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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 878 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAMPUR , a native See also:

state of See also:India, in subordination to the See also:United Provinces. It lies in See also:Rohilkhand, between the See also:British districts of See also:Moradabad and See also:Pilibhit. See also:Area, 893 sq. m. The See also:country is level and generally fertile; being watered in the See also:north by the See also:rivers Kosila and Nahul, and in the See also:south by the Ramganga. The See also:chief crops are See also:maize, See also:rice and See also:sugar See also:cane. Pop. (1901) J33,212, showing a decrease of 3.3 % in the See also:decade. Estimated See also:revenue, £234,000; military force, 2556 men, including two squadrons of Imperial Service lancers. The chief, whose See also:title is See also:nawab, is a See also:Rohilla See also:Pathan, representing the See also:family which established their See also:power over this See also:part of the country in the 18th See also:century. When the Rohillas were subjugated by the nawab of Oudh, with the assistance of a force See also:lent by See also:Warren See also:Hastings, one of their number, Faiz-ullah See also:Khan, from whom the See also:present nawab traces his descent, was permitted to retain See also:possession of Rampur. During the See also:Mutiny of 1857 the nawab of Rampur rendered important services to the British, for which he received a See also:grant of See also:land assessed at £9000 in See also:perpetuity, besides other honours. The state is crossed by the See also:main See also:line of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway from See also:Bareilly to Moradabad.

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town of Rampur is on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Kosila, 62o ft. above the See also:sea, with a railway station 39 M. N.W. of Bareilly. Pop. (1901) 78,758. There are manufactures of See also:damask, pottery, See also:sword-See also:blades and sugar. It is partially, and was once completely, surrounded by a broad See also:bamboo hedge, which formed a strong See also:defence. In addition to a See also:modern fort and several See also:fine buildings, it contains an Arabic See also:college, which attracts students from all parts of India. There are two other towns in India called Rampur, one of which, the See also:capital of the state of See also:Bashahr in the See also:Punjab, has given its name to the fine woollen shawls, widely known as Rampur chadars.

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