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credible legend connects the epithet with the former population of
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TalegaonDābhāde.-Town in the Māval tāluka of Poona District,
Bombay, situated in r8° 43' N. and 73° 4r' E., zo miles north-west of
Poona city, on the south-east branch of the Great Indian Peninsula
Railway. Population (r9or), 5,z38. Talegaon takes its second name
from the family of Dābhāde, its hereditary pdtels, who played a fore-
most part in the Marāthā conquest of Gujarāt during the first part
of the eighteenth century. The most distinguished member, Khande
Rao Dābhāde, was appointed Sen'sipati, or commander-in-chief, in
r q r6. The present representative ranks as a first-class Sardār in the
Deccan. Talegaon was the farthest point reached by the British force
sent from Bombay in r7gg to restore Raghunāth Rao to Poona as
Peshwā. Finding the town burnt before them and being surrounded
by a Marāthā army, they threw their guns into the large; tank, retreated
by night to 4VancAOrr, three miles farther west, and there agreed to
a humiliating capitulation. In r 8 r q, five days after the battle of
Kirkee, two British officers, brothers of the name of Vaughan, while
on their way from Bombay to Poona, were seized and hanged here
by the roadside. Their graves are zo yards off the road. The muni-
cipality was established in 1866, and had an average income during
thé decade ending rgor of Rs. q,roo. In rgo3-4 the income was
Rs. 6,800. The large tank to the west of the town provides an ample
supply of drinking-water. The town contains a dispensary, three boys'
schools with r9o pupils, and one girl<.;' school with r3z. Two schools
are maintained by the local branch of the Methodist Epi copal Mission.
[~ The Bakhar of the Dābhādes,' Tunes of Indaā, February z, rgo7.]
Talegaon-Dhamdhere.-Village in the SirCtr tcrluka of Poona
District, Bombay, situated in r8° 40' N. and 74° q' E., zo miles north-
east of Poona city. Population (r9or), 6,468. The Marāthā family of
Dhamdhere has long held the foremost place in Talegaon, and its name
is given to the town to distinguish it from Tnr.ECnON-I)AI3HADE in the
Māval tdluka of Poona District. A weekly market is held on Mondays.
The annual fair in February-March is attended by about 3,00o people,
to visit the shrine of Nāthā, a saint who lived in Sivaji's time. The
village possesses many teu~ples, a dispensary, and 4 schools with r6z
boys and 9 girls. A branch of thé Salvation Army is stationed here.
Tālgrām (~ village of tanks').--Town~in the Chhibrāmau tahsil of
Farrukhābād District, United Provinces, situated in z7° z' N. and
79° 39~ E., z4 miles south of Fatehgarh. Population (rgor), 5,457
Tālgrām was the chief town of a ~ar~ana under Ak:bar, and from
annexation to x844 it was the head-quarters of a tahsil: It is admin-
istered under Act XX of x856, with ;tn income of :Rs.6oo. Trade is
local. 'There are two schools with r5o pupils.
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