CONTENTS

Medical Facilities in Early Times 576; Vital Statistics 578; General Standard of Health as reflected by Statistics 579; Causes of Mortality 581; Infant Mortality 582;Diseases Common to the District-Cholera 582, Small-pox 583, Plague 585, Malaria 586, Tuberculosis 588, Leprosy, Venereal Diseases, Guinea Worm, Diptheria 590;Public Hospitals and Dispensaries-Organi-sational Set-up 590, Hospitals and Dis-pensaries 591, Maternity, Child Welfare and Primary Health Centres 598, Medical Facilties in Rural Areas 599; Ayurvedic and Unani Dispensaries 600; Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes, ResearchCentres 601, Food Laboratory, Nutrition and Family Planning 602; Sanitation-Administrative Set-up 603, Activities of Health and Sanitary Organisation 604.

Representation in the Union Legislature 640; Representation in the State Legislature 641; Political Parties-Congress 643; Communist Party and Congress Socialist Party 644, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party,Praja Socialist Party and Socialist Party (Lohia Group) 645, Bhartiya Jan Sangh 646, Ram Rajya Parishad, Schedules Caste Federation, Republican Party and Muslim League 647; News-Papers 649; Voluntary Social Service Organisations 655, Welfare of Women and Children 656, Advancement of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 657, Orphanages 658, Physical Welfare 659, Educational Advancement 662, Community Welfare 663

Representation in the Union Legislature 640;Representation in the State Legislature 641; Political Parties-Congress 643;Communist Party and Congress Socialist Party 644, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party,Praja Socialist Party and Socialist Party(Lohia Group) 645, Bhartiya Jan Sangh 646, Ram Rajya Parishad, Schedules Caste Federation, Republican Party and Muslim League 647; News-Papers 649; Voluntary Social Service Organisations 655, Welfare of Women and Children 656, Advancement of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 657, Orphanages 658, Physical Welfare 659, Educational Advancement 662,Community Welfare 663.

Places are arrenged in alphbetical order

Origin of Name,General Boundaries,Area and Population 1;Administrative Divisions 2; Topography 3;River System 6;Lakes,Tanks and Geology 9; Economic Minerals 14;Earth-quake 24;Flora 25,Management of Forests 33; Game Laws 39;Fauna 40;Mortality from Reptiles and Wild Animals;Climate 56.

Pre-History 59; Ancient 60;Maurya 61;Kushanas 62;Satvahanas and Guptas 63; Privrajakas 64; Kalachuris 65; Yadavas British 98; Bundela Rising 99;Great Revolt 1857,101;Freedom Movement 109,Non Co-Operation 112, Civil Disobedience 115, Tripuri Congress 121, Quit India Movement 123,Independence 125.

Population 126, Sex Ratio 127,Growth 128,Immigration and Emigration 130,Urban and Rural 135,Displaced Persos 137;Language 138; Religion and Caste 143,Tribes 145,Muslims 148,Jains 149,Christians and Sikhs 150,Shrines and Village Gods,New Religious Leaders and Movements 151;Social Life-Property and Inheritance153,Marriage and Morals and Joint Family 154,Rituals at Birth and Death158, Condition of Women and Gambling 159; Home Life-Dwellings 160,Furniture, Dress and Ornaments 161,Food 162,Utensils, Amusements, Festivals and Communal Life 16,Dance, Games and Clubs 165; Economic and Professional Groups 166.

Agricultural Population 167: Land Reclamation and utilization 168: Culturable Waste 170: Irrigation 174: Regulators 177, Tube Well Irrigation and Irrigation Potential 179,Field Embankments 180, Sources of Irriga-tion 182: Soils 184; Principal Crops 188;Horticulture 201; Agricultural Implements 202; seed 205; Rotation of Crops 207; Manures and Fertilizers 208; Pests and Diseases 210; Vidya Mandir 215; Com-munity Development programme and Crop Competitions 217; Animal Husban-dry 218; Grazing and Fooder 219,Dairy Farming 220; Sheep Breeding and Pig Farming 221; Poultry Farming and Animal Diseases 222; Veterinary College, Gosa-dans and Goshalas 224; Fisheries 225; Forestry 227, Forest Produce 231; Planta-tions 235; Famines 238; Floods 243;

Industrial Population 245; Old Time Industries 246, Metals, Gold and Silver Ware, Brass and Copper Ware, Bell-Metal and Iron 247,Stone and Marble, Bangle, Wood and Leather 248; Power 249; Manufactures-Mining 251, Bauxite 252, Iron 253, Clay and Limestone 254, Manganese Ore 256; Ochre 257; Large-Scale Industries 259; Bricks and Tiles 264, Asbestos Products and Electric Goods 266, Textile  and Ordnance Factories 267, Paints and Varnishes 269; Small Scale and Cottage Industries-Bidi 270, Lime and Engineering 271, Electrical Goods 272, Transport, Saw-milling and Printing Press 273, Food Industries and Miscellaneous 274; Industrial Potential and Plans for Future Developments 275; Labour and Employers ' Organisations 277

Indigenous Banking 283; General Credit Facili-ties and Indebtedness 285, Urban Indebted-ness 288, Role of Private Money-Lenders irritation and financiers 289; Joint Stock Banks 291; Small Saving Scheme 293; Ware-Housing Corporation 294; Co-Operative Credit Societies and Banks 295; Rates of Interest 300; General and Life Insurance 304; State Assistance to Industrial Development 306; Currency and Coinage 307; Trade and Commerce 308; Trade Centres 312, Regulat-ed Markets and Mandis 313, Retail Marketing Centres 314, Co-Operative Marketing 315; State Trading; Merchant and Consumers Associations 316; Weights and Measures 317.

Old Time Trade Routers and Highways 320;Development of Roads 322; Road rans-
Port 324, National Highways 325, State Highways 327, District Roads 329, Village and Forest Roads 333, Community Develop-ment Block, Municipal and Janapada Roads and Scheme for Completion of Incomplete Roads 334, Vehicles and Conveyances-Motor Vehicles 335, Bullock-cart, Horse-driven Tonga, Bicycle,Rickshaw and Public Transport 336, Rail-ways 339, Rail-Borne Trade 342, Rail Borne Traffic 343, Rail Road Competition 345, Water Ways,Ferries, Bridges; Air Transport and Travel and Tourist Facili-ties 346; Post, Telegraphs and Telephones 438, Radio and Wireless Stations 351;Organizations of Owners and Employees 352.

Public Administration 353; Education 355;Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, etc, and Journalism 357 Fine Arts and Medical and Public Health 358, Legal Profession; ommerce and Trade 359; Hotels and Restaurants 360; Transport and Domestic Services 361; Tailoring 363; Cycle Repair-ing and Pan-Bidi Shop 364;

Pattern of Livelihood 365; General Level of Prices 368; Wage Level 374; Standard of Living-Industrial Workers 378; Agricul-tural Workers 382;Other Workers and Lower Class 385; General Level of Employment 387; population shifts from Agriculture to Industry 390; Employment Exchange 391; National Planning and Community Development 394.

Divisional Administration 399; District Admini-stration and Collectorate 400; Police and Road Transport 404; Education and Public Health 405; Weights and Measures,Excise and Local Fund Accounts 406;Publicity, Statistics and District Welfare and Panchayat 407; Geology and Mining and Central Excise 408; Income Tax, Field Publicity, Labour and Railways 409, post Offices and post and Telegraphs 410; Project Evaluation, Lac Development and Zoological Survey of India 411; Special Police Establishment and Recruiting Office 412.

Under Marathas 413; Under the British 415;Muafi Grants and Ryotwari Villages 426;
Land Revenue 427; Cesses 428, Miscella-neous Revenue 429; Relation between Landlords and Tenants 431; Tenancy Reforms 436; Nistar and Grazing Rights 439; Consolidation of Holdings 440; Bhoodan 441; Central Revenue 442; State Revenue 443

Historical Background 448; Criminal Justice 454;Civil Judiciary 456; Criminal Judiciary 465; High Court and Nyaya Panchayats 469; Separation of Judiciary from Executive and Bar Association 471; Incidence of Crimes 472; Organisation of Police Force 475; Classification of Police Force 482;Home Guards 484; Jails and Lock-ups 485;

Forest 488; Agriculture 489; Veterinary 490; Fisheries and Industries 91; Public Works 492; Public Health Engineering 49; Electricity Board and Sales Tax 495; Employment Exchange496; Co-operation 497; Labour and Factories 498.

Secondary Education- and Vidya Mandir Scheme 538; Orga-nisation and Set-up 542; Literacy and Educational Standard 544; Education Among Women 547; Education Among Backward Classes and Tribes 551; Pre-Primary Education and Primary Education554; Basic Education 556; Secondary Education 557; University Education 558;Jabalpur University 560; Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya 564;Technical and Professional Education 565; Schools for Cultivation of Fine Arts 567; Oriental Schools 568; Education for the Handicapped Adult Literacy and Social Education 569; Cultural Literacy and Scientific Societies and Periodicals571; Libraries and Museums 572, Men of Letters 573.