RAJPUT 



Rajput. Race of India. The 

 Rajputs are found in the northern 

 regions, and are politically pre- 

 dominant in Rajputana. They 

 consider themselves members of 

 the warrior caste, and are mostly 

 Hindus. The name means king's 

 son. See India. 



Rajputana. Group of 21 native 

 states of N.VV. India bounded by 

 Bombay, the Punjab, the United 

 Provinces, and Central India. The 

 Aravalli Mts. cross the state from 

 N.E. to S.W. ; the larger portion 

 N.W. of the mts. is sandy and un- 

 fertile, and forms on the W. the 

 desert of Thar ; the smaller area 

 S.E. of the mts. is more elevated, 

 rainier, and more fertile, and is 

 drained by the Chambal and its 

 tributaries. In the N.W. the peo- 

 ple are nomadic, with herds of 

 cattle, sheep, and camels ; in the 

 S.E. millet, oil-seeds, wheat, and 

 barley are grown. The Rajputs 

 are Hindus who speak Rajasthani. 

 Jaipur is the largest city. Ajmer- 

 Merwara is a British province en- 

 closed within the state. Jodhpur, 

 Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, and 

 Udaipur are the largest states. 

 Area, 128,987 sq. m. Pop. 

 9,857,000. 



Rajputana. Map of the Indian state which includes 

 a large portion of the great Indian desert 



Rajshahi. Division and dist. 

 of Bengal, India. The div. stretches 

 from the Padma distributary of 

 the Ganges, W. of the Brah- 

 maputra, to the frontier of Bhu- 

 tan. The dist. is bounded S. by the 

 Padma. Rice is the main crop ; 

 jute is also grown. Hemp is pro- 

 duced under government super- 

 vision in a restricted area. The 

 annual rainfall is 60 ins. Area, 

 div., 19,235 sq. m.; dist., 2,618 

 sq. m. Pop., div., 10,138,000 ; dist., 

 1,481,000. 



Rakahanga. Pacific island, a 

 dependency of New Zealand. It 

 lies 25 m. N. of Manihiki and 670 



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m. N. of Rarotonga. It is an atoll, 

 but the lagoon has no pearl shells. 

 Copra is produced. Pop. 400. 



Rake. Implement used for 

 heaping loose material together, 

 for smoothing the ground in con- 

 nexion with sowing, for pulling out 

 weeds, and other special purposes. 

 Essentially a rake is a toothed bar 

 attached at right angles to a 

 handle. The teeth, or tines, are of 

 wood in a light hay-rake, long but 

 also wooden in a caving rake, and 

 of steel wire in a general purpose 

 rake, while couch-rakes for weeding 

 have curved iron teeth, and heel- 

 rakes long curved steel teeth. For 

 work on a large scale a horse -rake 

 is used. See Agriculture ; Hay. 



Rake. Nautical term meaning 

 inclination. Masts that incline 

 forward are said to have a forward 

 rake, those with a backward in- 

 clination have a 

 backward rake. 

 The term is also 

 applied to the 

 slope of a vessel's 

 stem or stern. A 

 raking fire is 

 one directed at a ship's stem or 

 stern, whilst a rakish ship in- 

 dicates a fast vessel having a 

 smart appear- 

 ance. 



Rake. Term 

 used for a man 

 who lives a wild 

 and dissolute life. 

 It is derived 

 from the phrase 

 rake-hell, which 

 was used of such 

 in the 16th cen- 

 t u r y. See Mo- 

 hawk. 



Rakoczy OR 

 RAGOTSKY, 

 GEORGE (1591- 

 1648). Prince of 

 Transylvania. 

 The son of Sigis- 

 mund Rakoczy, 

 a Hungarian 

 magnate, he was 

 elected prince 

 of Transyl- 

 In 1643 he allied 



RALEIGH 



reward for abandoning his pre- 

 tensions, Rakoczy received the 

 hereditary dignity of a prince of 

 the empire and seven Hungarian 

 counties. He died Oct. 24, 1648. 

 Rakoczy's son, George (1621-60), 

 became prince of Transylvania. He 

 fought against the Poles and was 

 deposed, being killed whilst re- 

 sisting the Turks. His only son, 

 Francis (1645-76), was prince for 

 a short time, and the latter's son, 

 Francis ( 1676-1735), became, owing 

 to his wealth and descent, the 

 leader of the Magyars in their rising 

 against the rule of the Hapsburgs. 

 In 1704 he was chosen prince, but 

 he was not strong enough to main- 

 tain his position, and his last years 

 were passed in exile. 



Rakoczy March. March for 

 orchestra composed in Vienna by 

 Hector Berlioz on a popular Hun- 



vania in 1631. 

 himself with the Swedes and the 

 French, and roused Hungary 

 against Austria with the intention 

 of making himself king of Hun- 

 gary. When 

 his army was 

 close on Press- 

 fa urg he was 

 compelled, by 

 the interven- 

 tion of the 

 Turks, to con- 

 clude an armis- 

 tice, on which 



peace soon fol- 

 lowed. As a 



George Rakoczy, 

 Prince of Tran- 

 sylvania 



garian theme. It was first per- 

 formed at Pest with such tumul- 

 tuous success that he had to 

 bequeath the MS. to the city. 

 Subsequently he incorporated it in 

 his cantata La Damnation de 

 Faust, 1846. 



Raleigh. City of North Caro- 

 lina, U.S.A., the state cap. and 

 the co. seat of Wake co. It is 205 

 m. N.E. of Columbia, and is served 

 by the Southern and other rlys. 

 An important educational centre, 

 it is the site of Shaw University, 

 and contains the state college of 

 agriculture and mechanical arts, 

 and colleges for women and 

 coloured students. Among the 

 chief manufactured products are 

 cotton goods, hosiery, cotton oil, 

 agricultural implements, boilers, 

 and stationery. Raleigh has been 

 the state capital since 1792, the 

 year of its foundation. It was 

 named in honour of Sir Walter 

 Raleigh. Pop. 24,400. 



Raleigh BAY. Broad bay on the 

 S.E. coast of North Carolina, 

 U.S.A. Formed by long, narrow 

 sand dunes, it reaches from Cape 

 Hatteras on the E. to Cape Look- 

 out on the W., and communicates 

 with Pamlico Sound through 

 Ocracoke Inlet. 



Raleigh, CECIL. Pseudonym of 

 Cecil Rowlands (1856-1914), Brit- 

 ish playwright. He went on the 

 stage in 1880, was acting-manager 

 of the Royalty Theatre and dra- 

 matic critic for Vanity Fair until 

 1897. He was best known as writer 

 of Drury Lane melodramas, either 

 in collaboration with R. C. Car- 

 ton, Augustus Harris, Henry 



