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Excellent book. I am researching family history and have found a wealth of info in this book. My grandad was far ahead of his times. He built the railway bridge across the river Krishna in the 1890s and educated his daughters . My heartfelt thanks to the author.
Contents
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| 12 | |
| 24 | |
Mines and Minerals 6164 | 61 |
Factories 6870 | 68 |
Famine 7982 | 79 |
Legislation 8586 | 85 |
Local Selfgovernment 108 | 108 |
Hemavati | 178 |
Ceded Districts | 184 |
Kalinga | 191 |
Berhampur Town | 220 |
Mukhalingam | 228 |
Godavari District | 268 |
Kistna District 299327 | 299 |
Guntur District 528339 | 328 |
Army | 114 |
Education 1171 | 125 |
MM | 131 |
Musalman tribes | 141 |
Mountains Rivers c 144193 | 144 |
Godavari Canals | 164 |
Hagari | 170 |
N ellore District 340369 | 340 |
Cuddapah District 370402 | 370 |
Kurnool District 403428 | 403 |
Bellary District 429469 | 429 |
Anantapur District 470496 | 470 |
Madras City 497521 | 497 |
Chingleput District 522562 | 522 |
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acres Agency tract Anantapur assessment average Bay of Bengal Bellary Berhampur Bobbili Bombay canals Cauvery cent century Chicacole chief chiefly Chingleput Chola Cocanada Collector Conjeeveram consists contains cotton soil Court crops Cuddapah cultivation Deccan delta demand for land Eastern Ghats European expenditure exports famine feet forest formed Ganjam District Goomsur Government Guntur head-quarters hills Hindu hospital important irrigation Jeypore Khonds Kistna Kurnool lakhs land revenue lying Madras City Madras Presidency Maliahs Masulipatam monsoon Muhammadans municipal Musalmans Mysore Nallamalais Narasapur native Nellore Nellore District Nizam's North Arcot northern Palkonda Parlakimedi Penner police Population 1901 population in 1901 Railway rainfall Raja Rajahmundry revenue and cesses rice river roads ryots ryotwari salt schools situated Southern India square miles tahsil taluk tanks Telugu temple tion town Town.—Head-quarters trade Tungabhadra usually Vijayanagar villages Vizagapatam Vizagapatam District Vizianagram western zamindari
Bibliographic information
| Title | Gazetteer of South India, Volume 1 |
| Author | W. Francis |
| Publisher | Mittal Publications, 1988 |
| Length | 536 pages |
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