a British district under the presidency of Bengal, bounded on the N. by the Hill state of Tipperah, on the E. by the Youmadoung mountains separating it from Burmah, on the S. by Arracan, and on the W. by the bay of Bengal. Its area, irrespective of the mountainous tract inhabited only by wild tribes, has been returned at 2717 square miles, supporting a population estimated at a million. Aurungzebe, emperor of Delhi, wrested this province from the rajah of Arracan towards the close of the seventeenth century, and annexed it to the imperial dominions. It formed one of the earlier acquisitions of the East India Company, having been ceded to them by the nawab of Bengal in 1760. Its cession was insolently demanded by the king of Ava in 1824, previous to the breaking out of the first Burmese war, under the pretext that previous to its conquest by Aurungzebe it formed a dependency of Arracan, then a portion of the Burmese dominions. The district extends from Lat. 20.45. to 23.25.; and from Long. 91.82. to 93.