Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BHOPAL

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 846 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: BER-BLA

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

BHOPAL , a native See also:

state of See also:

India, in the central India agency. Its See also:

AREA

area is 6902 sq. m., and its See also:

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

population in 1901 was 665,961, showing a decrease of 30 % in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. This seems to be in See also:

PART

part due to a difference in numeration, but the state suffered heavily from See also:

FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine in 1896-1897 and 1899-1900. Bhopal is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal Mussulman state in central India, ranking next to See also:

Hyderabad among the See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan states of India. The -See also:

SURFACE

surface of 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 uneven, being traversed by the See also:

VINDHYA

Vindhya ranges, a See also:

PEAK, THE

peak of which near Raysen is upwards of 2500 ft. above See also:

sea-level. The See also:

general inclination of the country is towards the See also:

north, in which direction most of the streams of the state flow, while others, passing through the Vindhya ranges, flow to the See also:

NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

Nerbudda. Bhopal state was founded in 1723 by Dost Mahommed See also:

KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan, an Afghan adventurer. In 1778, when General See also:

Thomas Goddard made his bold See also:

march across India, the state of Bhopal was the only See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power that showed itself friendly; and in 1809 when another See also:

BRITISH

British expedition under General See also:

Close appeared in the same parts, the See also:

NAWAB

nawab of Bhopal petitioned earnestly but in vain to be received under British See also:

PROTECTION

protection. But in 1817, at the outbreak of the Pindari See also:

War, a treaty of dependence was concluded between the See also:

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

chief and the British See also:

government. Since then Bhopal has been steadily loyal to the British government, and during the See also:

Mutiny it rendered See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good services. The See also:

THRONE

throne has descended in the See also:

FEMALE

female See also:

LINE

line since 1844, when Sikandar Begum became ruler. Succeeding begums have taken a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

INTEREST

interest in the See also:

WORK

work of governing the state, which they carried on with marked success.

The See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan Jahan Begum, succeeded on the See also:

DEATH

death of her See also:

MOTHER

mother, Shah Jahan Begum, in See also:

JUNE

June 1901, being the only female ruler in India. The estimated See also:

revenue of the state is £z5o,000, and the statepays a See also:

SUBSIDY (through Fr. from Lat. subsidium, reserve troops, aid, assistance, from subsidere, literally " to sit or remain behind or in reserve,")

subsidy of f 13,000 for the Bhopal See also:

BATTALION

battalion. Besides the Bhopal battalion, a See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of imperial service See also:

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

cavalry is maintained, under the name of the See also:

Victoria Lancers. There is a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch railway from Itarsi to Bhopal See also:

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

city, continued to See also:

JHANSI

Jhansi. The British currency has been introduced, and in 1897-1898, Rs. 71,00,000 of Bhopali coins were converted. The See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent and the headquarters of the Bhopal battalion are at See also:

SEHORE

Sehore, 20 M. See also:

west of Bhopal city. The city of Bhopal, a railway station, had a population in 19o1 of 76,561. The See also:

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

palace, with its See also:

rock fortress, is called Fatehgarh. An excellent See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply has been provided from two large artificial lakes. There are two hospitals. There is an export See also:

trade in See also:

OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

End of Article: BHOPAL

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
BHIWANI

[next]
BHOPAL AGENCY