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280 KUM a Musalman, bought the estate from a Káyath, and was admitted as proprie- tor by the courts in 1856. There were Ahbar Chhattris who possessed an ancient claim; they attacked the Musalman's house in the first days of the rautiny and killed him, his son, and several of his servants as they lay in their beds. This has always been the conduct of the Ahban clan--indolence and extravagance- till their estates had passed away, and then barbarous violence iu useless attempts to recover them. There is an ancient mound from which Buddhist remains have been dug at Unchágáon in this pargana, but nothing else worthy of note. There are two small temples to Mahadeo and one mosque. There are no fairs or markets of importance. Kukra Mailáni is a part of the old pargana Bhúrwára, and an account of the Ahban lords of the soil has been given under the historical part of the district article; it formed a part of Haidarabad Pargana till the recent re-arrangement. KUMARAWAN Pargana,Tahsil DIGBIJAIGANS-District RAE BARELI. - This pargana is bounded on the north by pargana Haidargarh of district Bara Banki, on the south by pargana Hardoi of the Rae Bareli district, on the east by tahsil Mohanlalganj, of Lucknow, and on the west by pargana Rokha Jáis. The area of the pargana is 70 square miles; its breadth from north to south 8 miles, and its length from east to west 11 miles. This parganla was formerly included in that of Haidargarh, but owing to disturbances arising between the ancestors of Jagmohan Singh, of Kumhráwán, and of Umrao Singh of Ansári, Almas Ali Khan, the názim, separated the pargana containing 120 villages, and gave it the paine of Kumhráwán after the principal town. By the summary settlement of 1866, the number of villages in this pargana was reduced to 101, and further, by the last regular settlement, to only 58 villages. The chief proprietary body are the Amethia Chhattris, of whom Rája Jagmohan Singh, the descendant of Rája Dingar Singh of Balári, is the present head, The villages are thus held- Taluqdari Grants Zamindari Pattidari Bhayyachára... POI . PE 82 3 17 4 2 ad | 2 | NAK 68 The area in acres amounts to 44,619, and the revenue paid to Govern- ment to Rs. 116,904, the rate per acre on an average being Rs. 2-9-11. The population consists chiefly of Amethia Chhattris and Kurmis. The total population amounts to 14,954, of which 13,941 are Hindus.