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great natural strength, appears to have- been taken by Mahommed Bakhiyar Khilji, the first Moslem conqueror of Bengal. Henceforth it is often mentioned by the See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan chroniclers as a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of military importance, and was frequently chosen as the seat of the See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

government. After 1590, when See also:

AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar established his supremacy over the Afghan chiefs of Bengal, Monghyr was See also:

long the headquarters of his See also:

general, Todar Mal; and it also figures prominently during the See also:

REBELLION

rebellion of See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan Shuja against his See also:

BROTHER

brother, See also:

AURANGZEB (1618-1707)

Aurangzeb. In more See also:

RECENT

recent times See also:

NAWAB

Nawab Mir Kasim, in his See also:

war with the See also:

ENGLISH

English, selected it as his See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence and the centre of his military preparations. Monghyr is famous for its manufactures of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron: firearms, swords, and iron articles of every See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind are produced in abundance but are noted for cheapness rather than quality. The See also:

art of See also:

INLAYING

inlaying See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword-hilts and other articles with See also:

gold and See also:

SILVER

silver affords employment to a few families. The DISTRICT of 1VIUTvcuYR has an See also:

AREA

area of 3922 sq. m. The Ganges divides it into two portions.

The See also:

NORTHERN

northern, intersected by the Burhi See also:

GANDAK

Gandak and Tiljuga, two important tributaries of the Ganges, is always liable to inundation during the See also:

RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, and is a See also:

rich, See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, See also:

wheat and See also:

rice See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, supporting a large See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population. A considerable area, immediately bordering the See also:

banks of the great See also:

rivers, is devoted to permanent pasture. Immense herds of buffaloes are sent every hot season to graze on these marshy prairies; and the ghi, or clarified See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter, made from their See also:

MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk forms an important See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of export to See also:

CALCUTTA

Calcutta. To the See also:

south of the Ganges the country is dry, much less fertile, and broken up by fragmentary ridges. See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

Irrigation is necessary throughout the See also:

section lying on the south of the Ganges. The population in 1901 was 2,068,804, showing an increase of 1.6% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal exports sent to Calcutta, both by See also:

RAIL

rail and by river, are oil-seeds, wheat, rice, See also:

INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo, 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 and See also:

PULSE

pulse, hides and See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco; and the See also:

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

chief imports consist of See also:

EUROPEAN

European piece-goods, See also:

salt and See also:

SUGAR

sugar. The See also:

SOUTHERN

southern portion of the district is well provided with See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. At Lakhisarai junction the arc and chord lines of the See also:

East See also:

INDIAN

Indian railway See also:

DIVIDE

divide, and here also starts the See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch to Gaya. At Jamalpur, which is the junction for Monghyr, are the See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering workshops of the See also:

COMPANY

company. In the See also:

early years of British See also:

RULE

rule Monghyr formed a See also:

PART

part of Bhagalpur, and was not created a See also:

SEPARATE

separate district till 1832. See Monghyr District Gazetteer (Calcutta, 1909).

End of Article: MONGHYR

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