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MANICPOOR

Volume 14 · 79 words · 1842 Edition

a district of Hindustan, in the nabob of Oude's territories, and in the province of Allahabad, situated about the twenty-sixth degree of north latitude. The soil is here fertile, and the country tolerably supplied with water. It produces cotton, tobacco, sugar, and all the grains of India. The principal towns are Manicpoor, Dalnow, and Russoolpoor. The capital of the above-mentioned district is pleasantly situated on the north-east bank of the Ganges. Long. 81. 25. E. Lat. 25. 47. N.