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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 157 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIROHI  , a native

state of India, in the
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Rajputana agency .
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Area 1964 sq. m . The country is much broken up by hills and rocky ranges; the Aravalli range divides it into two portions,
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running from north-east to south-west . The south and south-east
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part of the territory is mountainous and rugged, containing the lofty Mount
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Abu, an isolated mass of granite rock, culminating in a cluster of hills, enclosing several valleys surrounded by rocky ridges, like
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great hollows . On both sides of the Aravallis the country is intersected with numerous
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water channels, which run with considerable force and
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volume during the height of the rainy season, but are dry for the greater part of the
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year . The only
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river of any importance is the Western
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Banas . A large portion of the state is covered with dense jungle, in which wild animals, including the tiger, bear and
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leopard, abound . Many splendid ruins bear witness to the former prosperity and
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civilization of the country . The
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climate is on the whole dry; in the south and east there is usually a
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fair amount of rain . On Abu the
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average
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annual rainfall is about 64 in., whereas in Erinpura, less than 5o M. to the north, the average fall is only between 12 and 13 in . Pop . (1901) 154,544, showing a decrease of 17% in the decade, due to the results of famine .

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Gross revenue £28,000, tribute £450 . During the early years of the 19th century, Sirohi suffered much from
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wars with Jodhpur and the wild Mina hill tribes . The
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protection of the
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British was sought in 1817; the pretensions of Jodhpur to
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suzerainty over Sirohi were disallowed, and in 1823 a treaty was concluded with the British government . For services rendered during the Mutiny of 1857 the chief received a remission of
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half his tribute . The chief, whose title is maharao, is a Deora
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Rajput of the Chauhan clan, and claims descent from the last
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Hindu king of
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Delhi . The state is traversed by the Rajputana railway . The
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town of SIROHI iS 28 M . N. of Abu-road station . Pop . (1901) 5651 . It has manufactures of sword-blades and other weapons . The Crosthwaite hospital, which is built and equipped on
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modern principles, was opened by
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Sir Robert Crosthwaite in December 1897 .

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