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principal rivers are the Madhumati or Haringhata (which forms the eastern boundary of the district), with its tributaries the Nabaganga, Chitra, and Bhairab; the Kumar, Kabadak, Katki, Harihar, Bhadra and Atharabanka. Within the last See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the rivers in the interior of Jessore have ceased to be true deltaic rivers; and, whereas the northern portion of the district formerly See also:

lay under See also:

WATER

water for several months every See also:

YEAR

year, it is now reached only by unusual inundations. The See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide reaches as far See also:

north as the See also:

LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude of Jessore town.

Jessore is the centre of See also:

SUGAR

sugar manufacture from date palms. The exports are sugar, See also:

rice, See also:

PULSE

pulse, See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey, shells, &c.; the imports are See also:

salt, See also:

ENGLISH

English goods, and See also:

CLOTH

cloth. The district is crossed by the Eastern Bengal railway, but the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief means of communication are waterways. British See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was completely established in the district in 1781, when the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

general ordered the opening of a See also:

court at Murali near Jessore. Before that, however, the fiscal administration had been in the hands of the English, having been transferred to the See also:

East India See also:

COMPANY

company with that of the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Bengal in 1765. The changes in See also:

jurisdiction in Jessore have been very numerous. After many transfers and rectifications, the district was in 1363 finally constituted as it at See also:

PRESENT

present stands. The rajas of Jessore or Chanchra trace their origin to Bhabeswar Rai, a soldier in the See also:

army of See also:

KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan-i-Azam, an imperial general, who deprived See also:

RAJA

Raja Pratapaditya, the popular See also:

hero of'the See also:

SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS

Sundarbans, of several fiscal divisions, and conferred them on Bhabeswar. But Manohar Rai (1649–1705) is regarded as the principal founder of the See also:

FAMILY

family. The See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate when he inherited it was of moderate See also:

SIZE

size, but he acquired one pargana after another, until, at his See also:

DEATH

death, the See also:

PROPERTY

property-was by far the largest in the See also:

NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

hood.

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