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DOGRA , a See also:race of See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill Rajputs in See also:India, inhabiting See also:Kashmir and the adjacent valleys of the Himalayas. They See also:form the ruling race in Kashmir. "Dogra " is the name given to the See also:country See also:round See also:Jammu, and is said to be derived from a word meaning the " two lakes," as the See also:original See also:home of the Dogra See also:people was situated between the lakes of Siroensar and Mansar. There are numerous castes in the Dogra country, and the See also:Hindu, See also:Mahommedan and See also:Sikh religions are represented. All, whether See also:Hindus or Mahommedans, whether high-See also:born Rajputs of the Maharaja's See also:caste or See also:low-born menials, are known as Dogras. At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the first Sikh See also:War the Dogras had a See also:great reputation as soldiers, which they have worthily maintained in the ranks of the See also:Indian native See also:army. They are classed as fighting men with the Sikh and Punjabi Mahommedan. They distinguished themselves in the See also:Hunza See also:Nagar Expedition and the affair at See also:Chilas in 1891, and in the See also:Tirah See also:campaign of 1897-98.
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