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Encyclopedia Britannica



HOSHANGABAD

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 787 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HOR-I25
HOSHANGABAD , a town and
district
  of British India, in the Nerbudda division of the Central Provinces. The town stands on the left bank of the Nerbudda, 1oo9 ft. above the sea, and has a railway station. Pop. (19o1), 14,940. It is supposed to have been founded by Hoshang Shah, the second of the Ghori kings of Dialwa, in the 15th century; but it remained an in-significant place till the
Bhopal
  conquest about 1720, when a massive stone fort was constructed, with its base on the river, commanding the
Bhopal
  road. It sustained several sieges during the 18th century, and passed alternately into the hands of the Bhopal and Nagpur rulers. Since 1518 it has been the residence of the
chief
  British officials in charge of the
district
 . It has a government high school, and agricultural school and a brass-working industry.
The DISTRICT OF HOSHANGABAD has an area of 3676 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 449,165, showing a decrease of 10% in the decade, due to
famine
 . It may be described as a valley of varying breadth, extending for 150 M. between the Nerbudda river and the Satpura mountains. The soil consists chiefly of black basaltic
alluvium
 , often more than 20 ft. deep; but along the banks of the Nerbudda the fertility of the land compensates for the tameness of the scenery. Towards the west, low stony hills and broken ridges cut up the level ground, while the Vindhyas and the Satpuras throw out jutting spurs and ranges. In this wilder country considerable regions are covered with jungle. On the
south
  the lofty range which shuts in the valley is remarkable in
mountain
  scenery, surpassing in its picturesque irregularity the Vindhyan chain in the north. Many streams take their rise amid its precipices, then, winding through deep glens, flow across the plain between sandy banks covered with low jungle till they swell the waters of the Nerbudda. None is of any importance except the Tawa, which is interesting to the geologist on account of the many minerals to be found along its course. The boundary rivers, the Nerbudda and Tapti, are the only considerable waters in Hoshangabad. The
principal
  crops are wheat, millets and oil-seeds. The district is traversed through-out its length by the
Great
  Indian Peninsula railway.


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