BBA G WANTNA GAR—BHAINSR OR. District, Bengal,
20' 38" E.
e.Tch other, called
two villages of the name, five miles from and Old Bhagwangold. The latter was the port
in reality
New
Muhammadan
of Murshidabad during
when
Lat. 24° 20' n., long. 88°
120 miles north of Calcutta.
There are
355
the Ganges
and
rule,
At other
still
is
much
owing
resorted
changes which have taken place in the course of the river, it is not accessible by boat, and the river traffic is confined to the new town. This latter is sometimes called Alatalf, and is a depot for up-country produce, especially indigo seed. Old Bhagwangola is a police station.
to
is
in
flood.
—Pargand
Unao
times,
to
Oudh
bounded on
on the east by Khiron and Sareni pargands, on the south by Daundia Khera pargand, and on the west by Ghatampur pargand. Watered by the small rivers Khari and Suwawan, which both have their rise in this pargand, and which occasionally do considerable damage by inundations. Soil principally loam and clay. Area, 45 square miles, of which 19 are
Bhagwantnagar.
in
District,
the north by Bihar, Patan, and Magrayar pargands
cultivated;
^^67
7 1,
rice, millet,
crops
population (1881) 25,623. Government land revenue, Principal autumn crops cotton, 4s. 8^d. per acre.
—
averaging
mug, vetches, Indian corn,
—wheat,
oil-seeds, sweet potatoes
and sugar-cane. Of the 53 tdlukddr'i, and i revenue-free.
barley, gram, peas,
25 are zaminddn, 26 patt'iddri,
i
—
spring villages
Bhagwantnagar. Town in Unao District, Oudh 32 miles southFounded by east of Unao town, on the road from Baksar to Bihar. and named after Bhagwant Kuar, the wife of Rdo Raghunath Singh, the Bais chief of Daundia
Khera.
Population
Hindus, 3289, and Muhammadans, 268. nacular school
post office
and manufacture of copper
Bhagwantnagar.
and
(1881)
Six
3557, namely,
Hindu temples;
registration office.
ver-
Flourishing trade
utensils.
—Town
in
Hardoi
District,
Oudh
i
mile south
Founded about 180 years ago by Aurangzeb’s Hindu diwdn. Raja Bhagwant Rai, who named it after himself. Population (1881) 1462, chiefly Brahmans number of houses, 219. Considerable manufacture of bell-metal plates and drinking vessels. Bi-weekly of Mallanwan.
market.
—
Bhai. Town in Dalmau tahsil, Rai Bareli District, Oudh ; 3 miles west of Dalmau, on the road from that place to Lalganj, and 20 miles Picturesquely situated on rising ground, from Rai Bareli town.
surrounded by numerous groves.
Population (1881) 2714.
—
Town and fort in Mewar or Rajputana ; situated on the summit of a lofty rock in the angle of confluence where the Bhamani river falls into Lat. 24° 58 n., long. 75° 36 e. the Chambal. Distance (direct) from Udaipur (Oodeypore) 70 miles east-north-east; from Ujjain, 127 miles north. The rock varies from 300 to 700 feet in height above the average Bhainsror {Bhainsrorgarh, Bdnsror).
Udaipur (Oodeypore)
State,
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