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BHAGWANTNAGAR—Par^^ana

BuAGWAST^AOAH—Tahsil

Purwa—

same name,

lies thirty-

This town, in the pargana of District TJnao. two miles south-east from Unao, six miles

from the road from was founded by Bhagwant Kunwar, wife of E£o Mardan Singh, the Bais chief of the famous Daundia Khera fort. The population is 4,923 of whom 950 are Brahmans, and strange to say, only 13 are Ghhattris and 145 Musalmans. There are six temples, and one vernacular school attended by eighty pupils.

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BHi^I Pargana Dalmatj Tahsil Lalganj District ^Rae Baeeli. The town is situated three miles west of Dalmau on the road leading from Dalmau to Lalganj its site lies very high, and this elevation with numerous

groves renders the place rather picturesque. whom 1,234 are Musalmans, all Sunnis.

The population

is

4,023, of

BHANGHA*— Pargana

'BmiSGh.— Tahsil Bksrkigb.— District Baheaich. —(Latitude 27°44'36" North, longitude 81° 52' 11",) lies twenty miles to the north-east of Bahraich and seven miles north-west of Bhinga, in the rich duab between the Rapti and the Bhakla rivers, about one mile' from the banks of* the former and one mile off the road from Bhinga to Nanpara. It is prettily situated in the midst, of mango groves, and has a fertile Formerly owned by the Taluqdar of Bhinga, having been alluvial soil. founded by him some 100 years ago, it has only become a place of any importance since 1814 A.D., in which year the bazar, which is now well frequented, was first established. It is now owned by a loyal grantee, Sher Singh, this portion of the Bhinga ilaqa having been confiscated by the It contains 2,754 inhabitants, of whom 605 are British Government. Musalmans and 2,149 Hindus. There is no trade except for local consumption, and there are no manufactures. There is a Government village school with thirty-three boys.

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BHARA'WAN—Pargrawa Gundwa— Tahsil

Sand/la District Haedoi.— large village inhabitants, population chiefly Brahmans. of 684 mud houses fourteen miles north-east from Sandila, Raja Randhir Singh Bais resides at Bharawan, and his taluqa is named from it. There Bharawan 13,193

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a village school averaging 53 pupils.

BHATPURf

Pargana Gundwa Tahsil SANofLA District Haedoi. Bhatpur a Bais village of 357 mud houses and 2,504 inhabitants. It lies on the right bank of the Gumti twenty miles east-north-east of Sandila, six south of Bari, and twenty-one east-north-east from Malihabad, with which it is connected by an unmetaUed road passing through Pipargaon.

BHAULI Pargana Jhalotae Ajgain—Tahsil MohaN—District Unao.— This town lies eight miles south of Mohan, and ten miles north-east of Unao, on the road from the Ajgain Railway Station to Ras^labad,

By Mr. H.

S.

Boys,

c. s.,

t By Mr. A. H. Harington,

Assistant Commissioner,

c. s,,

Assistant Commissioner.