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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 12 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BITHUR  , a

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town in the
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Cawnpore
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district of the
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United Provinces of
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India, 12 M . N.W. of Cawnpore
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city . Pop . (1901) 7173 . It is chiefly notable for its connexion with the
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mutiny of 1857 . The last of the peshwas, Baji
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Rao, was banished to Bithur, and his adopted son, the Nana
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Sahib, made the town his
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head-quarters . It was captured by
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Havelock on the 1 9th of
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July 1857, when the Nana's palaces were destroyed .

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