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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 455 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARWANI , a native See also:

state of See also:India, in the See also:Bhopawar agency in central India. It lies in the See also:Satpura mountains, See also:south of the See also:Nerbudda, See also:Area, 1178 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 76,136. Many of the inhabitants are See also:Bhils. The See also:chief, whose See also:title is Rana, is a See also:Rajput of the Sisodhyia See also:clan, connected with theUdaipur See also:family. Though the family lost most of itspossessions during the Mahratta invasion in the 14th See also:century, it never became tributary to any See also:Malwa chief. The forests are under an See also:English See also:official. The See also:town of Barwani is situated near the See also:left See also:bank of the Nerbudda. The See also:population in 1901 was 6277.

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