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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 919 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KOTAH , a native See also:

state of See also:India, in the See also:Rajputana agency, with an See also:area of 5684 sq. m. The See also:country slopes gently See also:north-wards from the high table-See also:land of See also:Malwa, and is drained by the See also:Chambal with its tributaries, all flowing in a northerly or north-easterly direction. The Mokandarra range, from 1200 to 1600 ft. above See also:sea-level, runs from See also:south-See also:east to north-See also:west. The Mokandarra Pass through these hills, in the neighbourhood of the highest See also:peak (1671 ft.), has been rendered memorable by the passage of See also:Colonel See also:Monson's See also:army on its disastrous See also:retreat in 1804. There are extensive See also:game preserves, chiefly covered with grass. In addition to the usual See also:Indian grains, See also:wheat, See also:cotton, See also:poppy, and a little See also:tobacco of See also:good quality are cultivated. The manufactures are very limited. Cotton fabrics are See also:woven, but are being rapidly superseded by the cheap products of Bombay,''and Manchaster. Articles of wooden See also:furniture are also constructed. The See also:chief articles of export are See also:opium and See also:grain; See also:salt, cotton and woollen See also:cloth are imported. Kotah is an offshoot from See also:Bundi state, having been bestowed upon a younger son of the Bundi See also:raja by the See also:emperor Shah Jahan in return for services rendered him when the latter was in See also:rebel-See also:lion against his See also:father See also:Jahangir. In 1897 a considerable portion of the area taken to See also:form See also:Jhalawar (q.v.) in 1838 was restored to .

Kotah. In 19o1 the See also:

population was 544,879, showing a decrease of 24% due to the results of See also:famine. The estimated See also:revenue is £206,000; See also:tribute, £28,000. The maharao Umad Singh, wasborn in 1873, and succeeded in 1889. He was educated at the See also:Mayo See also:College, See also:Ajmere, and became a See also:major in the See also:British army. A continuation of the See also:branch See also:line of the Indian Midland See also:rail-way from Goona to Baran passes through Kotah, and it is also traversed by a new line, opened in 1909. The state suffered from drought in 1896–1897, and again more severely in 1899–1900. The See also:town of Kotah is on the right See also:bank of the Chambal. Pop. (1901), 33,679. It is surrounded and also divided into three parts by massive walls, and contains an old and a new See also:palace of the maharao and a number of See also:fine temples. Muslins are the chief articles of manufacture, but the town has no See also:great See also:trade, and this and the unhealthiness of the site may See also:account for the decrease in population.

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