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Bengal District Gazetteers. Birbhum

1910

The apex is situated at its northern extremity not far south of the point where the Ganges and the hills of the Santa( Parganas begin to diverge the hills gradually trending away to the south-west and the Ganges to the south-east. [...] The Bansloi in the north and the Dwarka in the south of the Rampur Hat subdivision and the more sluggish Pagla between the Bansloi and the Brahmani are smaller rivers of the same kind and follow similar courses. [...] The hot weather usually lasts from the middle of March to the middle of June the rainy season from the middle of June to the middle of October and the cold weather from the middle of October to the middle of March. [...] At one time the whole of Birbhum apperas to have been held by them with the rest of the country west of the Ganges from Rajmahal on the north to Midnapore on the south ; while only Murshidabad and the country east and north of the Ganges remained in the possession of Ali Vardi Khan) The Marathas " writes Sir W. W. Hunter "fell with their heaviest weight upon the border principalities of Birbhum a [...] Excluding Murarai in the extreme north of the district where the immigration of Santals has been greatest the improvement is most marked in the south of the district where it represents a recovery from the losses recorded at the last census.
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Pages
168
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xv L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter I. Physical Aspects
1-9 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter II. History
10-31 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter III. The People
32-47 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter IV. Public Health
48-54 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter V. Agriculture
55-63 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VI. Natural Calamities
64-69 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VII. Rents wages and Prices
70-74 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VIII. Mines Manufactures and Trade
75-86 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter IX. Means of Communication
87-90 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter X. Land Revenue Administration
91-101 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XI. General Administration
102-108 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XII. Local Self-Government
109-111 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XIII. Education
112-115 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XIV. Gazetteer
116-i L.S.S. O’Malley view
Index
147-152 L.S.S. O’Malley view

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