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PALANPUR

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 594 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALANPUR , a native See also:

state of See also:India, in the See also:Gujarat See also:division of Bombay, on the See also:southern border of See also:Rajputana. See also:Area, 1766 sq. m.; pop. (Igor), 222,627, showing a decrease of 19 % in the See also:decade. The See also:country is mountainous, with much See also:forest towards the See also:north, but undulating and open in the See also:south and See also:east. The See also:principal See also:rivers ere the Saraswati and Balsas. The estimated See also:gross See also:revenue is £50,000; See also:tribute to the See also:gaekwar of See also:Baroda, £2564. The See also:chief, whose See also:title is diwan, is an Afghan by descent. The state is traversed by the See also:main See also:line of the Rajputana–See also:Malwa railway, and contains the See also:British See also:cantonment of Deesa. See also:Wheat, See also:rice and See also:sugar-See also:cane are the chief products. The state has suffered severely of See also:recent. years from See also:plague. The See also:town of PALANPUR is a railway junction for Deesa, 18 m. distant. Pop.

(1901), 17,799. Palanpur also gives its name to a See also:

political agency, or collection of native states; See also:total area, 6393 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 467,271, showing a decrease of 28 % in the decade, due to the effects of See also:famine.

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