156 HISSAR TOWN
plundered by the Sikhs on several occasions between 1754 and 1768,
and after the battle of Jind was occupied by Amar Singh of Patiala,
who built a fort. Hissar was depopulated by the famine of 1783, and
was taken possession of by George Thomas. The inhabitants began
to return, and when it passed to the British in 1803 the town was
rapidly recovering. In 1857 detachments of the Hariana Light Infantry
and 14th Irregular Cavalry stationed at Hissar mutinied, and the
Collector and eleven other Europeans and native Christians were
murdered. The chief relic of antiquity is the fort built by Firoz Shah,
largely with materials taken from Hindu or Jain temples. Another
interesting building is the Jahaj, apparently once a lain temple con-
verted into a mosque, and used as a residence by George Thomas, of
whose Christian name its present title is a corruption. Near Hissar
is a handsome group of tombs erected to commanders who fell in
Humayun's campaign in Gujarat in 1535. The trade of the town is
unimportant, being confined to cotton and red pepper; but it contains
a large cotton-ginning and pressing factory, which in 1904 employed
397 hands. The municipality was created in 1867. The receipts
and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs.
28,7oo and Rs. 29,3oo, and in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 24,6oo and
RS. 27,3oo respectively, the chief source of income being octroi. The
town possesses an Anglo-vernacular high school managed by the
Educational department, and a civil hospital.
Hisua.-Town in the Nawada subdivision of Gaya District, Bengal,
situated in 24° 50′ N. and 85° 25′ E., on the right bank of the river
Tilaya on the Gaya and Nawada road, 9 miles from Nawada and
27 miles from Gaya town. Population (1901), 6,704. Hisua is
a station (Tilaya) on the South Bihar Railway. The town is noted
for its pottery.
Hiwarkhed.-Town in the Akot taluk of Akola District, Berar,
situated in 21° 8′ N. and 76° 54′ E. Population (1901), 6,143. The
chief trade of the town is in cotton and other agricultural produce.
Hkamti Long.-A collection of seven small Shan principalities,
lying approximately between 27° and 28° N. and 97° and 98° E., north
of Myitkyina District, Upper Burma, and east; of the north-east corner
of Assam. Their area is about goo square miles and their population
about 11,ooo ; but these are only approximations, for, though nominally
under the supervision of the Commissioner of the Mandalay Division,
Hkamti Long is beyond the I administrative ' border of the Province,
and has not yet been brought under direct control. Portions of it
have, however, been ascertained to be fertile and fairly populous. It
is watered by the Malikha. The tract was formerly an outlying district
of the Shan kingdom of Mogaung, and a considerable portion of its
inhabitants are still Shans ; but the Shan population has of late been
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