r Baroda is a Native State in alliance with British India. It includes all the territories of the Maha raja the Gaekwar in different parts of Gujerat, lying between lat. 51' and 22° 49' N., and long. 72° 53' and 73° 55' E., with an area of 4399 square miles, and population, 2,000,225. Its chief rivers are the Nerbadda, Mahi, Sabar mai, and Saraswati. Its people are Hindus, JaMs, Parsecs, and Moliamedans. Revenue, ' Rs. 1,02,64,820.
Catch is a Native State in political relation with 1 the Bombay Presidency, ruled over by a Jhareja Rajput prince. Population, 512,084; but there are many broken tribes amongst them. Kolhapur is ruled by the representatives of the younger branch of the family of Sivaji, as the rajas of Satara were of the elder. The Kolhapur family long struggled to head the Mahratta power, until, in 1731, Saboji by treaty recognised Kol hapur as an independent principality. In 1760, the descendants of Sarnbaji became extinct, and one of the Bhonsla family was adopted. - In the mutiny of 1857 the raja remained faithful, but his younger brother, •himma Sahib, joined the rebels.
is a Hindu state in the southern part of the Peninsula, with an area of 27,078 square miles, and, in 1881, a population of 4,186,188. Its bfulnnd or bill country adjoins the Western Ghats ; its plain country is well cultivated, but the rainfall is not abundant and is irregular, and in 1876-77 it failed, and above a million of the inhabitants were lost. Its aboriginal tribes are Bedar, Kurubar or Kurumba, Lambaui, Koracha, and Pariahs. The languages are three dialects of Canarese.
The Cochin Rajas claim descent from an ancient dynasty who once ruled from N. Canara to Cape Comorin. The state was conquered by Hyder Ali, and retained by Tipu, until, in 1792, it was released by the British. In 1809, the family rebelled against the British, and, by a treaty then made, a subsidy of Rs. 2,73,037 per annum was exacted. Area, 1131 square miles; population, 399,060 ; revenue, Rs. 10,57,497.
The Travancore rulers are of the Kshatriya race, and of the Hindu religion, but, with many of their subjects, Nairs and others, they follow the descent by the female line. At the commencement of the 18th century, the territory now known as Tra vancore had a number of chiefs, who were con stantly at war, but they were gradually brought under the authority of the Raja of Travancore, Wauji Baula Pertnnal, 1758 to 1799. He was a stedfast ally of the British, who aided him iu return ; and in 1789, being attacked by Tipu, the British declared war, and, on the conclusion of peace in 1792, Tipu restored all the territory he had wrested from Travancore. A treaty was agreed to in 1795. Any failure in the direct• female descent requires the selection and adoption of two or more females from the immediate relat ives of the family, who reside at certain places in Travancore. The maidens adopted for this pur
pose become Tumbruttis, and are styled Ranis of Attingah on certain ceremonies performed publicly at Attingah, and in the chief temple of Trevandrum. Area, 6653 square miles ; popu lation, 1,262,647; reuenue, Rs. 42,85,000.
The family of the Zamorin of Calieut and the Bibi of Cananore also follow uterine descent.
The Padncottah chieftain is styled the Raja Tondaman Bahadur. At the siege of Trichinopoly in 1753, the British army greatly depended on the Tondamaus' fidelity and exertions for provi sions. They and most of their subjects are of the Kollar race. Area, 1037 square miles; population, 268,750; and revenue, Rs. 3,24,136.
The Sondra. Raja is .a Mahratta of the Ghor para. family. The territory is small, in a valley between two hills, 35 miles west of Bellary. In 1817, the chief Shevo Rao submitted to Brigadier Genl. Munro, but his state was restored to him in June 1818, and a formal sunnud issued in 1826.
Banaganapilly is a jaghir held by a Syud family with the title of Nawab. Its area, 500 square miles ; population, 35,`200; revenue, Rs. 1,66,173. It has been in the family under successive grants from :Mysore and Hyderabad, and formed part of the territories ceded to the British by the Nizani under the treaty of 1798, and it was confirmed by sunnucls in 1849 and 1862 in perpetuity for all legitimate successors.
Ben yal is an administrative division of British India, comprising Bengal proper, Behar, Orissa, including the Tributary Mahals, Assam, Chutia Nagpur, and the Native States of Hill Tiperah and Koch-Bahar. It extends from the meridian 82° to 97° E. long., and lies within the parallels of 19° 40' and 28° 10' N. lat. On its N.W. is the Native State of Rewa in Central India, also the districts of Mirzapur, Ghazipur, and Gorakhpur, belonging to the N.W. Provinces. On the north of Bengal, from the Chumparuu district as far east as the Bhutan Boars, the Himalaya range, running through the Independent States of Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, and Bhutan, forms its northern boundary. Farther east, along the northern frontier boundary of Assam, lies a tract inhabited by the Akka, Dofla, Miri, Mishmi, Naga, and other wild tribes. Along its eastern frontier lies a part of Independent Burma ; below that is the Islunipur state ; still farther south are various hill tribes,—the Naga, Lushai, Khyen, Mikir, etc. ; and at the extreme south-east (south of Chittagong, which is the south-eastern district of the Bengal Province) is the Akyab district of Arakan.