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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 156 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAORA , a native See also:

state of Central See also:India, in the See also:Malwa agency. It consists of two isolated tracts, between See also:Ratlam and See also:Neemuch. See also:Area,' with the dependencies of Piplauda and Pant Piplauda, 568 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 84,202. The estimated See also:revenue is 57,000; See also:tribute, 9000. The See also:chief, whose See also:title is See also:nawab, is a See also:Mahommedan of Afghan descent. The state was confirmed by the See also:British See also:government in 1818 by the Treaty of Mandsaur. Nawab Mahommed See also:Ismail, who died in 1895, was an honorary See also:major in the British See also:army. His son, Iftikhar See also:Ali See also:Khan, a See also:minor at his See also:accession, was educated in the See also:Daly See also:College at See also:Indore, with a British officer for his See also:tutor, and received See also:powers of See also:administration in 1906. The chief crops are millets, See also:cotton, See also:maize and See also:poppy. The last supplies a large See also:part of the Malwa See also:opium of See also:commerce.

The See also:

town of JAORA is on the See also:Rajputana-1VIalwa railway, 20 M. N. of Ratlam. Pop. (1901), 23,854. It is well laid out, with many See also:good See also:modern buildings, and has a high school and dispensary. To celebrate See also:Queen See also:Victoria's See also:Diamond See also:Jubilee, the Victoria See also:Institute and a See also:zenana dispensary were opened in 1898.

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