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CHHINDWARA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 117 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHHINDWARA , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Nerbudda See also:division of the Central Provinces. The site of the town is 2200 ft. above See also:sea-level, and is surrounded by ranges of See also:low hills. The See also:European station extends for nearly 2 M. and is well wooded. It is considered very healthy, and forms a resort for European visitors from See also:Nagpur and Kampti during the hot See also:weather. The See also:area of the DISTRICT OF CHHINDWARA iS 4631 Sq. M. It has two natural subdivisipns—the See also:hill See also:country above. the slopes of the See also:Satpura mountains, called the See also:Balaghat, and a See also:tract of low See also:land to the See also:south called the Zerghat. The high tableland of the Balaghat lies for the most See also:part upon the See also:great basaltic formation which stretches across the Satpuras as far See also:east as See also:Jubbulpore. The country consists of a See also:regular See also:succession of hills and fertile valleys, formed by the small ranges which See also:cross its See also:surface east and See also:west. The See also:average height of the uplands is 2500 ft., but there are many points of greater See also:elevation. The See also:appearance of the Zerghat below the hills is generally open and undulating. The country is intersected by several streams, of which the Kanhan is the most considerable.

Near the hills and along the streams are strips and patches of See also:

jungle; the villages are usually surrounded with picturesque groves of See also:tamarind, See also:mango and other shade-giving trees. In the hill-country the See also:climate is temperate and healthy. In the See also:cold See also:season See also:ice is frequently seen in the small tanks at an elevation of about 2000 ft. Until May the hot See also:wind is little See also:felt, while during the rains the weather is cool and agreeable. The average See also:annual rainfall amounts to 36 in. Pop. ('go') 407,927. There are manufactures of See also:cotton See also:cloth and See also:brass-See also:ware. See also:Coal in this neighbourhood began to be worked after the opening of a See also:branch of the See also:Bengal-Nagpur railway to Chhindwara and the coalfields to the See also:north in 1905. Chhindwara formed part of the dominions of the See also:ancient Gond See also:dynasty of Chhindwara and Nagpur, whose seat was at See also:Deogarh until, in the '8th See also:century, it was removed by Chand See also:Sultan, son of Bakht Buland (founder of the See also:short-lived greatness of the dynasty, and of the See also:city of Nagpur) to Nagpur (see See also:GONDWANA and NAGPUR).

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