EDWARDESABAD
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State, Madras, situated in 10° 1′ N. and 76° 22′ E. , with an area of
6z square miles. Population (1901), 13,348. It is held by a Nam-
2 Brahman of the highest rank, who is called the Edappalli Raja
but has no civil or criminal authority within the principality. He is
entitled to all the revenue from his lands, and holds them free of tax
or tribute to the Travancore State, except a small sum of money for
police services rendered. The residence of the Raja is at Edappalli,
now a station on the Cochin-Shoranur Railway. The Edappalli chief-
ship is believed to be the sole relic of the ancient theocracy of the
west coast.
Eden Canal.-An irrigation canal in the Burdwan and Hooghly
Districts of Bengal, named after a former Lieutenant-Governor of that
Province. Its supply is derived from the Damodar river, and to a
small extent also from the Banka nullah. The main canal has a length
of 27 miles, with 18 miles of distributaries; natural channels which are
private property are also used to convey the water. The construction
of the canal was commenced in 1873, but proceeded fitfully, and it was
not opened till 1881. There is no navigation, the canal having been
constructed primarily as a sanitary work to pour a supply of fresh water
into old river-beds. The water is, however, of value for irrigation in
dry years; and in 1902-3 the area under long lease for irrigation was
43 square miles, while the area actually irrigated in 1903-4 was
442 square miles. No capital account is kept, but the cost of con-
struction has been 7.8 lakhs. The gross receipts in 1903-4 were
Rs. 31,ooo, and there was a loss on the year's working of Rs. 13,000.
Edlabad.--District, hiluk, and town in Hyderabad State. See
ADILABkD.
Edwardesabad.---Name sometimes applied to BANNU TOWN,
Bannu District, North-West Frontier Province.
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