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Bhadrakh Town.-Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same
name in Balasore District, Bengal, situated in 2103' N. and 86031" E.,
on the banks of the Salandi at the 43rd mile of the trunk road below
Balasore town. Population (rgoi), 18,518. The town derived its name
from the goddess Bhadrakah, whose temple stands near the river. It
consists of a group of hamlets covering about 3 square miles, and is
divided into two quarters, the Nayabazar on the right bank of the
Salandi and the Puranabazar on the left, the latter being the chief
centre of trade. The principal articles of commerce are rice, salt,
kerosene oil, cotton, cattle, and hides. The town contains the usual sub-
divisional offices ; the sub-jail has accommodation for 14 prisoners.
Bhâdran.-Town in the Baroda prdnt, Baroda State, situated in
22° 22' N. and 72° 55' E. Population (1901), 4,761. It is the head-
quarters of the Sisva peta, a sub-mahdl of the Petlad tdluka, and
possesses a municipality, magistrate's court, vernacular school, and
local offices. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the cultivation of
tobacco, but there is also a fair trade in grain.
Bhadrapur.-Village in the Rampur Hat subdivision of Birbhûm
District, Bengal, situated in 24° 16' N. and 870 57' E., 4 miles south
of the Nawada station on the East Indian Railway. Population
(1904 352. The village is interesting as containing the ruins of
the palace of Maharaja Nand Kumar (Nuncomar). There is a silk
factory here.
Bhadreswar.-Town in the Serampore subdivision of Hooghly
District, Bengal, situated in 22° 5o' N. and 88° 21' E., near the bank
of the Hooghly. Population (1901), 15,150. It is a thriving town and
has the largest rice-market in the District. The Victoria Jute Mills
give employment to 5,7oo hands. Bhadreswar was constituted a
municipality in 1869. The income during the decade ending 1901--2
averaged RS. 12,ooo, and the expenditure Rs. 11,ooo. In 1903-4 the
income was Rs. 16,ooo, of which Rs. 7,000 was derived from a tax on
houses and lands; and the expenditure was Rs. 14,000.
Bhadreswar (or Bhadrawati).-Site of an ancient city, now a petty
village, in the south-east of Cutch, Bombay. Most of the architectural
remains have been removed for building stone; but the place is still
interesting for its Jain temple, for the pillars and part; of the dome of
a Saiva shrine with an interesting wdv or well, and for two mosques,
one of the latter almost buried by drifting sand from the shore. It was
a very ancient seat of Buddhist worship; but the earliest ruins now
existing belong to temples erected subsequent to A.D. 1125, when one
Jagadeva Sah, a merchant who had made a fortune as a grain-dealer in
a time of famine, received a grant of Bhadreswar, and in repairing the
temple `removed all traces of antiquity.' The temple was a celebrated
place of pilgrimage in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. At the
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