http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/15 2026-04-04T04:55:42Z http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/262 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. 1910-07-30T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/260 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. 1910-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/224 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 1924-03-15T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/222 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. 1912-07-12T00:00:00Z