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MUNEEPOOR

Volume 15 · 85 words · 1860 Edition

in Hindustan, a native state on the eastern frontier of India, 125 miles in length and 80 in breadth, and containing an area of 7584 square miles. The principality was taken under British protection previously to the breaking out of the first Burmese war, and under the treaty of Yandaboo, concluded in 1826, the King of Burmah renounced all claim to the territory. It pays no tribute to the British. Muneepoor, the chief town, is situated in N. Lat. 24. 49., E. Long. 94. 1.