a name given to a tract of country in Rohilcund British India, presidency of Bengal, lying between N. Lat. 27. 15. and 29. 51., E. Long. 78. 3. and 80. 30.; bounded on the N. by British Gurwahal and Kumaon, E. by Oude, S. and W. by the Ganges, which separates it from the Doab. It comprises the British districts of Bijnour, Moradabad, Pilleebheet, Bareilly, Budhaon, and Shajehanpoor, with the native jaghire of Rampoor. Area 12,428; pop. 5,217,507, of whom 4,036,166 are Hindus. The country is fertile, traversed by numerous rivers, and has a very good climate. The soil is watered with much care by artificial means, and produces large quantities of corn, sugar, and tobacco. There are also extensive sal forests, and this timber forms one of the principal articles of exportation. The country derives its name from its former rulers, the Rohillas, an Afghan people who invaded India, and established themselves in the N.W. of Oude about 1747. Vain efforts were made by several nabobs of Oude to subdue this military colony, which, though disunited except for defence, could bring 80,000 men into the field. But their most formidable enemies were the Mahrattas; and, as these were equally hostile to Oude, an alliance was made in 1773 between the Rohillas, the nabob of Oude, and the British, by means of which the Mahratta forces were repulsed. Thereupon the nabob, by his exorbitant demands, made a pretext for subduing Rohilcund; an enterprise which, to the disgrace of the British name, was made successful by a body of troops lent by Warren Hastings. The country was ravaged and plundered by the cruel and cowardly followers of the nabob, and the Rohillas were, with few exceptions, exterminated or expelled. Rohilcund was afterwards ceded to the British in 1801.