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GAROT
Amar Singh of Koela, made the desperate stand against the whole
Maratha army which enabled Monson to retire. The cenotaph of
Amar Singh still stands on the field; Lucan, whom Tod erroneously
supposes to have been also killed, was taken to Kotah, where he died
of his wounds. In 1811 Jaswant Rao Holkar was removed from
Bhanpura to Garot, as the madness from which he was then suffering
was attributed to a local demon, who haunted the former place; later
on he was taken back to Bhanpura, and died there the same year.
At one time the Sondhias, who form the greater part of the surround-
ing population, caused much trouble by their turbulent behaviour,
and a detachment of the Mehidpur Contingent was stationed in the
town from 1834 to 1842.
Besides the zila and pargana offices and the Subah's official resi-
dence, a school, a dispensary, and an inspection bungalow are situated
in the town. The decrease in prosperity has been caused by its
distance from roads and railways. It has lately, however, been made
the head-quarters of the district, and the Nagda-Muttra branch of the
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway will pass about 3 miles
east of the town. A metalled road to Chandwasa, Balia, and Rampura
is under construction.
[J. Tod, Rajasthan, vol. ii, `Personal Narrative,' ch. xii.]
Garotha. - 7ahsil in Jhansi District, United Provinces. See
GARAUTHA.
Garrauli.-A petty sanad State in Central India, under the
Bundelkhand Agency, with an area of about 37 square miles. Popu
lation (1901), 5,231. This jagir was recognized by a sanad granted
in 1812 by the British Government to Diwan Gopal Singh, Bundela,
descended from a branch of the Orchha family. Gopal Singh seized
the pargana of Kotri during the invasion of Ali Bahadur, and was one
of the most active and daring of the military adventurers who opposed
the occupation of Bundelkhand by the British. For years he resisted
all efforts of persuasion or force to reduce him to submission, and
surrendered only when he saw the absolute hopelessness of further
opposition. On the conditions of a full pardon and provision in land
he submitted, an additional inducement being the grant for life of
eighteen villages by the Maharaja of Panna. The present jdgirddr,
Diwan Chandra Bhan Singh, succeeded his grandfather Parichhat as
a minor in 1884, and was granted powers in 1904. In 1905, however,
it was found necessary to put the administration under the chiefs
mother. The State contains 18 villages and a cultivated area of
1 i square miles, and the revenue is RS. 25,000. The chief place,
Garrauli, is situated in 25° 5′ N. and 79° 21′ E., on the right bank of
the Dhasan, 8 miles from Nowgong. Population (1991), 878.
Garulia-Town in the Barrackpore subdivision of the District
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