Hardwar

or Hari-dwara, also called Ganga-Dwara, a city situated on the right bank of the Gangos, 89 miles N. E. of Saharunpur, North west Provinces. It attracts immen numbers of pilgrims at the end of March and the beginning of April. Ir ordinary years the attendance is about 100.000; but every 12th year pecu: liarly sacred rites take place, attended poe mers 300,000 (formerly 2,000,- Hardy, Arthur Sherburne, ar American novelist; born in And over, Ma ., Aug. 13, 1847. He was graduated from the United States Military Academy. His poetry and Fn have great charm. He was U. S. minister to Persia, 1897-9; to Greece, Rumania and Servia, 1899-1901; Switzerland,