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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 644 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KALPI, or CALPEE

KALPI, or CALPEE , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

JALAUN

Jalaun See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

UNITED

United Provinces, on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna, 45 M. S.W. of See also:

CAWNPORE, or KANPUR

Cawnpore. Pop. (1901), 10,139. It was founded, according to tradition, by Vasudeva, at the end of the 4th See also:

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

century A.U. In 1196 it See also:

fell to Kutab-ud-din, the See also:

VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of Mahommed Ghori, and during the subsequent See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

period it played a large See also:

PART

part in the See also:

ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals of this part of India. About the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 18th century it passed into the hands of the See also:

MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas. It was captured by the British in 1803, and since 8o6 has remained in British See also:

possession. In May 1858 See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Hugh See also:

Rose (See also:

Lord See also:

STRATHNAIRN, HUGH HENRY ROSE

Strathnairn) defeated here a force of about 1o,000 rebels under the rani of See also:

JHANSI

Jhansi. Kalpi had a See also:

mint for See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper coinage in the reign of See also:

AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar; and the See also:

East India See also:

COMPANY

Company made it one of their See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal stations for providing the " commercial investment." The old town, which is beside the See also:

RIVER

river, has ruins of a fort, and several temples of See also:

INTEREST

interest, while in the See also:

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

neighbour-See also:

hood are many See also:

ancient tombs. There is a lofty See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower ornamented with representations of the battles of the Ramayana. The new town lies away from the river to the See also:

south-east.

Kalpi is-still a centre of See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

trade (principally in 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, ghi and See also:

cotton), with a station on the See also:

INDIAN

Indian Midland railway from Jhansi to Cawnpore, which here crosses the Jumna. There are manufactures of See also:

SUGAR

sugar and See also:

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