum. their carving are not surpassed
of the
Kadamba
in
Mysore.
dynasty, and as early as the
1
It
2th century
‘
Belamarapalavalasa.
— Estate
in
Ganjam
District,
Madras
Presi-
Area, 3 square miles. Land revenue, ^^104. Belapur. Seaport in Thana District, Bombay Presidency.
Average
ending 1873-74— exports,
9,383;
dency.
—
annual value of trade for
^3227. Beldanga. Town
imports,
—
in
five years
Murshidabad
District,
District Belgaum {Belgdm, Beigdon of the Bombay Presidency, lying between ).
and between 74°
4'
and 75°
population (1881) 864,014.
in
Bengal.— the
and 16° 56' n. lat., 4657 square miles; bounded on the north
15° 22'
35' e. long.;
area,
The
is
District
Bed.anga. Southern Division
by the States of Miraj and Jath north-east by Kaladgi District east by the States of Jamkhandi and Mudhol; south and south-east by the Districts of Dharwar and North Kanara, and the State of Kolhapur ; south-west by the territory of Goa and west by the States of Sawantwari and Kolhapur. Extreme length from n.e. to s.w. 120 miles, with a varying breadth of from 50 to 80 miles. Number of villages on
the
Government
rent-roll, 1133.
Land revenue (1880-81)
- j£'i24,86o;
