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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 455 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARWANI  , a native

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state of
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India, in the
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Bhopawar agency in central India . It lies in the
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Satpura mountains,
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south of the
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Nerbudda,
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Area, 1178 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 76,136 . Many of the inhabitants are
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Bhils . The
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chief, whose
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title is Rana, is a
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Rajput of the Sisodhyia
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clan, connected with theUdaipur
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family . Though the family lost most of itspossessions during the Mahratta invasion in the 14th
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century, it never became tributary to any
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Malwa chief . The forests are under an
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English
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official . The
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town of Barwani is situated near the
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left
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bank of the Nerbudda . The
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population in 1901 was 6277 .

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Barwani is famous for Jain pilgrimage tirtha Bawangaja having 84 ft. high statue of Jain thirthankar Swami Adhinath.The place is 8 km. away from barwani and followers of Jain sect come from all over India throulgh out the whole year.
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