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BHARATPUR, or BHURTPORE

BHARATPUR, or BHURTPORE , a native See also:

state of See also:

India, in the See also:

RAJPUTANA

Rajputana agency. Its See also:

AREA

area covers 1982 sq. m. 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 generally level, about 700 ft. above the See also:

sea. Small detached hills, rising to 200 ft. in height, occur, especially in the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

PART

part. These hills contain See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

BUILDING

building See also:

stone for ornamental See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, and in some of them See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore is abundant. The Banganga is the only See also:

RIVER

river which flows through the state. It takes its rise at Manoharpur in the territory of See also:

JAIPUR, or JEYPORE

Jaipur, and flowing eastward passes through the See also:

heart of the Bharatpur state, and joins the Jamna below See also:

AGRA

Agra. Bharatpur See also:

rose into importance under Suraj Mall, who See also:

BORE

bore a conspicuous part in the destruction of the See also:

DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi See also:

EMPIRE

empire. Having built the forts of Dig and Kumbher in 1730, he received in 1756 the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

RAJA

raja, and subsequently joined the See also:

GREAT

great Mahratta See also:

army with 30,000 troops. But the misconduct of the Mahratta See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader induced him to abandon the confederacy, just in See also:

time to See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape the murderous defeat at See also:

PANIPAT

Panipat. Suraj Mall raised the Jat See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to its highest point; and See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

Dow, in 1770, estimated the raja's See also:

revenue (perhaps extravagantly) at £2,000,000 and his military force at 6o,000 or 70,000 men. In 1803 the See also:

East India See also:

COMPANY

Company concluded a treaty, offensive and defensive, with Bharatpur.

In 1804, however, the raja assisted the See also:

MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas against the See also:

BRITISH

British. The See also:

ENGLISH

English under See also:

Lord See also:

Lake captured the fort of Dig and besieged Bharatpur, but were compelled to raise the See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege after four attempts at storming. A treaty, concluded on the 17th of See also:

APRIL

April 1805, guaranteed the raja's territory; but he became See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to pay £200,000 as See also:

INDEMNITY (through Fr. indemnite, Lat. indemnis, free from damage or loss; in-, negative, and damnum, loss)

indemnity to the East India Company. A dispute as to the right of the See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession again led to a See also:

war in 1825, and Lord See also:

COMBERMERE, STAPLETON COTTON

Combermere captured Bharatpur with a besieging force of 20,000 men, after a desperate resistance, on the 18th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1826. The fortifications were dismantled, the hostile See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief being deported to See also:

BENARES

Benares, and an See also:

INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant son of the former raja installed under a treaty favourable to the company. In 1853 the Bharatpur ruler died, leaving a See also:

minor See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir. The state came under British management, and the See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was improved, the revenue increased, a See also:

SYSTEM

system of See also:

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

irrigation See also:

DEVELOPED

developed, new tanks and See also:

wells constructed and an excellent system of roads and public buildings organized. Owing to the hot winds blowing from Rajputana, the See also:

CLIMATE

climate of Bharatpur is extremely sultry till the setting in of the periodical rains. In 1901 the See also:

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

population was 626,665, a decrease of 2 %. The estimated revenue is £18o,000. The maharaja See also:

Ram Singh, who succeeded his See also:

FATHER

father in 1893, was deprived of power of See also:

government in 1875 on the ground of intemperate conduct; and in 1900 was finally deposed for the See also:

MURDER

murder of one of his See also:

PERSONAL

personal attend-ants. He was succeeded by his infant son Kishen Singh.

During his minority the administration was undertaken by a native See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, together with a state See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, under the See also:

general superintendence of the See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent. Imperial service See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry are maintained. The state is traversed for about 40 M. by the Rajputana railway. The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

CITY OF BHARATPUR is 34 M. W. of Agra by See also:

RAIL

rail. The population in 1901 was 43,601, showing a decrease of over 23,000 in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. The immense mud ramparts still stand. It has a handsome See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, a new See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and a high school. There are See also:

SPECIAL

special manufactures of chauris, or flappers, with handles of See also:

SANDALWOOD (from Fr. sandal, santal, Gr. oitvraXov, atw&sXov, Pers. sandal, chandan, Skt. chandana, the sandal tree; the form " sanders " is probably an English corruption)

sandalwood, See also:

ivory or See also:

SILVER

silver, and tails also made of strips of ivory or sandalwood as See also:

FINE

fine as See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

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