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See also:FATEHPUR, FATHIPUR or FUTTEHPOOR, a See also:town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Allahabad See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town is 73 M. by See also:rail N.W. of Allahabad. Pop. (1901) 19,281. The district has an See also:area of 1618 sq. m. It is situated in the extreme See also:south-eastern corner of the See also:Doab or See also:tract of See also:country between the See also:Ganges and the See also:Jumna, which respectively See also:mark its See also:northern and See also:southern boundaries. The whole district consists i' an alluvial See also:plain formed by the deposits of the two See also:great See also:rivers. The central See also:part is almost perfectly level, and consists of highly cultivated See also:land interspersed with See also:jungle and with tracts impregnated with See also:saltpetre (usar). A See also:ridge of higher land, forming the See also:watershed of the district, runs along it from See also:east to See also:west at an See also:average distance of about 5 M. from the Ganges. Fatehpur therefore consists of two inclined planes, the one 5 M. broad, sloping down rapidly to the Ganges, and the other from 15 to 20 m. broad, falling gradually to the Jumna. The country near the See also:banks of the two rivers is cut up into ravines and nullahs See also:running in all directions, and is almost entirely uncultivable. Besides the Ganges and Jumna the only rivers of importance are the Pandu, a tributary of the Ganges, and the Arind and See also:Nun, which both fall into the Jumna. The See also:climate is more humid than in the other districts of the Doab, and although fevers are See also:common, it is not considered an unhealthy district. The average See also:annual rainfall is 34 in. The tract in which this district is comprised was conquered in 1194 by the Pathans; but subsequently, after a desperate resistance, it was wrested from them by the Moguls. In the 18th See also:century it formed a part of the subah of Korah, and was under the See also:government of the See also:wazir of Oudh. In 1736 it was overrun by the See also:Mahrattas, who retained See also:possession of it until, in 1750, they were ousted by the Pathans of Fatehpur. In 1753 it was reconquered by the See also:nawab of Oudh. In 1765, by a treaty between the East India See also:Company and the nawab, Korah was made over to the See also:Delhi See also:emperor, who retained it till 1774, when it was again restored to the nawab wazir's dominions. Finally in 18o1, the nawab, by treaty, reconveyed it to the Company in See also:commutation of the amount which he had stipulated to pay in return for the See also:defence of his country. In See also:June 1857 the district See also:rose in See also:rebellion, and the usual murders of Europeans took See also:place. See also:Order was established after the fall of See also:Lucknow, on the return of See also:Lord See also:Clyde's See also:army to See also:Cawnpore. In 1901 the See also:population was 686,391,.showing a decrease of 2 % in the See also:decade. The district is traversed by the See also:main See also:line of the East See also:Indian railway from Allahabad to Cawnpore. See also:Trade is mainly agricultural, but the town of Fatehpur is noted for the manufacture of ornamental whips, and Jafarganj for See also:artistic curtains, &c. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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