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Synopsis Scholars are often handicapped by the difficulty of access to sources for conduction of a general survey of the places of the world. The Popular Gazetteer of the world provides well researched authentic but conscised information about the vast world. This Gazetteer was compiled during the British regime. It is a first rate source material for research not only in the field of history, but also in Religion, Sociology, economic, and political science. A comprehensive general description about places whether towns, villages, Rivers, Seas, Mountains etc. Covering from earlier time till upto date has been brought within the compass of this Gazetteer. It comprises detailed areawise information about the following subjects-Location, boundaries, Areas, Mountains, Lakes, Islands, Rivers, Canals, Coastal Regions, Forests, Climate, Monsoon, Harbours, population, various tribes and castes, Religion and sects, customs that the people followed, Economic situation – Revenue and settlement, expenditures, mode of production and taxation Irrigation, rainfall, its effect on production, famines, Earthquake, Agriculture, vegetable production, cash crops, forest wealth, mines and minerals, trade and commerce, Import and Export, public work as Railway, Telegraph etc, means of communication, important buildings and town planning, Churches, Universities, Libraries, Schools, Education, Missionaries activities, Legislation, Law and Justice, Police and Jail etc. So this Gazetteer build up a picturesque panorama of the physical, social, cultural, economical development of the world. It will be an excellent reference book for the research scholar and general reader.