See also:

• SANTAL (or SONTHAL) PARGANAS, THE

SANTAL (or SONTHAL) PARGANAS, THE  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• BHAGALPUR

Bhagalpur See also:

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

division of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal . See also:

• AREA

Area 5470 sq. m . In the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east a sharply defined See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt of hills stretches for about See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m. from the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges to the See also:

• RIVER

river Naubil; See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of this a See also:

• ROLLING

rolling See also:

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

tract of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long ridges with intervening depressions covers about 2500 sq. m.; while there is a narrow See also:

• STRIP

strip of alluvial 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 about 170 M. long, lying for the most See also:

• PART

part along the See also:

• LOOP

loop See also:

• LINE

line of the East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian railway . The See also:

• RAJMAHAL

Rajmahal hills occupy an area of 1366 sq. m.; they nowhere exceed 2000 ft . There are several other See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill ranges which with few exceptions are covered almost to their summits with dense See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle; they are all difficult of See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access . There are, however, numerous passes through all the ranges . See also:

• COAL

Coal and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron are found in almost all parts, but of inferior quality . The alluvial tract has the See also:

• DAMP

damp See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat and moist See also:

• SOIL

soil characteristic of Bengal, while the undulating and hilly portions are swept by the hot See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly winds of See also:

• BEHAR, or BIHAR

Behar, and are very cool in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter months . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall averages 52 in . In 1901 the See also:

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

population was 1,809,737, showing an increase of 3 % in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The See also:

• SANTALS

Santals, who give their name to the district, are the most numerous aboriginal tribe in Bengal; they See also:

• WORK

work the coal-mines of Raniganj and Karharbari and migrate to the See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea-gardens of See also:

• ASSAM

Assam . In 1832 officials were deputed to demarcate with solid See also:

• MASONRY

masonry pillars the See also:

• PRESENT

present area of the Daman-i-Koh, or " skirts of the hills." The permission to Santals to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in the valleys and on the See also:

• LOWER

lower slopes stimulated See also:

• SANTAL (or SONTHAL) PARGANAS, THE

Santal See also:

• IMMIGRATION (from Lat. in, into, and tnigrare, to depart)

immigration to an enormous extent .

The See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• MONEY

money-lender soon made his See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance among them, and caused the See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of 1855-56 . The insurrection led to the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration congenial to the immigrants; and a See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement has since been carried out on conditions favourable to the occupants of the soil . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church Missionary Society and the Scandinavian See also:

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

Home See also:

• MISSION

Mission have been very successful, especially in promoting See also:

• EDUCATION

education . The district is traversed by both the chord and loop lines of the East Indian railway . It contains the old See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

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

city of Rajmahal and the See also:

• MODERN

modern commercial mart of Sahibganj, both on the Ganges; and also the Hindu See also:

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

place of See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage of See also:

• DEOGARH

Deogarh, which is important enough to have a See also:

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

branch railway . The administrative headquarters are at Dumka, or Naya Dumka: pop . (1901) 5326 . See F . B . See also:

• BRADLEY, GEORGE GRANVILLE (1821–1903)
• BRADLEY, JAMES (1693–1762)

Bradley-Birt, The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the Indian Upland (1905) .