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AHMEDNAGAR, or AHMADNAGAR

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AHMEDNAGAR, or AHMADNAGAR , a See also:city and See also:district of See also:British See also:India in the Central See also:division of Bombay on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Sina. The See also:town is of considerable antiquity, having been founded in 1494 by Ahmad See also:Nizam Shah, on the site of a more See also:ancient city, Bhingar. This Ahmad established a new See also:monarchy, which lasted till its overthrow by Shah Jahan in 1636. In 1759 the See also:Peshwa obtained See also:possession of the See also:place by bribing the See also:Mahommedan See also:commander, and in 1791 it was ceded by the Peshwa to the Mahratta See also:chief Daulat See also:Rao Sindhia. During the See also:war with the See also:Mahrattas in 1803 Ahmednagar was invested by a British force under See also:General See also:Wellesley and captured. It was afterwards restored to the Mahrattas, but again came into the possession of the British in 1817, according to the terms of the treaty of See also:Poona. The town has rapidly advanced in prosperity under British See also:rule. Several mosques and tombs have been converted to the use of British See also:administration. The old See also:industries of See also:carpet-See also:weaving and See also:paper-making have died out; but there is a large See also:trade in See also:cotton and See also:silk goods, and in See also:copper and See also:brass pots, and there are factories for ginning and pressing cotton. Ahmednagar is A station on the See also:loop See also:line of the See also:Great See also:Indian See also:Peninsula railway, 218 m. from Bombay, and a military See also:cantonment, being the headquarters of a See also:brigade in the 6th division of the western See also:army See also:corps. The See also:population in 1901 was 43,032. The DISTRICT OF AHMEDNAGAR is a comparatively barren See also:tract with a small rainfall.

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area is 6586 sq. m. The population in 19o1 was 837,695, showing a decrease of 6 % in the See also:decade, due to the results of See also:famine. The bulk of the population consists of Mahrattas and See also:Kunbis, the latter being the agriculturists. On the See also:north the district is watered by the See also:Godavari and its tributaries the Prawara and the See also:Mula; on the north-eastby the Dor, another' tributary of the Godavari; on the See also:east by the Sephani, which flows through the valley below the See also:Balaghat range; and in the extreme See also:south by the See also:Bhima and its tributary the Gor. The Sina river, another tributary of the Bhima, flows through the See also:Nagar and Karjat talukas. The See also:principal crops are See also:millet, See also:pulse, oil-seeds and See also:wheat. The district suffered from drought in 1896-1897, and again in 1899–1900.

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