See also:

• REWA, or RIWA

REWA, or RIWA  , a native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Central See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in the See also:

• BAGELKHAND, or BAGHELKEAND

Bagelkhand agency . It is the only large state in Bagelkhand, and the second largest in Central India, having an See also:

• AREA

area of about 13,000 sq. m . It is bounded N. by the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces, E. by See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and S. by the Central Provinces . On the W. it meets other See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty states of Bagelkhand . See also:

• REWA, or RIWA

Rewa is divided into two well-defined portions . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and smaller See also:

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

division is the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau lying between the Kaimur range of hills and that portion of the Vindhyas known as Binjh, which overlook the valley of the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges . This plateau is for the most See also:

• PART

part cultivated and well peopled; See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich harvests both of kharif and rabi crops are generally obtained . See also:

• WATER

Water is plentiful, and the See also:

• 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 is full of large tanks and reservoirs, which, however, are not used for See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation purposes; the only See also:

• SYSTEM

system of wet cultivation which has any favour with the villagers is that of bunds, or mounds of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth raised at the See also:

• LOWER

lower ends of sloping See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields to retain the See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain water for some 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 after the See also:

• MONSOON
• MONSOON (Arabic Mausim, season)

monsoon rains cease . The country to the S. of the Kaimur hills comprises by far the largest portion of the state; but here cultivation is restricted to the valley between the hills and the See also:

• SONE

Sone See also:

• RIVER

river, and to a few isolated patches in scattered parts of the See also:

• FOREST

forest wastes . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal river is the Sone, which flows through the state in a N.E. direction into See also:

• MIRZAPUR

Mirzapur See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Another important river is the Tons, but neither is navigable . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall averages about 41 in .

The See also:

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

population in 1901 was 1,327,385, showing a decrease of 12% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . Many of the inhabitants of the hilly tracts are Gonds and See also:

• KOLS

Kols . Estimated See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, £200,000 . The See also:

• STAPLE

staple crops are 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, millets and See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat; but more than one-third of the area is covered with forests, yielding See also:

• TIMBER

timber and See also:

• LAC

lac . The S. of the state is crossed by the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Bengal-See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur railway from See also:

• BILASPUR

Bilaspur to Katni, which taps the Umaria See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field . The state suffered from See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine in 1896-97, and again to a less extent in 1899-1900; but on both occasions adequate See also:

• MEASURES

measures of See also:

• RELIEF

relief were provided . The state first came under See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in 1812 . The See also:

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

chief, Venkat Raman Singh, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1876, succeeded in 188o and was created G.C.S.I. in 1897 . During his minority the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was reformed . He is Raj put of the Baghela branch of the Solanki See also:

• RACE

race, and is descended from the founder of the Anhilwara See also:

• PATAN (_" city ")

Patan See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty in See also:

• GUJARAT

Gujarat . The See also:

• TOWN

town of Rewa is 131 M . S. of See also:

• ALLAHABAD

Allahabad .

Pop . (1901) 24, 6o8 . It has a high school, also the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria and See also:

• ZENANA (Persian zanana)

zenana hospitals and a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

gaol . The See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent for Bagelkhand resides at See also:

• SATNA

Satna, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian railway: pop . (1901) 7471 .