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BETTIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 832 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BETTIA , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Champaran See also:district of See also:Bengal; situated on a former See also:branch of the Harha See also:river, with a station on the Tirhoot See also:section of the Bengal & See also:North-Western railway. Bettia is the See also:residence of one of the leading noblemen of See also:northern See also:Behar, who enjoys a See also:rent-See also:roll of £66,000. In 1901, owing to a disputed See also:succession, the See also:estate was under the management of the See also:court of wards. It comprises See also:land in no fewer than ten districts, much of which is let on permanent leases to See also:indigo-planters. Besides the See also:palace of the maharaja, the town contains a See also:middle See also:English school and a See also:female dispensary, entirely supported out of the estate. There is a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:mission, with about moo converts, which was founded by an See also:Italian See also:priest in 1746.

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