KALACH

kalach, also known as donskaya, a village of s.e. russia, in the territory of the don cossacks, and a river port on the don, 31 m. n.e. of nizhne-chirskaya, in 43 deg. 30' e. and 48 deg. 43' n. its permanent population, only about 1200, increases greatly in summer. it is the terminus of the railway (45 m.) which connects the don with tsaritsyn on the volga, and all the goods (especially fish, petroleum, cereals and timber) brought from the caspian sea up the volga and destined for middle russia, or for export through the sea of azov, are unloaded at tsaritsyn and sent over to kalach on the don. kalahandi (formerly karond), a feudatory state of india, which was transferred from the central provinces to the orissa division of bengal in 1905. a range of the eastern ghats runs from n.e. to s.w. through the state, with open undulating country to the north. area 3745 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 350,529; estimated revenue, l8000; tribute, l800. the inhabitants mostly belong to the aboriginal race of khonds. a murderous outbreak against hindu settlers called for armed intervention in 1882. the chief, raghu kishor deo, was murdered by a servant in 1897, and during the minority of his son, brij mohan deo, the state was placed in charge of a british political agent. the capital is bhawani patna.