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TEHRI , a native See also:state in See also:Northern See also:India, in See also:political sub-ordination to the See also:United Provinces: See also:area, 4200 sq. m.; See also:population (19or) 268,885; estimated See also:revenue, £28,000 . It lies entirely amid the Himalayas, containing ranges from 20,000 to 23,000 ft. above See also:sea-level, and also the See also:sources of both the See also:Ganges and the See also:Jumna, with the places of See also:pilgrimage associated with them . The forests, which have been leased to the See also:British See also:government, are very valuable, yielding several kinds of See also:pine, See also:oak and See also:cedar . The crops are See also:rice, small millets, See also:wheat, potatoes and a little See also:tea . The See also:chief, whose See also:title is See also:raja, is descended from a See also:Rajput See also:family which formerly ruled over all See also:Garhwal . The existing state was created by the British after the See also:war with See also:Nepal in 1815 . The See also:town of Tehri, on the See also:river Bhagirathi (as the Ganges is here called) has a pop . (1901) of 3387 . |
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