BAMRA

bamra, a feudatory state of india, in the province of bengal. area 1988 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 123,378; estimated revenue l5000; tribute l100. most of the country is forest, producing only timber and lac but said to be rich in iron ore. the northern border is touched by the bengal-nagpur railway, with a station at bamra town. the state is one of the five uriya feudatories, which were transferred from the central provinces to bengal, on the reconstitution of that province in october 1905. the capital is deogarh.