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=Banswara Town=
Capital of the State of the same name in
Rajputana, situated in 23 33' N. and 74 27' E., 42 miles from Namli
and Ratlam stations on the Rajputana-Malwa Railway. The population
in 1901 was 7,038, of whom nearly 60 per cent, were Hindus and
28 per cent. Musalmans. The town was founded in the early part of
the sixteenth century by Jagmal, the first chief of Banswara, and is said
to have been named after a Bhll chieftain, Wasna, whom he defeated
and killed. It is surrounded by a wall which, except on the south, is
in very fair repair.

The palace stands on rising ground to the south,
and on the crest of a low ridge in its vicinity is a double-storeyed
building, called the Shahi Bilas : to the east among the low hills lies
the Bai Tal, on the embankment of which is a small summer palace,
while in a garden about half a mile distant are the chhatris or cenotaphs
of the rulers of the State. Some old ruins on the top of a hill two
miles to the south are said to be the remains of a palace which was
the residence of Jagmal. A fair is held annually in October, which
lasts for fifteen days and is attended by some 2,000 visitors. The
town possesses a post and telegraph office, a jail which has accom-
modation for 54 convicts and 14 under-trial prisoners and is quite
unsuited for a prison, an Anglo-vernacular school opened in 1903 and
attended by about 180 boys, and a hospital with accommodation for
4 in-patients.

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Pdewan at 18:34, 19 May 2014

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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."