PATNA  , one of the See also:

• ORISSA

Orissa tributary states in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, with an See also:

• AREA

area of 2399 sq. m . It lies in the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the See also:

• MAHANADI, or MAHANUDDY (" The Great River ")

Mahanadi See also:

• RIVER

river, and is divided by a See also:

• FOREST

forest-clad hilly See also:

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

tract into a See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and a See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portion, both of which are undulating and well cultivated . Pop . (1901), 277,748, showing a decrease of 16% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, mainly due to the effects of See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine in 1900 . Nearly the whole See also:

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

population consists of Oriyas . The See also:

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

capital is Bolangir: pop . (1901), 3706 . 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 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 maharajas of Patna were formerly heads of a See also:

• GROUP

group of states known as the athara garhjat or " eighteen forts." They are Chauhban Rajputs, and claim to have been established in Patna for six centuries . Patna was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of the See also:

• KHONDS, or KANDHS

Khonds, followed by atrocities on the See also:

• PART

part of their rulers, in 1869, and, in consequence, came under See also:

• BRITISH

British management in 1871 . The maharaja Ramchandra Singh,. installed in 1894, was insane and put an end to his own See also:

• LIFE

life in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, whereupon his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, Lal Dalganjan Singh, became See also:

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

chief, undertaking to administer with the assistance of a diwan or See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister appointed by 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 . The See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of this See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official were extended in 1900 after a serious outbreak of dacoity .

Till 1905 the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state was included in the Central Provinces .