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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 833 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BETWA  , a See also:

river of See also:India, which rises in the native See also:state of See also:Bhopal in See also:Malwa, and after a course of 36o m., for the most See also:part in a See also:north-easterly direction, falls into the See also:Jumna at See also:Hamirpur . A See also:weir is thrown across the Betwa about 15 M. from See also:Jhansi See also:town, whence a See also:canal 168 m. See also:long takes off, irrigating 1o6,000 acres of the See also:Jalaun See also:district; similar See also:works have been carried out elsewhere on the river .

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