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SULTANPUR , a town and district
The DISTRICT
south
principal
Minor streams are the Kandu, Pili, Tengha and Nandhia, the last two being of some importance, as their channels form the outlet for the superfluous water of the jhils, draining into the Sai. There' are no forests in the district, only stunted digit jungles used for'fuel . In x901 the population was 1,083,904, showing an increase of 'less than' 1% in the decade. Sultanpur is a purely agricultural district with a very dense population. The principal
rice
sugar
south
The only incident worthy of note in the history of the district since the British annexation of Oudh is the revolt of the native troops stationed at Sultanpur during the Mutiny. The troops rose in rebellion on the 9th of June 1857, and, after murderingtwo of their officers, sacked the station. Upon the restoration of order Sultanpur cantonment was strengthened by a detachment of British troops; but in 1861 it was entirely abandoned as a military station. See Sultanpur District Gazetteer ( Allahabad
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