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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 514 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HINDUR, or NALAGARH

HINDUR, or NALAGARH , one of the See also:

SIMLA

Simla See also:

hill states, under the See also:

government of the See also:

PUNJAB

Punjab, See also:

India. Pop. (1901) 52,551; See also:

AREA

area, 256 sq. m.; estimated See also:

revenue, £8600. The See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was overrun by the Gurkhas for some years before 1815, when they were driven out by the See also:

BRITISH

British, and the See also:

RAJA

raja was confirmed in See also:

possession of the territory. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal products are See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

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