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SHAHABAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHAHABAD , a See also:

district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Patna See also:division of See also:Bengal, with an See also:area of 4373 sq. m. About three-fourths of the area to the See also:north is an alluvial See also:flat, planted with mangoes, bamboos and other trees; while the See also:southern portion is occupied by the Kaimur hills, a See also:branch of the See also:great Vindhyan range, and is a densely wooded See also:tract. The See also:chief See also:rivers are the See also:Ganges and the See also:Sone, which unite in the north-eastern corner of Shahabad. In the southern portion large See also:game abounds. The See also:annual rainfall averages 43 in. In Igor the See also:population was 1,962,696, showing a decrease of 4.7% in the See also:decade. The chief crops are See also:rice, millets, See also:wheat, pulses, oilseeds, See also:poppy and sugarcane. Shahabad is protected against drought by a See also:system of canals from the Sone, some of which are navigable. The district is traversed by the See also:East See also:Indian railway near the Ganges, and by a branch from See also:Mogul Serai to Gaya, which crosses the Sone at Dehri-on-Sone, where are the workshops of the See also:canal. The administrative headquarters are at Arrah. Among other historic sites, it includes the See also:hill-fort of Rohtas, the See also:tomb of Shere Shah at Sasseram and the battlefield of See also:Buxar. See Shahabad District Gazetteer (See also:Calcutta, 1906).

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