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Meanwhile, as the Government will not return again to Calcutta, temporary residences 

 and offices were erected at Delhi, at a cost of about 333,000, of which it is estimated that 

 one-third will eventually be recovered. On October 1st, an enclave surrounding the city, 

 with an area of 557 sq. m. and a total population of about 392,000, was by proclamation 

 separated from the Punjab and constituted a new province under a Chief Commissioner, 

 while the laws in force in the Punjab and the jurisdiction of the Chief Court at Lahore are 

 preserved by an Act of the legislative council. 



DHOLPUR. The population of this native State in 1911 was 263,188, showing a decrease 

 of 2.9 % during the decade. The Maharaj Rana, Captain Sir Ram Singh Lokindar, K.C.I.E., 

 died on March 29, 1911, and has been succeeded by his brother, Udaibhan Singh Lokindar. 



EASTERN BENGAL. The population of Eastern Bengal and Assam (which was created 

 a separate province in 1905, but ceased to exist in 1912) was 34,018,527 in 1911, showing an 

 increase of 11.5% during the decade. Under the reform, it received in 1910 a legislative 

 council with a non-official majority. Of the total of 40 members, Hindus numbered 13 and 

 Mahommedans 8. 



GARHWAL. The population of the British district of Garhwal in 1911 was 480,167, show- 

 ing an increase of 11.7 % during the decade; and the population of the native state of Tehri- 

 Garhwal was 300,819, showing an increase of 11.9%. The Raja, Sir Kirti Sah, K. C.S.I., 

 is a member of the legislative council for the United Provinces. For both district and State 

 see Garhwal Gazetteer (Allahabad, 1910). 



GWALIOR. The population of the Gwalior Residency in 1911 was 9,356,980, showing 

 an increase of 10% during the decade, due to recovery after famine. The population of 

 Lashkar or Gwalior city was 46,952, showing an apparent decrease of no less than 47%, for 

 plague was present at the time of the Census. A later enumeration gave a total of 60,931. 

 The Maharaja Sindhia was a conspicuous figure, as A.D.C. to the King at the Coronation 

 and also at the Delhi Durbar. While in England he received the honorary degrees of 

 D.C.L. from Oxford and LL.D. from Edinburgh. His personal salute has been increased to 

 21 guns, and he has been raised to the rank of honorary major-general in the British army. 



The Gwalior State Gazetteer consists of four volumes (Calcutta, Bombay, and Lucknow, 

 1908), one of which contains nearly 400 photographs of places of historical and archaeological 

 interest, while another is an atlas of 15 maps. 



HILL TIPPERA. The population of this native State in 1911 was 229,613, showing an 

 increase of no less than 32.5% during the decade, due to agricultural prosperity. Valuable 

 deposits of limestone, kaolin, and red ochre have recently been reported. The Raja, Birendra 

 Kishore Manikya, who succeeded his father in 1909, married in August 1910 a cousin of 

 the Maharajadhiraj (nominal king) of Nepal. 



HOWRAH. The population of Howrah city in 1911 was 179,006, showing an increase of 

 13.6 % during the decade; and the population of the district was 943,502, showing an increase 

 of 10.9 %. It has been determined to reconstruct the pontoon bridge connecting Howrah 

 with Calcutta on the opposite side of the Hugli. 



HYDERABAD. The population of Hyderabad State in 1911 was 13,374,676, showing an 

 increase of no less than 20 % during the decade. The population of Hyderabad city (includ- 

 ing the British cantonment of Secunderabad) was 500,623, showing an increase of n.6%. 



The late Nizam (E. B. xiv, 32) died on August 29, 1911, at the age of 45, having succeeded 

 when only two years old. He was always constant to the tradition of his family as the loyal 

 ally of the British Government. One of his latest acts was to prohibit the dissemination of 

 seditious literature in his state. He was succeeded by his son, Usman Ali Khan, to whom 

 the Viceroy paid a visit of congratulation in October 1911. At the Delhi Durbar he was a 

 conspicuous figure as the first ruling chief to pay homage, clothed in plain black with a green 

 turban of Mughal pattern. On the previous day he had been created G. C.S.I. On the 

 occasion of his birthday, in July 1912, he announced a change in the administration. Salar 

 Jung, grandson of the famous minister of the same name, was appointed to the office of prime 

 minister, with the Nawab Imad-ul-Mulk (better known as Saiyid Husain Bilgrami, the first 

 Mahommedan member of the Council of India) as his special adviser. The most important 

 recent work has been the construction of the Musi reservoir, for flood protection and the water 

 supply of the city, at a cost of about 666,000. There was a serious outbreak of plague in the 

 early part of 1912. 



INDORE. The population of Indore statein 1911 was 979, 360, showing an increase of 16.3% 

 during the decade, due to recovery after famine. The population of Indore city was 44,947, 

 showing an apparent decrease of no less than 48 %, for plague was present at the time of the 

 Census. A subsequent enumeration gave a total of 68,733. The young Maharaja Holkar, 

 who had spent the greater part of two years in England and on the continent, was installed 

 with ruling powers in November 1911. He takes over a state that has been vastly improved 

 by the administration of a council during his minority. The most important addition to 

 Indore city has been the completion of Daly College for the sons of Central India chiefs. 



JAIPUR. The population of Jaipur State in 1911 was 2,636,647, showing a decrease of 

 8 during the decade. The population of the city (the only one in Rajputana with more 

 than 50,000 inhabitants) was 137,098, showing a decrease of 14.4%. Jaipur city was visited 



