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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 55 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANJAR , a fortified See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

India, and the See also:

capital of a See also:

DISTRICT

district of the same name in the native See also:

state of See also:

Cutch, in the See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency of Bombay. The See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is dry and sandy, and entirely depends on well See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation for its See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply. The town is situated nearly Io See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from the Gulf of Cutch. It suffered severely from an See also:

EARTHQUAKE

earthquake in 1819, which destroyed a large number of houses, and occasioned the loss of several lives. In 1901 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 18,014. The town and district of Anjar were both ceded to the See also:

BRITISH

British in 1816, but in 1822 they were again transferred to the Cutch See also:

government in See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of an See also:

ANNUAL

annual See also:

MONEY

money See also:

PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment. Subsequently it was discovered that this See also:

OBLIGATION

obligation pressed heavily upon the resources of the native state, and in 1832 the pecuniary See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent for Anjar, both prospectively and inclusive of the arrears which had accrued to that date, was wholly remitted by the British government.

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