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Saugor when a man dies the Dhobi receives eight annas and for a woman four annas, and similar rates in the case of the birth of a male or female child.

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But they are now held to be Banjaras by common usage; in Saugor the Mukeris also deal in cattle.

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In Saugor he may come as far as the veranda but not into the house.

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After the fortress and territory of Garhakota in Saugor had been taken by the Maharaja Sindhia, Zalim

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In Saugor the women of the caste, known as Berni, are the village dancing-girls, and are employed to give performances in the cold weather, especially at the Holi festival, where they dance the whole night through, fortified by continuous potations of liquor.

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Very little wood-carving with any pretensions to excellence has hitherto been done in the Central Provinces, but the Jain temples at Saugor and

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[397] This article is mainly compiled from a full and excellent account of the caste by Mr. Gopal Datta Joshi, Civil Judge, Saugor, C.P., to whom the writer is much indebted.

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Edinburgh, which was towed in seven days, by a steamer, down the river to Saugor; and the pilot quitting her the next day at the floating light.

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Two groups are occupational, the Newaris of Saugor, who make the thick _newar_ tape used for the webbing of beds, and the Kanderas, who make fireworks and generally constitute a separate caste.

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The Harenia Brahmans of Saugor are believed to have immigrated from Hariana some generations ago and form a separate local group; and also the Laheria Brahmans of the same

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