rease of 10% in the decade, due to plague.
Bangalore is the headquarters of a military district, its elevation
rendering it healthy for British troops, with accommodation for a strong
force of all arms and an arsenal in the old fort. It is the headquarters of
a brigade in the 9th division of the Indian army. A considerable number of
European pensioners reside here. There is a modern palace for the maharaja.
There is an aided Roman Catholic college, besides many schools for
Europeans. A permanent water-supply has been introduced and there is a
complete system of drainage. Bangalore is an important railway centre.
There are several cotton mills. The city suffered severely from plague in
1899 and 1900.

The district of Bangalore borders on the Madras district of Salem. The main
portion consists of the valley of the Arkavati river, which joins the
Cauvery on the southern frontier. Its area is 3079 sq. m. In 1901 the
population was 789,664, showing an increase of 15% in the decade. The
district is crossed by several lines of railway. Outside Bangalore city
there is a woollen mill, which turns out blankets, cloth for greatcoats,
and woollen stuffs.

BANGANAPALLE, a state of southern India, surrounded by the Madras district
of Kurnool. Area, 255 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 32,264, showing a decrease of 9%
in the decade; estimated revenue L6400, of which a large portion is
alienated in grants to junior branches of the family; no tribute. The
excessive expenditure of the nawab, Syed Fateh Ali Khan, and the general
inefficiency of the administration caused much anxiety to the government,
and in February 1905 he was temporarily removed from the administration of
the state. The town of Banganapalle is not far from the branch of the
Southern Mahratta railway from Guntakal to Bezwada.

[v.03 p.0315] BANGASH, a small tribe of Pathans in the Kohat district of
the North-West Frontier Province of India. They occupy the hills between
Thal and Kohat, and number 3000 fighting men. Formerly they owned the whole
of Kurram, but owing to the encroachments of the Turis, they moved
eastwards, dispossessed the Orakzais, drove them north and took their
territory in the Kohat district, which they now occupy to the west of the
Khattak country. The Khattaks and Bangashes are of exceptionally good
physique and make excellent soldiers.

BANGKOK, the capital of Siam, on the river Me Nam, about 20 m. from its
mouth, in 100deg 30' E., 13deg 45' N. Until modern