a town of Hindustan, in the district of Allyghur, under the jurisdiction of the lieutenant-governor of the N.W. provinces. At the commencement of the Mahratta war, in 1817, the hostile demeanour of the petty chief of this place was fraught with danger, and it became necessary to dislodge him. Dya Ram, who held the place at that time was accordingly summoned to surrender the fort. Trusting in the defences, which had been strengthened in imitation of those of the neighbouring fort of Allyghur, by preparing a covered way and raising a glacis, the occupant refused compliance; whereupon, on the 23rd February 1817 the town was breached and evacuated, and on the 1st March fire was opened on the fort from forty-five mortars and three breaching-batteries of heavy guns. At the close of the same day a magazine in the fort exploded, and caused such destruction that Dya Ram, terror-struck, abandoned the place in the course of the night. The population of this town, which is the chief mart for the cotton produced in the province, is returned at 20,504. N. Lat. 27° 36', E. Long. 78° 9'.