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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 930 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATNA , one of the See also:

Orissa tributary states in See also:Bengal, with an See also:area of 2399 sq. m. It lies in the See also:basin of the See also:Mahanadi See also:river, and is divided by a See also:forest-clad hilly See also:tract into a See also:northern and a See also:southern portion, both of which are undulating and well cultivated. Pop. (1901), 277,748, showing a decrease of 16% in the See also:decade, mainly due to the effects of See also:famine in 1900. Nearly the whole See also:population consists of Oriyas. The See also:capital is Bolangir: pop. (1901), 3706. The See also:principal See also:crop is See also:rice. The maharajas of Patna were formerly heads of a See also:group of states known as the athara garhjat or " eighteen forts." They are Chauhban Rajputs, and claim to have been established in Patna for six centuries. Patna was the See also:scene of a See also:rebellion of the See also:Khonds, followed by atrocities on the See also:part of their rulers, in 1869, and, in consequence, came under See also:British management in 1871. The maharaja Ramchandra Singh,. installed in 1894, was insane and put an end to his own See also:life in the following See also:year, whereupon his See also:uncle, Lal Dalganjan Singh, became See also:chief, undertaking to administer with the assistance of a diwan or See also:minister appointed by the British See also:government. The See also:powers of this See also:official were extended in 1900 after a serious outbreak of dacoity.

Till 1905 the See also:

state was included in the Central Provinces.

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