BANGANAPALLE

banganapalle, a state of southern india, surrounded by the madras district of kurnool. area, 255 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 32,264, showing a decrease of 9% in the decade; estimated revenue l6400, of which a large portion is alienated in grants to junior branches of the family; no tribute. the excessive expenditure of the nawab, syed fateh ali khan, and the general inefficiency of the administration caused much anxiety to the government, and in february 1905 he was temporarily removed from the administration of the state. the town of banganapalle is not far from the branch of the southern mahratta railway from guntakal to bezwada. [v.03 p.0315] bangash, a small tribe of pathans in the kohat district of the north-west frontier province of india. they occupy the hills between thal and kohat, and number 3000 fighting men. formerly they owned the whole of kurram, but owing to the encroachments of the turis, they moved eastwards, dispossessed the orakzais, drove them north and took their territory in the kohat district, which they now occupy to the west of the khattak country. the khattaks and bangashes are of exceptionally good physique and make excellent soldiers.