SAHARANPUR  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• MEERUT

Meerut See also:

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

division of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces . The city is situated on a stream called the Damaula Nadi, 907 ft. above 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-level, 998 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta . Pop . (1901) 66,254, of whom more than See also:

• HALF

half are Mahommedans . It is an important junction of the See also:

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

North-Western railway with the Oudh and See also:

• ROHILKHAND

Rohilkhand See also:

• LINE

line . The 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 botanical gardens were established in 1817 . There are railway workshops, and a large See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is pursued in See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-See also:

• CARVING

carving . The DISTRICT of SAHARANPUR has an See also:

• AREA

area of 2228 sq. m . It forms the most northerly portion of the See also:

• DOAB

Doab, ,or alluvial tableland between the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges and See also:

• JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna . The Siwalik hills rise precipitously on its See also:

• NORTHERN

northern frontier; at their See also:

• BASE

base stretches a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild submontane See also:

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

tract, with much See also:

• FOREST

forest and See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle . Cultivation generally in this See also:

• PART

part is backward, the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of 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 being broken by ravines . See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South of this tract lies the broad alluvial See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of the Doab, with fertile See also:

• SOIL

soil and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good natural See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply .

This portion of the country is divided into parallel tracts by numerous streams from the . Siwaliks, while the Eastern Jumna and Ganges canals See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the district with a network of See also:

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

irrigation channels . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall averages about 37 in . The See also:

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

population in 1901 was 1,045,230, showing an increase of 4.4% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, 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, See also:

• PULSE

pulse, See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

millet, and See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, with some See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton . The district contains the towns of See also:

• ROORKEE

Roorkee and See also:

• HARDWAR, or HURDWAR

Hardwar . During the later years of the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, Saharanpur suffered much from the perpetual raids of the Sikhs, but in 1785 the district under Ghulam Kadir enjoyed See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative tranquillity . On his See also:

• DEATH

death the country See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas . It was afterwards again overrun by the Sikhs, remaining practically in their hands until their defeat at Charaou See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1804, when it passed under British See also:

• RULE

rule . Several disturbances subsequently took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the native chiefs; but from 1824 to 1857 nothing occurred to disturb the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of the district . The See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny in this part was soon quelled .