See also:

• BURDWAN, or BARDWAN

BURDWAN, or BARDWAN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, which gives its name to a See also:

• DISTRICT

district and to a See also:

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

division . It has a station on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian railway, 67 m . N.W. from See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta . Pop . (1901) 35,022 . The town consists really of numerous villages scattered over an See also:

• AREA

area of 9 sq. m., and is entirely ruralin See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . It contains several interesting See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient tombs, and at See also:

• NAWAB

Nawab See also:

• HAT

Hat, some 2 M. distant, is a See also:

• GROUP

group of ro8 See also:

• SIVA

Siva lingam temples built in 1788 . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was formerly very unhealthy, but this has been to a large extent remedied by the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works, a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of water being derived from the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• BANKA (BANCA, BANGKA)

Banka . Within the town, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of See also:

• INTEREST

interest are the palaces and gardens of the maharaja . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief educational institution is the See also:

• BURDWAN, or BARDWAN

Burdwan Raj See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, which is entirely supported out of the maharaja's See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate . The town owes its importance entirely to being the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-quarters of the maharaja of Burdwan, the premier nobleman of See also:

• LOWER

lower Bengal, whose See also:

• RENT

rent-See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll is upwards of £300,000 . The raj was founded in 1657 by See also:

• ABU

Abu Ra Kapur, of the Kapur Khatri See also:

• FAMILY

family of Kotli in See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore, See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, whose descendants served in turn the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul emperors and the British 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 .

The See also:

• GREAT

great prosperity of the raj was due to the excellent management of Maharaja Mahtab Chand (d . 1879), whose See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to the government—especially during the See also:

• SANTAL (or SONTHAL) PARGANAS, THE

Santal See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of 1855 and the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny of 1857—was rewarded with the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of a coat of arms in 1868 and the right to a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal salute of 13 guns in 1877 . Maharaja Bijai Chand Mahtab (b . 1881), who succeeded his adoptive See also:

• FATHER

father in 1888, earned great distinction by the courage with which he risked his See also:

• LIFE

life to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save that of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser, the See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Bengal, on the occasion of the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to assassinate him made by See also:

• BENGALI

Bengali malcontents on the 7th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1908 . The DISTRICT of BURDWAN lies along the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the river Bhagirathi or See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh . It has an area of 2689 sq. m . It is a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

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

plain, and its scenery is uninteresting . Chief See also:

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

rivers are the Bhagirathi, Damodar, Ajai, Banka, Kunur and Khari, of which only the Bhagirathi is navigable by See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo boats throughout the See also:

• YEAR

year . The district was acquired by the East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company under the treaty with Nawab Mir Kasim in 176o, and confirmed by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Shah Alam in 1765 . The See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue was fixed in See also:

• PERPETUITY (Lat. perpetuus, continuous)

perpetuity with the zemindar in 1793 . In 1901 the See also:

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

population was 1,532,475, showing an increase of 10 % in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . There are several See also:

• INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo factories .

The district suffered from drought in 1896-1897 . The See also:

• EDEN
• EDEN, SIR ASHLEY (1831-1887)

Eden See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal, 20 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, has been constructed for See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation . The See also:

• WEAVING

weaving of See also:

• SILK

silk is the chief native 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 . As regards See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries, Burdwan takes the first place in Bengal . It contains the great See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of Raniganj, first opened in 1874, with an output of more than three million tons . The Barrakur ironworks produce See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

pig-See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, which is reported to be as good as that of See also:

• MIDDLESBROUGH

Middlesbrough . Apart from Burdwan town and Raniganj, the chief places are the river-marts of See also:

• KATWA, or CUTWA

Katwa and Kalna . The East Indian railway has several lines See also:

• RUNNING

running through the district . The DIvIsIoN of BURDWAN comprises the six districts of Burdwan, See also:

• BIRBHUM

Birbhum, See also:

• BANKURA

Bankura, See also:

• MIDNAPORE

Midnapore, See also:

• HUGLI, or HOOGHLY

Hugli and See also:

• HOWRAH

Howrah, with a See also:

• TOTAL

total area of 13,949 sq. m., and a population in 1901. of 8,240,076 .