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BILRAM—BIL U-G YIVO.V. sweeps up almost to the foot of the
The
hills.
geological formation of
the country shows that at no very remote period
by the
459
it
was entirely covered
Local traditions, and the occasional discovery of large Taik-kala and other places inland, help to confirm this opinion.
sea.
cables at
Chief crops, sugar-cane and vegetables. Porcelain clay found on the banks of the Bilin is mixed with other minerals brought by the Shans, who are chiefly engaged in this manufacture, from their States, and made into vessels of rude design. Gross revenue (1882) ^9483. Bilrdm. Town in Etah District, North-Western Provinces; 19 miles Population (1881) 3254. Connected with north-east of Etah town. the tahs'il town of Kasganj by a broad road. Bi-weekly market. Bilram is said to have been originally founded about 560 years ago by Ciiauhan Rajputs ; but afterwards entirely destroyed by the Muhamma-
—
dans,
and the population
and
either slain or forcibly converted to the faith
The numerous and
of their conquerors.
The town
of considerable importance. has
mosques must have been a place now far from flourishing, and extensive ruins of
large buildings attest that in former days
little
Bilri.
Bilsi.
I
State in
village with
—Town
in
is
Village school.
trade.
— Petty
sisting of
^300-
no
or
it
i
North Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency; conindependent tribute-payer. Estimated revenue,
Sahaswan
tahsil,
Budaun
North-Western
District,
Provinces; 15 miles north-west of Budaun town. Lat. 28° 7' 45" n., long. 78° 56' 50" E. ; population (1881) 6301, namely, 5164 Hindus,
1024 Muhammadans, 107 Jains, and 6 Christians; area of town site, 78 acres. Largest mart for the neighbouring portions of Rohilkhand. The town was founded under the rule of the Nawab Wazi'rs of Oudh during the last quarter of the 18th century. It consists of two principal wards,
Bilsi
and Sahibganj, the
latter so
called
from
its
being the
head-quarters of a large European indigo factory, which has branch Its commercial activity is probably due good roads constructed during the last half-century, which connect it with Chandausi, Budaun, Hathras, and Fatehgarh. With these
factories all over the District.
to the
places there
is
a brisk trade, the principal exports being wheat, sugar,
leather, canvas for gunny-bags,
cotton, clarified
and parched
butter and other
and copper
rice
groceries,
the principal imports,
salt,
red-dye
(«/),
iron,
and English and country cloth. School, dispensary, post-office, and sardi. Municipal revenue in 1880-81, ^^325, or IS. 0;|d. per head of municipal population. Bllu-Gywon {BMhi-Gywon, Bheeloo-Gywon ). An island lying in the mouth of the Salwin river, in Amherst District, British Burma lying between 16° 15' and 16° 31' n. lat., and between 97° 30' and 97° 39' e. brass,
utensils,
chintz,
—
long.; population (1881) 28,020, or 262 per square mile; area,
square miles
length, 30 miles, stretching
from Martaban
to
107 Amherst, of
