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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 514 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HINDUR, or NALAGARH

HINDUR, or NALAGARH , one of the

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SIMLA

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hill states, under the

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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 of the

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PUNJAB

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India . Pop . (1901) 52,551;

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AREA

area, 256 sq. m.; estimated

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revenue, £8600 . The

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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 was overrun by the Gurkhas for some years before 1815, when they were driven out by the

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BRITISH

British, and the

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RAJA

raja was confirmed in

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possession of the territory . The

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PRINCIPAL

principal products are

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GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and

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OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

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