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the west of the town, the land
is
low, well cultivated,
inundation, while to the east the land
is
and subject
to
high and dry, treeless and
There is a rich extent of land under well cultivation below the town, protected by embankments from inundations of the Indus, and sandy.
which grows two or three crops in the year. The neighbouring kachi is full of date groves and fruit gardens, and in it stands a famous mango tree, the fruit of which used to be sent to Kabul in the old days of Afghan rule. Bhakkar was founded probably towards the close of the 15th century by a body of colonists from Dera Ismail Khan, led by a Baluch adventurer, whose descendants long held the surrounding country, till ousted by the grantees of Ahmad Shah Durani. The town contains, besides the ordinary tahsili courts, a dispensary, middle school,
bungalow, and sardi (native inn). The trade is purely local. Government garden with a plantation of fine shisham trees is situated
travellers’
A
just outside the town.
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Bhalala. Petty State of Jhalawar in Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency consisting of one village, with 3 independent tribute-payers. Lat. 22° 51' N., long. 71° 56' E. estimated revenue ^204, of which
paid as British tribute.
8s. is
Bhalgam Buldhoi. — Petty Presidency; consisting of
of South
State
villages,
2
with
Kfithiawdr,
independent
2
Bombay tribute-
Estimated revenue, ^200. Tribute payable to the British Government, ;^2o, 8s. ; to the Nawab of Junagarh, t6s. Bhalgam
payers.
village
situated in
is
Bhalgamra. Presidency estimated
lat.
— Petty
22° 27'
n., long.
70° 54'
e.
State in Jhalawar District, Kathiawar,
Bombay
consisting of 3 villages, with 3 independent tribute-payers ; revenue, ;^n83; tribute, ;^i5o, los., of which ^140 is
paid to the British Government,
and ^10,
los. to the
Nawab
of
Junagarh.
Bhalusna.
— Chiefship and town within the
Political
Agency of Mahi
Kantha, in the Province of Gujarat (Guzerat), Bombay Presidency. Lat. 23° 50' 30" N., long. 72° 50' E.
estimated area, 59 miles; popu(i88i) 3548; gross revenue, including transit dues, There is products are wheat, millet, sugar-cane, and Indian corn.
lation
The I
school, with 22 pupils.
caste,
and
The
his title Thfikur.
chief
He
is
a Hindu, a
Kochuvan Koli by
holds no satiad authorizing adoption.
In matters of succession his house follows the rule of primogeniture. tribute of ;^ii6 is payable to the State of Edar. Bhdm. Town (deserted) in Wun District, Berar. Lat. 20° r3' 30"
A
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Vast stone ruins, 78“ 3' E. ; 16 miles south ofYEOTMAL. covering a large area, bear witness to the city camps which followed Tradition relates that of Bairagis the standard of Raghuji Bhonsla. N., long.
(religious
houses.
mendicants) alone there were
The
site
was
till
lately
at
one time no fewer than 5000 but in 1876
covered with dense jungle
