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2024-03-29T04:54:28ZBengal gazetteers Feudatory states of Orissa 1910
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Bengal gazetteers Feudatory states of Orissa 1910
Ramsay, L. E. B. Cobden
The Feudatory States of Orissa consist of a group of 24
dependent territories attached to the Division of Orissa, and comprise
the following States: Athgarh, Athmallik, Bamra, Baramba,
Baud, Bonai, Daspalla, Dhenkanal, Gangpur, Hindol, Kalahandi,
Keonjhar, Khandpara, Mayurbhanj, Narsinghpur, Nayagarh,
Nilgiri, Pal Lahara, Patna, Rairakhol, Ranpur, Sonpur, Taloher
and Tigiria: of these the States of Bamra, Kalahandi, Paftia,
Rairakhol and Sonpur were formerly attached to the Chhattisgarh
Division of the Central Provinces; Bonai and Gangpur were
formerly attached to the Chota Nagpur Division and the remaining
States formerly known as the Tributary Mahals formed part
of Orissa. They lie between 22° 34' and 19° 2’ N., and 82° 82'
and 87° 11' E., and have a population of 3,173,395 and an area
of 28,125 square miles. They are bounded on the north by the
State of Jashpur in the Central Provinoes, the districts of Ranohi,
Singhbhum and Midnapore; on the «ast by the districts of Balasore,
Cuttack and Purl; on the south by the districts of Ganjam
and Vizagapatam in the Madras Presidency and JIhondmala*
(Angul); and on the west by the Raipur district and Rftigarh
State of the Central Provinces and the district of *JamWpur in
the Bengal Presidency and Yizagapatam district iff the Madras Presidency.
1910-07-30T00:00:00ZBengal District Gazetteers Burdwan 1910
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Bengal District Gazetteers Burdwan 1910
Peterson, J. C. K.
The district of Burdwan, one of the western districts of the general
Burdwan Division is situated between 22° 56' and 23° 53' north
and between 86° 48' and 88° 25' east longitude. It TI0N‘
contains an area of 2,689 square miles as ascertained by the latest
survey, and a population, according to the census of 1901, of
1,532,475 persons. Burdwan, the principal town and administrative
headquarters, is situated on the north bank of the Banka,
some 2 miles from the Damodar river, in 23° 14' N. and
87° 51' B. The name Bardhamana iu the vernacular is a corruption
of the Sanskrit Vardhamana (the present participle passive
of the verb vardh) and implies “ the increasing or prosperous.”
The district lies mainly between the Ajay, the Bhagirathi or Bounda-
Hooghly, and the Damodar rivers. It is bounded on the north riej
by the Santal Parganas, Birbhum and Murshidabad ; on the east
by Nadia ; on the south by Hooghly, Midnapore and Bankura ;
and on the west by Manbhum, The Ajay separates it on the
north from the Birbhum and Murshidabad districts forming a
natural boundary line till shortly before#its junction with the
Bhagirathi; while on the south the Damodar, running parallel
to the Ajay for a considerable portion of its course, forms the
man boundary. A small portion of the Katwa subdivision lies
to the north of the Ajay, and the Khaiidaghosh and Raina
thanas of the head-quarters subdivision lie to the south of the
Damodar, whioh here takes a sharp bend to the north-east. On
the west the Barakar passes along the north-western boundary for
a, few miles before its junction with the Damodar and divides the district from Manbhum. On the east the Hooglily, known in its
upper reaches as the Bhagirathi, forms the mstiff boundary with
Nadia, but a small strip of land on the right bank of the river
whioh oontains the town of Nadia belongs to that district. The
south-eastern boundary marches with the Hooghly distriot and is
formed by an irregular line drawn north-east from the Dhalkisor
river, which for a few miles forms the boundary with Midnapore,
to the Hooghly. The natural boundaries formed by the great
rivers to the north, east and south are fairly constant, and there
have been no important oh^nges within recent times.
1910-12-01T00:00:00ZThe Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma, Vol.II
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The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma, Vol.II
Shipley, Arthur R.; Baker, E.C. Stuart
This second volume of the' Avifauna contains a further
installment of the Passer es, including 473 species and subspecies,
bringing the total number dealt with up to date to
949. The second volume o f the Avifauna has appeared
within about 20 months of the first, although the prescribed
period' between the publication o f eaqh issue is supposed to
bo two years. This is due to the persistence of our Editor,
Sir Arthur E. Shipley, and, it must be added, to the fact thnt
the Authorities concerned fully appreciate the value of rapid
production in a work of this nature. A still more important
success gained by the Editor is sanction to a sixth volume to
’ the ifvifauna, which is to contain a full Synonymy of all first
references in addition to corrigenda and addenda to the
first five volumes. *
I t is hofied that the third voljiine will be completed in
another 18 months or less and that subsequent volumes will
appear at even shorter intervals. Headers will, however,
realize that any work which, entails the consideration of subspecies—
a now factor in Indian Zoology— also entails an
■enormous amount of Museum work, which cannot.be hurried
over. Nomenclature, also, is at present in such a state- of
flux that it is extremely difficult to follow the writings of
those who make a special study of this subject, in addition
to the original research work the Author .himself has to get
through
1924-03-15T00:00:00ZEastern Bengal Gazetteers Dacca District
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Eastern Bengal Gazetteers Dacca District
Allen, B.C.
The history chapter of this Gazetteer was written by Mr. J. T.
Rankin, I.C.S. Exigencies of space necessitated its compression but'to
him entirely is due whatever merit it possesses. I desire to acknowledge
with gratitude the assistance rendered by Colonel Hall, I.M.S., who
examined the chapter on Public Health: Nawab Khwaja Muhammad
Yusuf, Chairman of the Dacca Municipality, Khan Bahadur Saiyid
Aulad Husain, Babu Shoslii Bhusan Mitra, late District Engineer, and
the staff of the Collectorate.
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