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MORADABAD

Volume 15 · 187 words · 1860 Edition

a town of Hindustan, and the principal place of the British district of the same name. It has considerably declined from its ancient consequence, having been the seat of a mint in which rupees were coined, which were current in Hindustan, until superceded by the new rupee of the East India Company. It is 838 miles N.W. from the city of Calcutta. The population, according to the latest official return, is 57,414, the majority of which is Mohammedan. The district of which this town is the chief place has an area of 2967 square miles, and a population of 1,138,461. The province was ceded to the East India Company in 1801 by the Nawaub of Oude. The town of Moradabad is in Lat. 28° 49', Long. 78° 50'.

MORAL-DE-CALATRAVA, a town of Spain, in the province of Ciudad Real, is situated on the edge of the sierra of San Cristobal, 17 miles S.E. of Ciudad Real. The houses are generally low; and the town contains a church, town-house, prison, hospital, and several schools. There are also several flour and oil mills, and manufactories of cloth. Pop. 4120.