BIRBHUM  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in the B,urdwan See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, situated in the Gangetic See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and partly on the hills, being bounded on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south by the See also:

• RIVER

river Ajai . The administrative headquarters are at Suri, which is the only See also:

• TOWN

town in the district . The See also:

• AREA

area comprises 1752 sq. m . The eastern portion of the district is the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary alluvial plain of the Gangetic See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta; the western See also:

• PART

part consists of undulating beds of See also:

• LATERITE (Lat. later, a brick)

laterite resting on a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock basis, and covered with small scrub See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle . The Ajai, Bakheswar and Mor or Maurakshi, are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers of the district, but they are merely See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill streams and only navigable in the rains . In 1901 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 902,280, showing an increase of 13% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The principal See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is the See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and See also:

• WEAVING

weaving of See also:

• SILK

silk, chiefly from tussur or jungle silk-See also:

• WORMS

worms . There are also several See also:

• LAC

lac factories . The See also:

• LOOP

loop-See also:

• LINE

line of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian railway runs through the district, with a junction at Nalhati for See also:

• MURSHIDABAD, or MOORSHEEDABAD

Murshidabad . See also:

• HISTORY

History.—Birbhum in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early part of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century was a See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, with its See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital at Rajnagar or See also:

• NAGAR

Nagar . In the course of the century it was conquered by the Pathans and formed part of the See also:

• PATHAN

Pathan See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Bengal . At the beginning of the 18th century it appears as a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of military See also:

• FIEF

fief held under the See also:

• NAWAB

nawab of Murshidabad by one Asadullah Pathan, whose See also:

• FAMILY

family had probably been its chieftains since the fall of the Pathan See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of Bengal in 1600 .

It passed into British See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession in 1765, but the East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company did not assume its See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government until 1787, when that course became necessary . In the See also:

• INTERVAL

interval it had been a See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey to armed bands from the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands of See also:

• CHOTA (or CHUTIA) NAGPUR

Chota See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur, with whom the See also:

• RAJA

raja was unable to See also:

• COPE
• COPE (M.E. cape, cope, from Med. Lat. capa, cappa)
• COPE, EDWARD DRINKER (1840-1897)
• COPE, EDWARD MEREDITH (1818-1873)

cope, and who practically brought the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of the Company in the district to a standstill . The two border principalities of Birbhum and See also:

• BANKURA

Bankura were accordingly See also:

• UNITED

united into a district under a British See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector, being, however, separated again in 1793 . By 1789, after considerable trouble, the marauders were driven back into their mountains, and since that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time (except during the See also:

• SANTAL (or SONTHAL) PARGANAS, THE

Santal rising of 1855) the district has been one of the most peaceful and prosperous in India . See Imperial Gazetteer of India (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1908), vol. viii. s.v .