DHARAPURAM

[s. 229] : A town in Madras, India; situated 42 miles E. S. E. of Coimbatore; celebrated as a strategical center in the wars of the English with Tipoo Sahib and Hyder Ali. Population (1891), 7,700, of whom 5,900 are Hmdus. Station of the WMS, with (1902) 1 mi ionary 10 native workers, men and women; 4 preachmg places, 6 village schools, and 79 profeseing Christians. DHARMSALA Capital of a district in the Pun: jab, India; situated 95 miles N. W. of Simla at an It owes its name to an old altitude of 6,000 feet. Population dharmsala, or sanctuary. Hindus. (1891) 6,200, ninety per cent, being Station of the CMS. Statistics included in Kan- Hindu gra. town of Bombay, India, capi It is situtal of the district of the same name. ated 73 miles E. of Goa and is a railroad town and being center of trade in produce, grain and cotton Population extensively produced in the region. 229