in Hindustan, a town in the British district of the same name, on the route from Allahabad to Cawnpore. Lat. 25. 57.; Long. 80. 54. It is described as a large and thriving town, with a population (1853) of 20,864. The district, of which it is the chief place, is bounded N.E. by the Ganges, separating it from the kingdom of Oude, E. by Allahabad, S.W. by the Jumna, and N.W. by Cawnpore. Area, 1583 square miles. Pop. 679,787; of which 612,437 are Hindus, and 67,350 Mohammedans. The district is described by a recent traveller (Captain Leopold Van Orlich) as a boundless garden, in which sugar-cane, indigo, cotton, poppy, wheat, barley, and many vegetables flourish. In 1801 the Vizier of Oude transferred the district to the East India Company in commutation of the subsidy which he had stipulated to pay for the defence of his territory.