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LARKHANA

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 219 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LARKHANA  , a

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town and
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district of
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British
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India, in
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Sind, Bombay . The town is on a
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canal not far from the
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Indus, and has a station on the
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North-Western railway, 281 M . N. by E. of
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Karachi . It is pleasantly situated in a fertile locality, and is well laid out with wide streets and spacious gardens . It is a centre of
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trade, with manufactures of
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cotton,
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silk,
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leather,
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metal-
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ware and
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paper . Pop . (1901) 14,543 . Av . The DISTRICT OF LARKHANA, lying along the right
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bank of the Indus, was formed out of portions of
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Sukkur and Karachi districts in Igor, and has an
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area of 5091 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 656,083, showing an increase of ro% in the
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decade . Its western
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part is mountainous, but the
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remainder is a
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plain of
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alluvium watered by canals and well cultivated, being the most fertile part of Sind . The
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staple
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grain-crops are
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rice,
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wheat and millets, which are exported, together with
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wool, cotton and other agricultural produce .

Cotton

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cloth, carpets,
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salt and leather goods are manufactured, and
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dyeing is an important
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industry . The district is served by the North-Western railway .

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