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district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Nerbudda See also:division of the Central Provinces. The administrative headquarters are at See also:Khandwa; but the See also:capital in See also:Mahommedan times was See also:Burhanpur. See also:Area, 4273 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 329,615, showing an increase of 14.2% in the See also:decade. The district consists of two portions of the Nerbudda and See also:Tapti valleys, separated by a See also:section of the See also:Satpura range, about 15 M. in breadth. On the highest See also:peak, about 85o ft. above the See also:plain and 1800 above See also:sea-level, stands the fortress of Asirgarh, commanding a pass which has for centuries been the See also:chief See also:highway between Upper India and the See also:Deccan. The district contains extensive forests, but the only See also:tract reserved by See also:government is the Punasa See also:forest, which extends for about 120 M. along the See also:south See also:bank of the Nerbudda, and contains See also:young See also:teak, besides sdj (Terminalia tomentosa) and anjan (Hardwickia binata). The See also:staple crops are See also:cotton and See also:millet; ganja or See also:Indian See also:hemp is also allowed to be grown under government supervision. The See also:Great Indian See also:Peninsula railway runs through the district, and a See also:branch of the See also:Rajputana See also:line from See also:Indore joins it at Khandwa. There are factories for ginning and pressing cotton at Khandwa, and manufacture of See also:gold-embroidered See also:cloth at Burhanpur. The name Nimar, derived from that of the See also:ancient See also:province, is also applied to a district in the See also:state of Indore, lying W. of the British district on both See also:banks of the Nerbudda.

Area, 3871 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 257,110. From 1823 onwards this tract, then belonging to Sindhia, was under British management; in 1861 it was ceded in full See also:

sovereignty to the British, but in 1867 it passed to See also:Holkar as the result of an See also:exchange of territory. See Nimar District Gazetteer (See also:Allahabad, 1908). Nf See also:MES, a See also:city of See also:southern See also:France, capital of the See also:department of See also:Gard, 174 M. S. by W. of See also:Lyons on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway, between See also:Avignon and See also:Montpellier. Pop. (1906) 70,708. See also:Nimes, important alike for its See also:industries and for its archaeological treasures, lies at the See also:foot of the Garrigues, a range of stony and barren hills which limit it on the See also:north and See also:west. The most prominent of these is the Mont See also:Cavalier, the See also:summit of which is crowned by the Tour Magne, a ruined See also:Roman See also:tower commanding a See also:fine view of the See also:town and its surroundings. To the south and See also:east the town overlooks the monotonous plain traversed by the Vistre, and for the most See also:part given over to the cultivation of the See also:vine. Nimes covers a large area, owing to the fact that its See also:population is housed in See also:low buildings, not in the lofty tenements which are found in most of the See also:industrial towns of France.

The central and See also:

oldest part is encircled by shady boulevards, which occupy the site of the old fortifications. Here are to be found the See also:majority of the Roman remains for which Nimes is remarkable.

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