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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 132 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JALAUN , 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. Pop. of town (1901), 8573. Formerly it was the See also:residence of a Mahratta See also:governor, but never the headquarters of the district, which are at Orai. The DISTRICT OF JALAUN has an See also:area of 1477 sq. M. It lies entirely within the level See also:plain of See also:Bundelkhand, See also:north of the See also:hill See also:country, and is almost surrounded by the See also:Jumna and its tributaries the See also:Betwa and Pahuj. The central region thus enclosed is a dead level of cultivated See also:land, almost destitute of trees, and sparsely dotted with villages. The See also:southern portion presents almost one unbroken See also:sheet of cultivation. The boundary See also:rivers See also:form the only interesting feature in Jalaun. The See also:river Non flows through the centre of the district, which it drains by innumerable small ravines instead of watering. Jalaun has suffered much from the noxious kans grass, owing to the spread of which many villages have been abandoned and their lands thrown out of cultivation. Pop.

(1901), 399,726, showing an increase of 1%. The two largest towns are Kunch (15,888), and See also:

Kalpi (10,139). The district is traversed by the See also:line of the See also:Indian Midland railway from See also:Jhansi to See also:Cawnpore. A small See also:part of it is watered by the Betwa See also:canal. See also:Grain, oil-seeds, See also:cotton and ghi are exported. region on the western slopes of the sierras; CocuIa (7090 in 1895); and Zacoalco (6516). See also:Jalisco was first invaded by the Spaniards about 1526 and was soon afterwards conquered by Null() de Guzman. It once formed part of the reyno of Nueva See also:Galicia, which also included Aguas Calientes and See also:Zacatecas. In 1889 its area was much reduced by a subdivision of its coastal See also:zone, which was set apart as the territory of See also:Tepic.

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