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AJAIGARH, or ADJYGURH

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AJAIGARH, or ADJYGURH , a native See also:state of See also:India, in See also:Bundelkhand, under the Central India agency. It has an See also:area of 771 sq. m., and a See also:population in 1901 of 78,236. The See also:chief, who is a Bundela See also:Rajput, bears the See also:title of sawai maharaja. He has an estimated See also:revenue of about £15,000, and pays a See also:tribute of £460. He resides at the See also:town of Naushahr, at the See also:foot of the See also:hill-fortress of Ajaigarh, from which the state takes its name. This fort is situated on a very steep hill, more than Boo ft. above the town of the same name; and contains the mins of temples adorned with elaborately carved sculptures. It was captured by the See also:British in 1809. The town is subject to See also:malaria. The state suffered severely from See also:famine in 1868-1869, and again in 1896-1897.

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