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BAHADUR KHEL , an See also:Indian See also:salt-mine in the See also:Kohat See also:district of the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province, in the range of hills See also:south of the See also:village of Bahadur Khel between Kohat and See also:Bannu. For a space of 4 M. in length by a See also:quarter of a mile in breadth there exists an exposed See also:mass of See also:rock-salt with several large hillocks of salt on either See also:side. The quarries extend over an See also:area i m. See also:long by See also:half a mile broad, and the salt is hewn out in large blocks with picks and wedges. The Indian governmentformerly maintained a large preventive See also:establishment for the preservation of the See also:revenue, but it was withdrawn in 1898. See also:Consumption of Kohat salt is restricted, on See also:account of its paying less See also:duty, to the tracts lying to the north of the See also:Indus and to the frontier tribes. In 1903 the See also:rate was fixed at R.ti per maund, against R.2 for the See also:rest of See also:India. The mines are under the See also:control of the See also:Northern India Salt See also:Department. End of Article: BAHADUR KHELAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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