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FARUKHABAD, FARRAKHABAD, or FURRUCKABAD , a See also:city and See also:district of See also:British See also:India in the See also:Agra See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The city is near the right See also:bank of the See also:Ganges, 87 m. by See also:rail from See also:Cawnpore. It forms a See also:joint See also:municipality with Fatehgarh, the See also:civil headquarters of the district with a military See also:cantonment. Pop. (1901) 67,338. At Fatehgarh is the See also:government See also:gun-See also:carriage factory; and other See also:industries include See also:cotton-See also:printing and the manufacture of See also:gold See also:lace, See also:metal vessels and tents. The DISTRICT OF FARUKHABAD has an See also:area of 1685 sq. m. It is a See also:flat alluvial See also:plain in the See also:middle See also:Doab. The See also:principal See also:rivers are: the Ganges, which has a course of 87 m. either bordering on or passing through the district, but is not at all times navigable by large boats throughout its entire course; the See also:Kali-nadi (84 m.) and the Isan-nadi (42 m.), both tributaries of the Ganges; and the Arind-nadi, which, after a course of 20 M. in the See also:south of the district, passes into Cawnpore. The principal products are See also:rice, See also:wheat, See also:barley, millets, pulses, cotton, See also:sugar-See also:cane, potatoes, &c. The See also:grain crops, however, are insufficient for See also:local wants, and grain is largely imported from Oudh and See also:Rohilkhand. The district is, therefore, liable to See also:famine, and it was severely visited by this calamity six times during the 19th century—in 1803–1804, 1815–1816, 1825–1826, 1837–1838, 1868–1869 and 1899–1900.

Farukhabad is one of the healthiest districts in the Doab, but fevers are prevalent during See also:

August and See also:September. The See also:average See also:annual mean temperature is almost 8o° F.; the average annual rainfall, 29.4 in. In the See also:early See also:part of the 18th See also:century, when the See also:Mogul See also:empire was breaking up, Mahommed See also:Khan, a See also:Bangash Afghan from a See also:village near Kaiuiganj, See also:governor of See also:Allahabad and later of Maiwa, established a considerable See also:state of which the See also:present district of Farukhabad was the See also:nucleus, See also:founding the city of Farukhabad in 1714. After his See also:death in 1743, his son and successor Kaim Khan was embroiled by Safdar Jang, the See also:nawab See also:wazir of Oudh, with the Rohillas, in See also:battle with whom he lost his See also:life in 1749. In 1750 his See also:brother, Ahmad Khan, recovered See also:ICI the Farukhabad territories; but Safdar Jang called in the See also:Mahrattas, and a struggle for the See also:possession of the See also:country began, which ended in 1771, on the death of Ahmad Khan, by its becoming tributary to Oudh. In 18o1 the nawab wazir ceded to the British his lands in this district, with the See also:tribute due from the nawab of Farukhabad, who gave up his See also:sovereign rights in 1802. In 1804 the Mahrattas, under See also:Holkar. ravaged this See also:tract, but were utterly routed by See also:Lord See also:Lake at the See also:town of Farukhabad. During the See also:mutiny Farukhabad shared the See also:fate of other districts, and passed entirely out of British hands for a See also:time. The native troops, who had for some time previously evinced a seditious spirit, finally See also:broke into See also:rebellion on the 18th of See also:June 1857, and placed the titular nawab of Farukhabad on the See also:throne. The See also:English military residents took shelter in the fort, which they held until the 4th of See also:July, when, the fort being undermined, they endeavoured to See also:escape by the See also:river. One See also:boat succeeded in reaching .Cawnpore, but only to fall into the hands of Nana. Its occupants were made prisoners, and perished in the See also:massacre of the loth of July.

The other boat was stopped on its progress down the river, and all those in it were captured or killed, except four who escaped. The prisoners were conveyed back to Fatehgarh, and murdered there by the nawab on the 19th of July. The rebels were defeated in several engagements, and on the 3rd of See also:

January 1858 the English troops recaptured Fatehgarh fort; but it was not till May that See also:order was thoroughly re-established. In 1901 the See also:population was 925,812, showing an increase of 8% in one See also:decade. Part of the district is watered by distributaries of the Ganges See also:canal; it is traversed throughout its length by the Agra-Cawnpore See also:line of the See also:Rajputana railway, and is also served by a See also:branch of the See also:East See also:Indian See also:system. See also:Tobacco, See also:opium, potatoes and See also:fruit, cotton-prints, See also:scent and See also:saltpetre are among the principal exports.

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