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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 43 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MURSHIDABAD, or MOORSHEEDABAD

MURSHIDABAD, or MOORSHEEDABAD , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

PRESIDENCY

Presidency See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Bengal. The administrative headquarters of the district are at See also:

BERHAMPUR

Berhampur. The town of Murshidabad is on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the Bhagirathi or old sacred channel of the See also:

GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges. Pop. (19o1), 15,168. The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Murshidabad was the latest See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

capital of Bengal. In 1704 the See also:

NAWAB

nawab Murshid Kulia See also:

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

Khan changed the seat of See also:

government from See also:

DACCA

Dacca to Maksudabad, which he called after his own name. The See also:

GREAT

great See also:

FAMILY

family of Jagat See also:

Seth maintained their position as See also:

state bankers at Murshidabad from See also:

GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation to generation. Even after the See also:

CONQUEST

conquest of Bengal by the British, Murshidabad remained for some See also:

time the seat of See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration. See also:

Warren See also:

Hastings removed the supreme See also:

CIVIL

civil and criminal courts to See also:

CALCUTTA

Calcutta in 1772, but in 1775 the latter See also:

court was brought back to Murshidabad again. In i790, under See also:

Lord See also:

Cornwallis, the entire See also:

revenue and judicial staffs were fixed at Calcutta. The town is still the See also:

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

residence of the nawab, who ranks as the first nobleman of the See also:

province with the See also:

style of nawab bahadur of Murshidabad, instead of nawab nazim of Bengal.

His See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, dating from 1837, is a magnificent See also:

BUILDING

building in See also:

ITALIAN

Italian style. The city is crowded with other palaces, mosques, tombs, and gardens, and retains such See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries as See also:

CARVING

carving in See also:

ivory, See also:

gold and See also:

SILVER

silver See also:

EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery, and See also:

SILK

silk-See also:

WEAVING

weaving. A See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college is maintained for the See also:

EDUCATION

education of the nawab's family. The DISTRICT of MURSHIDABAD has an See also:

AREA

area of 2143 sq. m. It is divided into two nearly equal portions by the Bhagirathi, the See also:

ancient -channel of the Ganges. The See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract to the See also:

west, known as the Rarh, consists of hard See also:

clay and nodular See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone. The See also:

general level is high, but interspersed with marshes and seamed by See also:

hill torrents. The Bagri or eastern See also:

HALF

half belongs to alluvial plains of eastern Bengal. There are few permanent swamps; but the whole 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 is See also:

low-lying, and liable to See also:

ANNUAL

annual inundation. In the See also:

north-west are a few small detached hillocks, said to be of basaltic formation. Pop. (19o1), 1,333,184, showing an increase of 6.6% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is that of silk, formerly of much importance, and now revived with government assistance. A narrow-See also:

GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

gauge railway crosses the district, from the See also:

East See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

LINE

line at Naihati to Azimganj on the Bhagirathi, the See also:

home of many See also:

rich Jain merchants; and a See also:

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

branch of the Eastern Bengal railway has been opened.

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