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JAI-JAL 97 It is supposed that the muslin and other country cloths annually manufac- tured in this town are of the value of Rs. 12,000, of which one-third is sold in Jáis, aud the remaining two-thirds are taken by the Juláhas of Jáis to other districts. Latitude 26° 18' north ; longitude 18° 36' east. JAISAR--Pargana JHALOTAR AJGAIN—Tahsil MonÁN— District UNAO.- Is ten miles south of Mohan, and the same distanco north-cast from the sadr station Unao. It is crossed by an unmetalled road from Ajgain to Rastlabad on the north-east corner. About 500 years ago there was a village hore called Dakauli, which was the zamindari of the Khole Thákurs. Jai Singh, a Dikhit Thákur of Chamrauli, rose against tho Thákurs of Dakauli, all of whom he put to the sword, and laid waste the village. Afterwards he re-peopled it, and called it Jaisár after his own name, The soil is clay and sand mixed. The climate is healthy, and the water good. One Basáwan Singh, Káyath, who was a tahsildar, erected a Shiwala and a Th:íkurdwara, which both exist to the present time. Nothing remarkable is manufactured here. The population is as follows :- Hindus. Musalmans. Tatal. Brahmans 1,682 Thákurs 227 Other castes 1,358 279 I. 38 IP: 4.1 1.641 There arc 337 mud-built houses and 3 temples (two shiwalas and one thakurdwara). JÁJÁMAU–Pargana FATEHPUR-Tahsil SAFIPUR— District UNAO. Jájámau lies 22 miles north-west of Unao, and one mile north of the Ganges. It was founded in the reign of Alamgir hy Jáji Singh Chandel, ancestor of the present taluqdar. The soil is very sandy and the site elevated. A jungle yet remains to the south-west. Population 2,466, all of whom are Hindus. Latitude 26°56' ; longitude 80'34', JALALABAD.Pargana MALLÁNWÁN—Tahsil BILGRAM-District HAR- DOI.- Population 2,051 (mostly Kanaujia Brahmans). A small town of 363 mud houses, 6 miles south-east from Mallán wán, in district Hardoi. A market is held on Tuesdays and Saturdays at Sultanganj, a Pathán hamlet demarcated with Jalálabad. The proprietors are Kurmis, whose ancestor Zálim Singh gained it for good service many generations ago. JALALPUR DEHI–Pargana DALMAU---Tahsil LALGANJ--District RAE BARELI.---This village stands 8 miles east of Dalmau, 2 miles north of the Ganges, and 16 miles south of the sadr station, Rae Bareli. The history of its foundation is said to be as follows.A village (Dehi) was founded by one Rája Debi Sen prior to the invasion of the Moslems,

  • By Mr. A. H. Harington, B.A., C.S., Assistant Commissioner.