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APPENDIX XXXVI.
Detailed list showing the principal annual fairs held in Bengal.
DISTRICT.
Dinajpur
...
Bhagalpur ...
Jalpaiguri ...
Bogra
...
Purnea
...
Saran ...
Palamau
...
Hazaribagh
...
Singhbhum ...
Muzaffarpur
...
Rangpur
...
Shahabad ...
Darjeeling ...
Gaya
...
Mymensingh ...
Champaran
...
Name and police-station of
the fair.
2
1. Nekmurd Fair in Rani
Sonkal police-station.
2. Alowa Khowa at Balia,
in the jurisdiction of
outpost Atwari.
3. Dhaldighi, held on the
bank of a big tank of
that name at Gunga-
rampur.
4. Sapahar in Parsha ...
5. Dhemdhamia in Birganj
6. Banchaganj in Pirganj
7. Pati Ram ... ...
8. Chintaman at Jelalpur,
in thana Chintaman.
9. Bhaduria in Nawabganj
10. Siagheswar ...
11. Jalpesh ... ...
12. Mahasnan in Sibganj ...
13. Gopenathpur,
Adam-
dighi thana.
14. Kagra ... ...
15. Madanpur ... ...
16. Sonepur ... ...
17. Kurid ... ...
18. Herbanj or Ghoora ...
19. Balcn Nath ...
20. Chokla ... ...
21. Chattra
... ...
22. Lowalong ... ...
23. Chaibassa ... ...
24. Bhaironosthan ...
25. Koharaghat ...
26. Sitamarhi ... ...
27. Bondabari ...
28. Ramdhair in Pirganj ...
29. Durwani in Nilphamari
30. Punga ... ..
31. Barobhitash ...
32. Golabbagh,
Gaibanda
subdivision.
33. Kamdin,
Gaibanda
subdivision.
34. Barupur near Raghu-
nathpur on the East
Indian Railway.
35. Kalimpong ...
36. Salimpur Bhusanda ...
37.
Ditto ..
38. Deskund, Goli outpost
39. Ruffiganj ... ...
40. Jamalpur ...
41. Dassahara ...
42. Singla Hát ...
43. Bhadrak town ...
44. Dublo ... ...
45. Dhusri
...
...
46. Ramchandrapur ..
Approximate number and class
of animals brought in the
fair.
3
7,000 horses, 250 elephants, 50,000
cattle, 300 camels, 300 sheep
and 5,000 buffaloes.
33,000 cattle, 9,000 buffaloes, 2,300
horses, 150 elephants and 20
camels.
Cattle 10,000, horses 250 camels
200 and sheep 100.
1,000 cattle and a few ponies ...
40,000 cattle, 300 horses, elephants
130, and a few camels.
3,000 cattle and 50 camels ...
3,600 cattle, camels 20, 350
buffaloes, 30 damha sheep and
50 country ponies.
15,000 cattle, 150 ponies,
few
camels and 1,500 buffaloes.
6,000 cattle ... ..
About 300 elephants and 200 horses
500 country and Bhutia ponies and
50 Bhutia dogs.
400 ponies and 1,200 cattle ...
3,200 cattle ... ...
11,000 horses and ponies and 16,0f.0
cattle.
2,000 horses and ponies and 4,000
cattle.
50,000 cattle, 4,000 horses and
ponies, 900 elephants and 200
camels.
4,000 cattle ...
7,000 cattle and 100 ponies ...
4,000 cattle and 60 ponies ...
3.000 cattle ... ...
30 ponies ... ... ...
100 ponies and 3.550 cattle ...
50 ponies and 8,350 cattle ...
25 ponies, 400 bullocks. 100 buffa-
loes, and 500 sheep and goats.
3,000 cattle ... ...
4,000 .. ... ...
35,000 cattle and 500 buffaloes
...
1 200 cattle and 50 ponies ...
1,200 „
and 200 horses ...
50,000 „
and 200 „ ...
5,000 „
and 100 „ ..
2.000 „
and 25
„ ...
1,200 „
and 200 ponies ...
1,600 „
and 50 horses ...
22,000 „
2,000
horses and
ponies and 500 buffaloes.
50 cattle, 300 mules, and 80 Bhut
ponies.
10,000 to 12,000 cattle and 200 to
300 ponies.
8,000 cattle ... ...
About 500 ponies and about 15,000
cattle.
About 300 ponies and about 10,000
cattle.
4,500 cattle ... ...
5,000 horses, bullocks and other
cattle.
From March to May about 2,000
bullocks and cows attend the fair
every month.
About 600 cattle every hát day ...
About 200 cattle every hit day ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
REMARKS.
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Commences about the middle of April and lasts for 15days.
It is the anniversary of the death of a fakir, Naik Murad,
and is sometimes called Purer mela.
Commences about the beginning of November on the
occasion of the Rashjatra ceremony, and lasts for
15 days.
Commences about the beginning of February, and is held
in honour of a fakir who used to reside on the aide of
the tank.
A fine fair, started about 10 years ago by an influential
jotedar named Punsia Saha, and is held on the Pout
Sankranti day, and lasts about three weeks.
Commences on the Kali Puja day in October, and extend
for 15 days.
Commences end of March, and lasts 15 days on the occa-
sion of the Ramkali ceremony
Commences about 1st week in March, and lasts 15 days.
Ditto
end of April and lasts 15 days.
Ditto
middle of December and lasts a month.
Held during the Siva Ratri festival about end of Febru-
ary, and lasts 12 days.
Held about the middle of February, and lasts about three
weeks.
Held in the middle of March, and lasts 12 days.
Ditto
beginning of March, and lasts 12 days.
Ditto
end of December, and lasts for eight days.
Siva Ratri (about the end of February).
......
Held in November, and lasts 10 days.
Do. in January,
ditto.
Do. in December (Aghran Purnimashi), and lasts15 days.
Do. in February (Maghi Purnima), and lasts eight days.
Do. during the commencement of October (Dasahara).
Beginning of December (Aghran Purnimashi).
Held at the end of December, and lasts for 14 days.
Do. either in February or March, and lasts 12 days.
Do. in November, and lasts 15 days.
Do. at the end of March, and is probably the largest
cattle fair in Bihar.
Held in middle of December, and lasts a month.
Do. from the middle of January, and lasts until the
middle of February.
Lasts from the middle of February to the middle of March.
Held about the middle of January, and lasts a month.
During January.
During April and May.
Held at the latter end of March.
Do. in February, and lasts 10 days. Another fair is held
in the same place about the middle of April.
Held in the latter end of November. A large mule
market.
11th to 14th April (Besun fair).
31st October to 4th April and 18th to 22nd November.
Is a purely cattle and horse fair, which takes place twice
a year from 10th February to 20th February and from
9th April to 14th April.
Is a purely cattle fair, which takes place from 12th April
to 25th April.
The mela begins from Dôl Purnima in February, and
coutinues for more than a month up to Asakastami
Snan in March. This is a cattle mela. The cattle are
imported from Bihar districts.
25th Assin for 11 days.
Held twice a week on each Thursday and Sunday. All
sorts of articles of daily consumption are sold.
Every Wednesday a hát, called Abdulgan, is held in the
town of Bhadrak.
Held twice a week on each Monday and Thursday.
Held every Saturday and Friday.
Held every Tuesday and Friday.