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 See also:

• TIPPERA (Tripura)

TIPPERA, or TRIPURA  ,, a native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, adjoining the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• TIPPERA (Tripura)

Tippera, in Eastern See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and See also:

• ASSAM

Assam . See also:

• AREA

Area, 4086 sq. m.; pop . (rows) 173,325; estimated See also:

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

revenue, £55,000 . Six parallel ranges of 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 See also:

• CROSS

cross it from See also:

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

north to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, at an See also:

• AVERAGE

average distance of 12 M. apart . The hills are covered for the most See also:

• PART

part with See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, while the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low ground abounds with trees of various kinds, canebrakes and swamps . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop and See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food See also:

• STAPLE

staple is 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 . The other articles of produce are See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, chillies and vegetables . The See also:

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

chief exports are cotton, See also:

• TIMBER

timber, oilseeds, bamboo canes, thatching-grass and firewood, on all of which tolls are levied . The 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 See also:

• GUMTI

Gumti, Haora, Khoyai, Dulai, Manu and Fenny (Pheni) . During the heavy rains the See also:

• PEOPLE

people in the plains use boats as almost the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole means of See also:

• CONVEYANCE

conveyance . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the state includes two distinct periods—the traditional See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period described in the Rajmala, or " See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings of Tippera," and the period since A.D . 1407 .

The Rajmala is a history in See also:

• BENGALI

Bengali See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, compiled by the Brahmans of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Tripura . In the See also:

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

early history of the state, the rajas were in a state of chronic See also:

• FEUD

feud with all the neighbouring countries . The See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of See also:

• SIVA

Siva was here, as elsewhere in India, associated with the practice of human See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice, and in no part of India were more victims offered . It was not until the beginning of the 17th See also:

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

century that the Moguls obtained any footing in this 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 . When the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company obtained the diwani or See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of Bengal in 1765, so much of Tippera as had been placed on the Mahornmedan See also:

• RENT

rent-See also:

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

roll came under British See also:

• RULE

rule . Sine 18o8, each successive ruler has received See also:

• INVESTITURE (Late Lat. investitura)

investiture from 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 . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1905 the state was attached to the new See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Eastern Bengal and Assam . It has a See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological era of its own, adopted by See also:

• RAJA

Raja Birraj, from whom the See also:

• PRESENT

present raja is 93rd in descent . The See also:

• YEAR

year 1875 corresponded with 1285 of the Tippera era . Besides being the ruler of Hill Tippera, the raja holds an See also:

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

estate in the British district of Tippera, called chakla Roshnabad, which is far the most valuable of his possessions . The See also:

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

capital is Agartala (pop . 9513), where there is an Arts See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College .

The raja's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace and other public buildings were seriously damaged by the See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake of the 12th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1897 . The See also:

• LATE

late raja, who died from the result of a motor-See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident in 1909, succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father in 1806, but he had taken a large See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the administration of the state for some years previously . The principle of See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, which had often caused serious disputes, was defined in 1904, to the effect that the chief may nominate any male descendant through See also:

• MALES

males from himself or from any male ancestor, but failing such nomination, then the rule of See also:

• PRIMOGENITURE

primogeniture applies .