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PILIBHIT

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 610 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PILIBHIT , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Bareilly See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town—pop. (1901), 33,49o-contains the See also:mosque of See also:Hafiz Rahmat See also:Khan, the See also:Rohilla chieftain, built in the second See also:half of the 18th See also:century. See also:Trade is mainly in agricultural produce, and in the products of the neighbouring Himalayan territory and See also:Nepal. The DISTRICT OF PILIBHIT has an See also:area of 1350 sq. m.; pop. (19o1), 470,339, showing a decrease of 3% in the See also:decade. Though so near the Himalayas it is entirely a See also:plain. In its midst is the See also:Mala swamp. The See also:east is See also:forest-clad, poor and unhealthy; on the other See also:side of the Mala the See also:land becomes more fertile. The See also:chief See also:river is the Sarda, and the See also:Gumti rises in the east. The See also:principal crops are See also:rice, pulses, See also:wheat and See also:sugar-See also:cane. Sugar-refining is carried on, and sugar, wheat, rice and See also:hemp are exported.

The See also:

Lucknow-Bareilly See also:section of the Oudh & See also:Rohilkhand railway runs through the district, a portion of which is watered by the Rohilkhand canals.

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