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  • Chhattisgarh and Jubbulpore, and a large colony of Kalachuri Rajputs may still be found about ten miles north-east of Rewah town.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • Baiga tribe and say they came to Mandla from Rewah.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • Baghelkhand or Rewah, which may well be correct, as Rewah lies between

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • The following instance, quoted by Mr. Barrow from Rewah, shows how an

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • The Maharaja was much troubled, and at last, in order to get rid of his unwelcome visitor, sent for Ghansiam Das, another Aghori, a Fakir, who had for some years lived in Rewah.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • Bishnath Singh was Chief of Rewah, a man of the Aghori caste went to Rewah and sat _dharna_ on the steps of the palace; having made ineffectual demands for alms, he requested to be supplied with human flesh, and for five days abstained from food.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • This I thought, and the Rewah dropped her nose as a hammer falls, and all the sea came in and slid me backwards along the fo'c'sle and over the break of the fo'c'sle, and I very badly bruised my shin against the donkey-engine: but I did not die, and I have seen the Gods.

    The Bridge Builders Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • And while I prayed, still keeping my lookout, a big wave came and threw me forward upon the ring of the great black bow-anchor, and the Rewah rose high and high, leaning towards the left-hand side, and the water drew away from beneath her nose, and I lay upon my belly, holding the ring, and looking down into those great deeps.

    The Bridge Builders Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • And while I prayed, still keeping my lookout, a big wave came and threw me forward upon the ring of the great black bowanchor, and the Rewah rose high and high, leaning towards the lefthand side, and the water drew away from beneath her nose, and I lay upon my belly, holding the ring, and looking down into those great deeps.

    The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Then I thought, even in the face of death: If I lose hold I die, and for me neither the Rewah nor my place by the galley where the rice is cooked, nor Bombay, nor Calcutta, nor even London, will be any more for me.

    The Bridge Builders Rudyard Kipling 1900

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