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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 308.

3,09 ROHILKHAND in, adding the province to his territories. 'Finally, Rahmat Khan agreed to carry out the treaty obligations which he had formerly core-' tracted with Oudh, and the Marathas were driven across the Ganges at Ramghat.. This danger being removed„ Rahmat Khan failed to. pay the subsidy due from him to the Nawab of Oudh. Later in the same year, Warren Hastings came to Benares to discuss affairs with the Nawab, who strongly pressed for British help. to crush the Rohillas. While the Council at Calcutta hesitated, the Nawab made secret alliances with Zabita Khan and Muzaffar Jang of Farrukhabdd, and persuaded the emperor to approve by promising to share any territory annexed. He then cleared the Marathas out of the Doab, and in 1774 4 obtained British troops to assist him against the Rohillas. The latter were met between Miranpur Katra in Shshjahanpur and Fatehganj East (in Bareilly District) in April, 1774, and were defeated after a gallant resistance, Rahmat Khan being among the slain. This expedition formed the subject of one of the charges, against Warren Hastings, which was directed to show that his object was merely to obtain money from the Nawab Wazir in return for help in acquiring new territory. Cori'temporary documents prove clearly the necessity for improving the western boundary of Oudh as a defence against the Marathas, and the danger arising from this country being held by men whose treachery had been manifested again and again. Faiz-ullah Khan, the last remaining chief of the Rohi'1llas, received what now forms the R MruR STATE, and Zabita Khan lost his possessions east of the Ganges. In 1794 an insurrection broke out at Rdmpur, after the death of Faiz-ullah Khan. : British troops were sent. to quell it, and gained a victory at Fatehganj West. Seven years later, in igor, Robil- khand formed part of the Ceded Provinces made over to the British by the Nawab of Oudh. The total population of Rohilkhand is nearly 6.2 millions. The density approaches 5oo persons per square mile, and in Bareilly Dis- trict exceeds 6oo. More than Q millions are Muhammadans, forming 28 per cent. of the total-a. proportion double that found in the Provinces as a whole. Among Hindu castes may be.mentioned the Jats, who are not found east of Rohilkhand in considerable numbers the Ahars, who are akin to the Ahirs of other parts; and the Khagis and Kisans, excellent cultivators resembling the Lodhas of the Dolb. The Bishnoi sect has a larger number of adherents than elsewhere. . [Elliot, History of India, passim ; Strachey, Hastings and the Rohill z War (x892).] Rohisilla.=Petty State in KATHIAWAR, Bombay. Rohri Subdivision.-Subdivision of Sukkur District, Sind, Bom- bay, composed of the ROHM and GHOTKI talukas. Rohri Taluka.-Zaluka of Sukkur District, Sind, Bombay, lying