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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 818 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAIGARH , a feudatory See also:

state of See also:India, in the Chattisgarh See also:division of the Central Provinces. See also:Area, 1486 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 174,929, showing an increase of 4% in the See also:decade. Estimated See also:revenue, £10,000; See also:tribute, £26o. The See also:chief belongs to the old Gond royal See also:family. The state is traversed by the See also:Bengal-See also:Nagpur railway, with a station at Raigarh See also:town, 363 m. from See also:Calcutta. See also:Rice is the chief See also:crop; See also:iron ore is worked by indigenous methods, and See also:coal is known to exist. See also:Fine tussore See also:silk is produced at Raigarh town (pop. 6764). Raigarh is also the name of a See also:hill fortress in See also:Kolaba See also:district, Bombay, which See also:Sivaji made his chief See also:place of See also:residence. Here he was crowned in 1674.

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