The Kachins have been the object of many police operations and two
regular expeditions: (1) Expedition of 1892-93. Bhamo was occupied by
the British on the 28th of December 1885, and almost immediately
trouble began. Constant punitive measures were carried on by the
military police; but in December 1892 a police column proceeding to
establish a post at Sima was heavily attacked, and simultaneously the
town of Myitkyina was raided by Kachins. A force of 1200 troops was
sent to put down the rising. The enemy received their final blow at
Palap, but not before three officers were killed, three wounded, and
102 sepoys and followers killed and wounded. (2) Expedition of
1895-96. The continued misconduct of the Sana Kachins from beyond the
administrative border rendered punitive measures necessary. They had
remained unpunished since the attack on Myitkyina in December 1892.
Two columns were sent up, one of 250 rifles from Myitkyina, the other
of 200 rifles from Mogaung, marching in December 1895. The resistance
was insignificant, and the operations were completely successful. A
strong force of military police is stationed at Myitkyina, with
several outposts in the Kachin hills, and the country is never wholly
free from crimes of violence committed by the Kachins.
KADUR, a district of Mysore state, in southern India, with an area of
2813 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 362,752, showing an increase of 9% in the
decade. The larger portion of the district consists of the Malnad or
hill country, which contains some of the wildest mountain scenery in
southern India. The western frontier is formed by the chain of the
Ghats, of which the highest peaks are the Kudremukh (6215 ft.) and the
Meniti Gudda (5451 ft.). The centre is occupied by the horse-shoe range
of the Baba Budans, containing the loftiest mountain in Mysore,
Mulaingiri (6317 ft.). The Maidan or plain country lying beneath the
amphitheatre formed by the Baba Budan hills is a most fertile region,
well watered, and with the famous "black cotton soil." The principal
rivers are the Tunga and Bhadra, which rise near each other in the
Ghats, and unite to form the Tungabhadra, a tributary of the Kistna. The
eastern region is watered by the Vedavati. At the point where this river
leaves the Baba Budan hills it is embanked to form two extensive tanks
which irrigate the lower valley. From all the rivers water is drawn off
into irrigation channels by means of anicuts or weirs. The chief natural
wealth of Kadur is in its forests, which contain inexhaustible supplies
of the finest timber, especially teak, and also furnish shelter for the
coffee plantations. Iron is found and smelted at the foot of the hills,
and corundum exists in certain localities. Wild beasts and game are
numerous, and fish are abundant.
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