HAZARIBAGH  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• CHOTA (or CHUTIA) NAGPUR

Chota See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur See also:

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

division of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal . The town is well situated at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 2000 ft . Pop . (See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool) 15,799 . Hazaribagh has ceased to be a military See also:

• CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment since the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary was abolished . There are a central jail and a reformatory school . The See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin University See also:

• MISSION

Mission maintains a First Arts See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . The DISTRICT comprises an See also:

• AREA

area of 7021 sq. m . In 1901 the See also:

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

population was 1,177,961, showing an increase of I%o in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical formation of Hazaribagh exhibits three distinct features: (I) a high central See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau occupying the western See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section, the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of which is undulating and cultivated; (2) a See also:

• LOWER

lower and more extensive plateau stretching along the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and eastern portions; to the north, the See also:

• LAND

land is well cultivated, while to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east the 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 is of a more varied See also:

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

character, the elevation is lower, and the character of a plateau is gradually lost; (3) the central valley of the Damodar See also:

• RIVER

river occupying the entire See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern section . Indeed, although the characteristics of the district are 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, 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 and wide-spreading See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, See also:

• FINE

fine patches of cultivation are met with in all parts, and the scenery is generally pleasing and often striking . The district forms a See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of high land which extends across the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of India, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

Nerbudda on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and south of the See also:

• SONE

Sone river on the east .

The most important river is the Damodar, with its many tributaries, which drains an area of 2480 sq. m . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the district is involved in obscurity until 1755, about which 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 a certain Mukund Singh was See also:

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

chief of the country . In a few years he was superseded by Tej Singh, who had gained the assistance of the British . In 178o Hazaribagh, along with the surrounding territory, passed under See also:

• DIRECT

direct British See also:

• RULE

rule . The district contains an important 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 at Giridih which supplies the East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian railway . There are altogether six mines . There are also See also:

• MICA

mica mines which are gaining in importance . See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

Rice and oilseeds are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops . See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

Tea cultivation has been tried but does not flourish, and is almost See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct . The only See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways are the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the East Indian to the coal-field at Giridih, where there is a technical school maintained by the railway See also:

• COMPANY

company, and the newly-opened Gaya-Katrasgarh chord See also:

• LINE

line; but the district is traversed by the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

Trunk road . See also:

• PARASNATH

Parasnath hill is annually visited by large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of Jain worshippers .