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were obliged to leave both on the ground. The would have been much greater than it was, but for the darkness of the night which prevented the assailants from taking good aim; and the detachment would have been cut to pieces but for the timely arrival of the Four months after, in November, special police under Girwar Singh. Pancham Singh, of Ahrori, himself cut off the head of the robber Bhagwant Singh, with his own hand, and sent it to the Governor Farid-ud-din with an apology for having, by mistake, attacked Captain Hollings's detachment. The Governor sent the head to the king with report, stating that he had, at the peril of his life and after immense toil, hunted down and destroyed this formidable rebel. His Majesty, as a reward for his valuable services, conferred upon Farid-ud-din a title and a first-rate dress of honour."
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After the murder of Bhagwant Singh, the estate of Atwa Piparia was held under the direct management of the chakladars, or the villages constituting it were let out to farmers.
Musammat Gaura, widow of Bhagwant Singh, was allowed to hold the Atwa revenue-free up to annexation. The regiment of Captain Fida Husen was posted to the Muhamdi chakla. He was entrusted with village of
the management of the entire estate from A. D. 1850-51 up to annexation in 1856. He holds it still. Fida Husen Khan obtained from Raja Ashraf Ali Khan, who had no concern with the estate, a deed of gift for it in lieu In reality the possession of Fida Husen Khan was no more of a sword. than that of a Government manager ; but the summary settlement of 1858-59 having been made with him, and a taluqdari sanad having been granted to him, he has thereby obtained a permanent, hereditary, and transferable proprietary title. The entire pargana belongs to Fida Husen Khan, except one village held by qanungos ; two hamlets have been decreed in subordinate right to members of the Bachhil clan. There are 30 mauzas ; the population is 8,796, or 201 to the square mile, leaving out the grants. History o
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Ahirs are the most numerous caste, but Kisans and are present in more than average proportions.
Jj^tji-^os
The history of Magdapur is the same as that of Atwa Piparia up till 1851 then the Rdja of Muhamdi obtained possession as a farmer. There is a separate article on this pargana.
Six years afterwards, at annexation, the Rdja was recognized as the proprietor of the whole pargana, except six villages held by Bdchhil Chhattris, Brahmans, and others. The area of the pargana is 56 square miles. Of these 36 villages the summary settlement demand was Rs. 6,177-3-0, or 2 annas 9 pie per culturable acre. The population is 9,949, of whom Ahirs
form 22 per
cent.
Two unmetalled roads pass through the pargana, both leading by different routes from Lakhimpur to Muhamdi. There are no tovms, trade, or manuRice and millet are the principal crops. factures worthy of notice. Pargana Axjeangabad— Tahsil —A town from which a pargana in the
ATJRANGABAD Kheri
Muhamdi
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Kheri derives its name, was founded by Nawab Sayyad Khurram in the time of Aurangzeb, Emperor of Delhi, and called after his name Aurangabad. It is situated district of
