PALANPUR  , a native

state of India, in the Gujarat division of Bombay, on the southern border of Rajputana . Area, 1766 sq. m.; pop . (Igor), 222,627, showing a decrease of 19 % in the decade . The country is mountainous, with much forest towards the north, but undulating and open in the south and east . The principal rivers ere the Saraswati and Balsas . The estimated gross revenue is £50,000; tribute to the gaekwar of Baroda, £2564 . The chief, whose title is diwan, is an Afghan by descent . The state is traversed by the main line of the Rajputana–Malwa railway, and contains the British cantonment of Deesa . Wheat, rice and sugar-cane are the chief products . The state has suffered severely of recent. years from plague . The town of PALANPUR is a railway junction for Deesa, 18 m. distant . Pop .

(1901), 17,799 . Palanpur also gives its name to a

political agency, or collection of native states; total area, 6393 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 467,271, showing a decrease of 28 % in the decade, due to the effects of famine .