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SHIMOGA, or SHEEMOGA

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHIMOGA, or SHEEMOGA , a See also:town and See also:district in the See also:state of See also:Mysore, See also:southern See also:India. The town is situated on the Tunga See also:river, and is the See also:terminus of a See also:branch railway. ' Pop. (1901) 6240. The See also:area of the district is 4025 sq. m. Its river See also:system is twofold; in the See also:east the Tunga, Bhadra and Varada unite to See also:form the See also:Tungabhadra, which ultimately falls into the See also:Kistna and so into the See also:Bay of See also:Bengal, while in the See also:west a few See also:minor streams flow to the Sharavati, which near the See also:north-western frontier bursts through the Western See also:Ghats by the celebrated Falls of See also:Gersoppa (q.v.). The western See also:half of the district is mountainous and covered with magnificent See also:forest, and is known as the Malnad or See also:hill See also:country, some of the peaks being 4000 ft. above See also:sea-level. The See also:general See also:elevation of Shimoga is about 2000 ft.; and towards the east it opens out into the See also:Maidan or See also:plain country, which forms See also:part of the general See also:plateau of Mysore. The Malnad region is very picturesque, its scenery abounding with every See also:charm of tropical forests and See also:mountain wilds; on the other See also:hand, the features of the Maidan country are for the most part comparatively tame. The See also:mineral products of the district include See also:iron-ore and See also:laterite. The See also:soil is loose and sandy in the valleys of the Malnad, and in the north-east the See also:black See also:cotton soil prevails. Bison are See also:common in the taluk of See also:Saugor, where also See also:wild elephants are occasionally seen; while tigers, leopards, bears, wild hog, sambhar and chitdl See also:deer are numerous in the wooded tracts of the west.

Shimoga presents much variety of See also:

climate. The See also:south-west See also:monsoon is See also:felt in full force for about 25 M. from the Ghats, bringing an See also:annual rainfall of more than 150 in., but the rainfall gradually diminishes to 31 in. at Shimoga station and to 25 in. or less at Chennagiri. The See also:population in 1901 was 531,736. See also:Rice is the See also:staple See also:crop; next in importance is See also:sugar-See also:cane; areca nuts are also extensively grown; and See also:miscellaneous crops include vegetables, fruits and See also:pepper. The See also:chief manufactures are coarse cotton cloths, rough country blankets, iron implements, See also:brass and See also:copper wares, pottery and jaggery. The district is noted for its beautiful See also:sandal-See also:wood See also:carving. During the See also:Mahommedan usurpation of Mysore from 1761 to 1799, unceasing warfare kept the whole country in See also:constant turmoil.. After the restoration of the See also:Hindu See also:dynasty Shimoga became the See also:scene of disturbances caused by the mal-See also:administration of the Deshast Brahmans, who had seized upon every See also:office and made themselves See also:obnoxious. These disturbances culminated in theinsurrection of 183o, which led to the diiect See also:assumption of the administration by the See also:British.

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