CURRAH, a district of Hindustan, province of Allahabad. It has a fertile soil, which, when well watered, yields all kinds of grain, also sugar-cane, cotton, tobacco, and a species of earth impregnated with alkali, which is used as soap. The capital, of the same name, is situated on the S.W. bank of the Ganges, and extends above a mile along the bank of the river, and about half-a-mile inland. On the banks of the Ganges, and in the middle of the town, stands an old fort, in the vicinity of which there are several Hindu temples. The governor of the province formerly resided at Currah; but on his removal by the Emperor Achar, the town fell into decay. Its decline was greatly accelerated towards the close of the last century by the vizier of Oude, who ordered several of the most elegant buildings to be destroyed for the sake of the freestone of which they were built, to furnish materials for his new buildings at Lucknow. It is 45 miles N.W. from Allahabad. E. Long. 81.28.; N. Lat. 25.41. (E. T.)