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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 737 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUDAUN , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Rohilkhand See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town is near the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Sot. Pop. Not) 39,031. There are ruins of an immense fort and a very handsome See also:mosque of imposing See also:size, crowned with a See also:dome, and built in 1223 in See also:great See also:part from the materials of an See also:ancient See also:Hindu See also:temple. The See also:American Methodist See also:mission maintains several girls' See also:schools, and there is a high school for boys. According to tradition Budaun was founded about A.D. 905, and an inscription, probably of the 12th See also:century, gives a See also:list of twelve Rathor See also:kings reigning at Budaun (called Vodamayuta). The first See also:authentic See also:historical event connected with it, however, is its See also:capture by Kutb-ud-din in 1196, after which it became a very important See also:post on the See also:northern frontier of the See also:Delhi See also:empire. In the 13th century two of its See also:governors, Shamsud-din Altamsh, the builder of the great mosque referred to above, and his son Rukn-ud-din Firoz, attained the imperial See also:throne. In 1571 the town was burnt, and about a See also:hundred years later, under Shah Jahan, the seat of the governorship was transferred to See also:Bareilly; after which the importance of Budaun declined. It ultimately came into the See also:power of the Rohillas, and in 1838 was made the headquarters of a British district.

In 1857 the See also:

people of Budaun sided with the mutineers, and a native See also:government was set up, which lasted until See also:General See also:Penny's victory at Kakrala (See also:April 1858) led to the restoration of British authority. The DISTRICT OF BUDAUN has an See also:area of 1987 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 1,025,753. The See also:country is See also:low, level, and is generally fertile, and watered by the See also:Ganges, the Ramganga, the Sot or Yarwafadar, and the Mahawa. Budaun district was ceded to the British government in 18o1 by the See also:nawab of Oudh. There are several See also:indigo factories. The district is crossed by two lines of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway, and by a narrow-See also:gauge See also:line from Bareilly. The See also:chief centre of See also:trade is Bilsi.

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