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resisted the Company's troops who were sent against him, and was with
difficulty expelled from Husepur. He retired to a large tract of forest
between Gorakhpur and Saran, whence he frequently invaded the British
territories, and gave constant trouble until 1775. For some years the
estate remained under the direct management of Government, but in
1791 Lord Cornwallis restored it to Chhatardhâri Sahi, a grand-nephew
of Fateh Sahi. The title of Maharaja Bahadur was conferred on him
in 1837, Fateh Sâhi having died in the interim. During the Mutiny
the Maharaja displayed conspicuous loyalty, and was rewarded by the
gift of some confiscated villages in Shahâbad District, which yielded
a gross rental of RS. 20,000 per annum. Maharaja Chhatardhâri Sâhi
Bahddur died in 1858 and was succeeded by his great-grandson,
Maharaja Rajendra Pratap Sahi, who held the estate until his death
in 1896, when the Court of Wards took possession on behalf of his
minor son. In 1868 the Privy Council held that the estate is an
impartible Raj descending to the eldest son. At Hathwa, 12 miles
north of Siwan, stands the Maharaja's palace, a splendid modern
building with one of the most magnificent darbdr halls in India. The
Maharani has recently built a handsome hospital, named the Victoria
Hospital. A model agricultural and cattle-breeding farm has been
opened at Sripur.
Hatia.-Island in Noâkhâli District, Eastern Bengal and Assam,
situated in the estuary of the Meghna river, and lying between 22° 25′ and 22° 42′ N. and 90° 53′ and 91° 9′ E., with an area of 185 square
miles. It contains 49 villages, and in igor had a population of 55,390,
the average density being 299 persons per square mile. Muhammadans
number 44,ooo and Hindus i i,ooo. The island lies low, and is only
partially protected by embankments from the incursions of the sea.
It is thus exposed to storm-waves, and the great cyclone of 1876
destroyed 30,000 persons, or more than half the population.
Hatta.-North-eastern lahsil of Damoh District, Central Provinces,
lying between 23° 45′ and 24° 26′ N. and 79° 8′ and 79° 52′ E.,
with an area of r,oig square miles. The population decreased from
129,676 in 18gi to 102,010 in 1goi. The density in the latter year
was loo persons per square mile. The tahsil contains 424 inhabited
villages. The head-quarters, Hatta, is a village of 4,365 inhabitants,
24 miles from Damoh town by road. Excluding 249 square miles
of Government forest, 57 per cent. of the available area is occupied
for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 335 square miles.
The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 1,38,ooo,
and for cesses Rs. 13,ooo. The greater part of the tahsil consists
of an open black-soil plain in the valley of the Sonar river, with a belt
of hill and forest country forming the scarp of the Vindhyan range
to the north.
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