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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 70 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SULTANPUR , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Fyzabad See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town is on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Gurnti, midway between See also:Benares' and See also:Lucknow, on the Oudh & See also:Rohilkhand railway. Pop. (1901), 9550. The DISTRICT OF SULTANPUR has an See also:area of 1713 sq. m. The See also:surface is generally level, being broken only by ravines in the neighbourhood of the See also:rivers. The central portion is highly cultivated, while in the See also:south are widespread and plains and swampy jhils or marshes. The See also:principal river is the See also:Gumti, which passes through the centre of the district and affords a valuable See also:highway for See also:commerce. See also:Minor streams are the Kandu, Pili, Tengha and Nandhia, the last two being of some importance, as their channels See also:form the outlet for the superfluous See also:water of the jhils, draining into the Sai. There' are no forests in the district, only stunted See also:digit jungles used for'See also:fuel. In x901 the See also:population was 1,083,904, showing an increase of 'less than' 1% in the See also:decade. Sultanpur is a purely agricultural district with a very dense population.

The principal crops are See also:

rice, pulses, See also:wheat, See also:barley, See also:sugar-See also:cane and a little See also:poppy. The See also:main See also:line of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway from Lucknow to See also:Rae Bareli and See also:Mogul Serai serves the south-western portion. The only incident worthy of See also:note in the See also:history of the district since the British See also:annexation of Oudh is the revolt of the native troops stationed at Sultanpur during the See also:Mutiny. The troops See also:rose in See also:rebellion on the 9th of See also:June 1857, and, after murderingtwo of their See also:officers, sacked the station. Upon the restoration of See also:order Sultanpur See also:cantonment was strengthened by a detachment of British troops; but in 1861 it was entirely abandoned as a military station. See Sultanpur District Gazetteer (See also:Allahabad, 1903).

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