JHANSI, a considerable town of Hindustan, in the province of Bundelcund. It has a strong citadel, situate on a hill which commands the town. It has a manufactory of bows, arrows, and spears, the principal weapons of the Boondela tribes. The town is situate amidst groves of fine trees, and is surrounded by a good wall. On a rock overlooking the town is a fortress or castellated residence of the rajah. The streets and bazaars are clean and orderly. The territory of which this place is the capital, was formerly part of the possessions of the Boondela rajah of Oorchha; subsequently it fell into the hands of the peishwa, and was assigned to the administration of one of his officers in the character of soubadar. In 1804 a treaty of defensive alliance was concluded by the British with the then soubadar as a tributary of the peishwa. In 1817, consequent on the cession to the East India Company of the peishwa's rights in Bundelcund, a second treaty was concluded by the British government with the soubadar of Jhansi, by which he was acknowledged hereditary ruler of the territory. The revenue of the rajah amounted in 1848 to L.61,198. The town of Jhansi is in N. Lat. 26. 28., E. Long. 78. 38. (E. T.)