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See also:BIJNIOR, or BIJNAUR , a See also:town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India in the See also:Bareilly See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town is about 3 M. from the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Ganges. The See also:population in 19oi was 17,583. There is a large See also:trade in See also:sugar. The See also:American Methodists have a See also:mission, which maintains some aided See also:schools, and there is an See also:English high school for boys. The DISTRICT OF BIJNOR has an See also:area of 1791 sq. m. The aspect of the See also:country is generally a level See also:plain, but the See also:northern See also:part of it rises towards the Himalayas, the greatest See also:elevation being 1342 ft. above the See also:sea-level. The Koh and Ramganga are the See also:principal See also:rivers that flow through the district, and the Ganges forms its western boundary. In 1901 the population was 779,451, showing a decrease of 2 % in the See also:decade. The country is watered in most parts by streams from the hills, but a See also:series of small canals has been constructed. Sugar is largely exported. A See also:line of the Oudh & See also:Rohilkhand railway from See also:Moradabad to See also:Saharanpur runs through the district. See also:History.—Of the See also:early history of Bijnor even after it passed under See also:Mahommedan See also:rule little is known with any certainty. The district was ravaged by Timur. in 1349, and thenceforward nothing is heard of it till the See also:time of See also:Akbar, when it formed part of the See also:Delhi See also:empire and so continued undisturbed, See also:save for occasional raids, so See also:long as the See also:power of the Moguls survived intact. In the early part of the 18th See also:century, however, the See also:Rohilla Pathans established their See also:independence in the country called by them Rohilkhand; and about 1748 the Rohilla See also:chief See also:Ali Mahommed made his first annexations in Bijnor, the See also:rest of which soon See also:fell under the Rohilla domination. The northern districts were granted by Ali Mahommed to Najib See also:Khan, who gradually extended his See also:influence See also:west of the Ganges and at Delhi, receiving the See also:title of Najib-ud-daula and becoming paymaster of the royal forces. His success, however, raised up powerful enemies against him, and at their instigation the See also:Mahrattas invaded Bijnor. This was the beginning of a See also:feud which continued for years. Najib, indeed, held his own, and for the part played by him in the victory of See also:Panipat was made See also:vizier of the empire. After his See also:death in 1770, however, his son Zabita Khan was defeated by the Mahrattas, who overran all Rohilkhand. In 1772 the See also:nawab of Oudh made a treaty with the Rohillas, covenanting to expel the Mahrattas in return for a See also:money See also:payment. He carried out his part of the bargain; but the Rohilla chieftains refused to pay. In 1774 the nawab concluded with the See also:government of See also:Calcutta a treaty of See also:alliance, and he now called upon the British, in accordance with its terms, to See also:supply a See also:brigade to assist him in enforcing his claims against the Rohillas. This was done; the Rohillas were driven beyond the Ganges, and Bijnor was incorporated in the territories of the nawab, who in 1801 ceded it to the See also:East India See also:Company. From this time the history of Bijnor is uneventful, until the See also:Mutiny ol 1857, when (on the 1st of See also:June) it was occupied by the nawab of See also:Najibabad, 'a See also:grandson of Zabita Khan. In spite of fighting between the See also:Hindus and the Mahommedan Pathans the nawab succeeded in maintaining his position until the 21St of See also:April 1858, when he was defeated by the British at See also:Nagina; whereupon British authority was restored. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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