NOAKHALI  , 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:

• CHITTAGONG

Chittagong See also:

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

division of eastern See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and See also:

• ASSAM

Assam . The town, also known as Sudharam, is on a small See also:

• RIVER

river channel ro m. fromthe See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Pop (1901) 6520 . The DISTRICT OF NOAKHALI has an See also:

• AREA

area of 1644 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 1,141,728 . The district consists of an alluvial See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of mainland, together with several islands at the mouth of the See also:

• MEGHNA

Meghna . In See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, each See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home-See also:

• STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )

stead is surrounded by a thick See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove of betel- and coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut palms, and in the See also:

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

north-western tracts dense forests of betel-nut palms extend for See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles . 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 is the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• STAPLE

staple of cultivation; The district is very fertile; and, with the exception of some sandbanks and See also:

• RECENT

recent accretions, every See also:

• PART

part of it is under continuous cultivation . The See also:

• PROCESS

process of See also:

• ALLUVION (Lat. alluvio, washing against)

alluvion is gradually but steadily going on, the mainland extending seawards . Noakhali is peculiarly liable to destructive floods from the sea, generally caused by southerly See also:

• GALES (mod. Calvi)

gales or cyclones occurring at the 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 when the Meghna is swollen by heavy rains, and at See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood-tides—the tidal See also:

• BORE

bore being sometimes 20 ft. high, and moving at the See also:

• RATE

rate of 15 m. an See also:

• HOUR

hour . The See also:

• CYCLONE (Gr. KVKAwv, whirling, from KbK)^os, a circle)

cyclone and See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm-See also:

• WAVE

wave of the 3Ist of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1876 was terribly disastrous, sweeping over the whole See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta of the Meghna . The loss of human See also:

• LIFE

life was estimated at roo,000 .

The See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the district is served by the Assam-Bengal railway . The See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

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

population of the islands at the mouth of the Meghna practised piracy up to a comparatively recent date, and at the beginning of the 17th See also:

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

century Portuguese pirates, under See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian Gonzales, occupied Sandwip . They were ultimately reduced to subjection by Shaista See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan, the See also:

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

governor of Bengal, about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the century; and their descendants have sunk to the level of the natives surrounding them, whose See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, customs and See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language they have, for the most part, adopted . They are Christians, and retain che old Portuguese names . About 1756 the East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company established factories in Noakhali and See also:

• TIPPERA (Tripura)

Tippera, the ruins of some of which still remain .