BAL ODA—BALRAMP UR.
24
houses occupied by Europeans
and the
lines of the Viceroy’s
Body-
Ciuard, consisting of brick-built ranges, with stables, are situated here.
Police station.
Baloda.
— Town
Provinces. panthis, 237 1
Bilaspur
in
fahsU,
Bilaspur
District,
Population (i88i) 2492, namely, Hindus, Satnami's,
Central
1858; Kabir-
103; Muhammadans, 178; aboriginal
tribes,
16.
—
Town in Jodhpur (Jodhpore) State, Rajputana, situated on bank of the Luni on the route from Balmer to Jodhpur city,
Balotra. the right
62 miles south-west of the
latter.
Lat. 25° 49' n., long. 72° 21' 10" e.
estimated pop. (Thornton) 7275, viz. 6750 Hindus and 525 Muhammadans. Situated on the high road from Jodhpur to Dwarka, a celebrated place of pilgrimage in the west of Guzerat, a stream of pilgrims annually passes through the town. To supply their wants there is an excellent market, and abundance of good water is to be had from
125 masonry wells. than 30,000 people,
—
A is
fair,
lasting 15
days,
and attended by more
held annually in March.
Balrampur. Pargand in Utraula ^ahsil, Gonda bounded on the north by Tulsipur pargand, on the pargand and Basti District, on the south by Utraula
District,
Oudh
east by Tulsipur
and on the
The country was conquered about the middle century by immigrant Janwars, who founded the great
west by Bahraich District. of the
14th
Ikauna Raj. In the seventh generation from the original invasion, one of the Janwar chiefs separated from his brother, the Ikauna Raja, and expelled a caste of carpenters who held a tract between the Rapti and Kuwana rivers. His son, Balram Das, founded the town of Balrampur, and also gave his name to the estate. The small tract originally acquired was augmented by the conquest of neighbouring territory, although much of it was afterwards wrested from the Janwars by the Pathans of Utraula, and the Bisens. One of the most celebrated Rajas of Balrampur was Nevval Singh, who succeeded to the estate in 1777. During his reign he was repeatedly engaged in hostilities with the Lucknow Court, and although often defeated by the King’s troops, he was never subdued, and succeeded in keeping the assessment on his pargand at so low a rate as to amount to little more than a tribute. His grandson, the late Maharaja, Sir Digbijai Singh, K.C.S. possession in 1836.
During the
I.,
earlier years of his rule,
came
into
he was
fre-
quently engaged in warfare with the neighbouring chiefs of Utraula and Tulsipur,
and
also with the revenue officers of the King’s Court.
the outbreak of the Mutiny, Digbijai Singh, alone of
the Division, never wavered in his allegiance. officers of the
Gorakhpur. rebel
District within his fort,
and
He
all
On
the chiefs of
sheltered the English
finally sent
them
This loyal behaviour exposed him to the
in safety to
hostility of the
Government, and a far)ndn from Lucknow divided
his territories
