in Hindustan, a town, the principal place of a British collectorate of the same name, subject to the jurisdiction of the presidency of Bombay. The town, which is situate to the south of the fort, is further protected by a wall and ditch. The fort is strong, though not built on the strict plan of a regular fortification, and the ditch is from 25 to 30 feet wide and nearly as many in depth. This place has often changed masters. In the year 1685 it was taken from the king of Bijapore by the armies of the emperor Aurungzebe; and soon after the decease of that monarch it fell into the hands of the Mahrattas, from whom it was taken by Tippan Sultan in 1784. It was retaken in 1791 by the Mahrattas, aided by the British, after a siege of tedious duration, in the course of which it was almost totally destroyed. Upon the fall of the Peishwa in 1818, the town, with all the possessions of the Mahratta leader, fell to the disposal of the British. The collectorate, of which this town is the capital, extends from Lat. 14° 16' to 15° 50', and from Long. 74° 50' to 76°, and contains an area of 3837 square miles, with a population of 754,385. In most parts of the district the soil is fertile and peculiarly adapted to the growth of American cotton, the cultivation of which has spread with extraordinary rapidity within the last few years. The experimental cultivation of the New Orleans species commenced in 1842 in farms established by the British government; and its superiority over the indigenous cotton is now universally recognised throughout the district. Lat. of town 15° 28', Long. 75° 4'. (v. t.)