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HARDOI

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HARDOI , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Lucknow See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The -town is 63 m. N.E. of Lucknow by See also:rail. Pop. (19o1) 12,174. It has a See also:wood-See also:carving See also:industry, See also:saltpetre See also:works, and an export See also:trade in See also:grain. The DISTRICT OF HARDOI has an See also:area of 2331 sq. m. It is a level district watered by the See also:Ganges, Ramganga, Deoha or Garra, Sukheta, Sai, Baita and See also:Gumti—the three See also:rivers first named being navigable by See also:country boats. Towards the Ganges the See also:land is uneven, and often rises in hillocks of See also:sand cultivated at the See also:base, and their slopes covered with lofty munj grass. Several large jhils or swamps are scattered throughout the district, the largest being that of Sandi, which is 3 M. See also:long by from I to 2 m. broad. These jhils are largely used for See also:irrigation. Large tracts of See also:forest See also:jungle still exist.

Leopards, See also:

black See also:buck, spotted See also:deer, and See also:nilgai are See also:common; the mallard, See also:teal, See also:grey See also:duck, common See also:goose, and all kinds of waterfowl abound. In 190'1 the See also:population of the district was 1,092,834, showing a decrease of nearly 2 % in the See also:decade. The district contains a larger See also:urban population than any other in Oudh, the largest town being See also:Shahabad, 20,036 in 1901. It is traversed by the Oudh and See also:Rohilkhand railway from Lucknow to See also:Shahjahanpur, and its branches. The See also:chief exports are grain, See also:sugar, hides, See also:tobacco and saltpetre. The first See also:authentic records of Hardoi are connected with the Mussulman colonization. Bawan was occupied by Sayyid Salar Masaud in 1028, but the permanent Moslem occupation did not begin till 1217. Owing to the situation of the district, Hardoi formed the See also:scene of many sanguinary battles between the See also:rival Afghan and See also:Mogul empires. Between Bilgram and Sandi was fought the See also:great See also:battle between See also:Humayun and Sher Shah, in which the former was utterly defeated. Hardoi, along with the See also:rest of Oudh, became British territory under See also:Lord See also:Dalhousie's See also:proclamation of See also:February 1856.

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