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BAHRAICH or BHARAICH, a See also:town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, situated in the See also:Fyzabad See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town is on the See also:river Sarju. Since the opening of the railway the See also:place has begun to flourish. It contains the most popular place of See also:pilgrimage in Oudh, the See also:tomb of Masaud, a See also:champion of See also:Islam, slain in See also:battle by the confederate Rajputs in 1033, which is resorted to by Mahommedans and See also:Hindus alike. There is also a Mussulman monastery, and the ruined See also:palace of a See also:nawab of Oudh. The See also:American Methodists have a See also:mission here. Pop. (1901) 27,304. The district of Bahraich contains an See also:area of 2647 sq. m. It consists of three tracts: (I) in the centre, an elevated triangular See also:plateau, projecting from the See also:base of the Himalayas for about 50 M. in a See also:south-easterly direction—average breadth, 13 m., area, 67o sq. m.; (2) the See also:great See also:plain of the See also:Gogra, on the See also:west, about 40 ft. below the level of the plateau; and (3) on the See also:east, another lesser area cf depression, comprising the See also:basin of the Rapti. The tarar, or the See also:forest and marshy tracts along the See also:southern slopes of the Himalayas, gradually See also:merge within the district into drier See also:land, the beds of the streams become deeper and more marked, the marshes disappear, and the See also:country assumes the See also:ordinary See also:appearance of the plain of the See also:Ganges. The Gogra skirts the district for 114 m.; and the Rapti, with its See also:branch the Bhalka, drains the high grounds. In 1got the See also:population was 1,051,347, showing an increase of 5% in the See also:decade. A considerable See also:trade is conducted with See also:Nepal, chiefly in See also:timber. A See also:line of railway has been opened through the district to Nepalganj on the frontier. As thrre are no canals in the district, See also:irrigation is obtained solely from See also:wells, tanks and See also:rivers. The district is purely agricultural in See also:character, and is one of large estates, 78% being held by taluqdars, of whom the four See also:chief are the See also:raja of See also:Kapurthala, the maharaja of See also:Balrampur, the raja of Nanpara and the raja of Payagpur. Little is known of the See also:history of the district before the See also:Mahommedan invasion in A.D. 1033. Masaud was defeated and slain by the nobles of Bahraich in 1033, and the Mahommedans did not establish their authority over the country till the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century. About 1450 the Raikwars, or See also:Rajput adventurers, made themselves masters of the western portion of the district, which they retain to this See also:day. In 1816 by the treaty of Segauli the Nepal See also:tarai was ceded to the British, but was given back in 1860. During the See also:Mutiny the district was the See also:scene of considerable fighting, and after its See also:close a large portion was distributed in jagirs to loyal chiefs, thus originating the taluqdari estates of the See also:present day. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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