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Bikaner

a native state of Rájputána, India, under the superintendence of a political agent and the governorgeneral's agent for Rájputána, lying between 27° 12′ and 30° 12′ N. lat., and 72° 15′ and 73° 50′ E. long. Area, 23,173 square miles. Pop. about 710,000. Bikaner, the capital, is surrounded by a fine wall 3½ miles in circuit. It has a fort, containing the rajah's palace, and manufactures blankets, sugar candy, pottery, etc. Pop., including suburbs, about 55,000.

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