BAMAiXI— BA MR A.
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under British management with the remainder of the minority of the
Bamani. Estate,
new
State,
during the
chief, a child.
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Mountain peak near Rayabigi, in the Jaipur (Jeypore) Vizagapatam District, Madras Presidency ; height, 2488 feet.
Lat. 19° 35' N., long. 83° 40' E.
Bamauri. situated in
— Village
Kumaun
in
District,
North-Western Provinces, e. on the route from
29° 13' n., and long. 79° 35'
lat.
Bareilly (Bareli) to Almora, 42 miles south of the latter; elevation
the sea,
700
1
feet.
— Zaminddri
Bamhangaon.
Provinces
District, Central
or
in
estate
Burha
8 square miles
area,
Balaghat
tahs'il,
villages
5
above
occu-
Population (1881) 1728, namely, males, 870, and
pied houses, 378. females, 858.
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Banani. Town in Mandla tahsU, Mandla District, Central Provinces. Population (1881) 2400, namely, Hindus, 1560; Kabirpanthis, 551;
Muhammadans, 125; Christians, 14; aboriginal tribes, 150. Bamniawas. Town in Jaipur (Jeypore), native State of Rajputana.
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Population (1881) 6125.
—Town —
Bamoni.
in
Rangpur
District,
Bengal.
Population (1881)
6895, namely, Hindus, 5146, and Muhammadans, i 749; area, 4839 acres. Bamra. Native State attached to Sambalpur District, Central Provinces, lying
between
21°
8'
30" and
between 84° 10' 15" and 85° 15' 30"
e.
22°
On
long.
ii'
30" n.
the north
lat., it
and
runs up
Bonai and Gangpur States ; on the south it on the east by Talcher and Pal Lahera in Orissa; and on the west by Sambalpur; extreme length from north to south, about 75 miles; extreme breadth, about 64; area,
into a point between the is
bounded by the
State of Rairakhol
1988 square miles; population (1881) 81,286. Physical Aspects.
—To
the south,
covered with jungle, but the regions particularly fertile.
The
soil is light
hills and and centre are and sandy, becoming more loamy
Bamra
is
broken up by
in the north-west
neighbourhood of the hills. The only river of importance is the Brahmani, which flows through the eastern part of the State from north and but for one or two rocky obstructions, timber might be to south
in the
floated
down
this river to the sea-coast
of Orissa.
The
magnificent sal
want of means to get the timber Iron ore is found in abundance, and the jungles produce to a market. a considerable quantity of lac, silk, cocoons, bees-wax, and honey. Resin is also extracted from the sal tree. Bamrd was formerly subject to Sarguja, but was added to History. the Garhjat cluster of States in the 15th century by Balram Deva, the The ruling family claim to be Ganga-bansi first Raja of Sambalpur. Their traditions, however, do not extend beyond the middle Rajputs. of the 1 6th century, when it is said that Ram Chandra Deva was Raja. forests are comparatively valueless, for
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