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Furruckabad, a city of British India, capital of a district of the same name, in the division of Agra, Northwest Provinces, 95 m. N. W. of Lucknow; pop. about 65,000. It is a walled town, and has clean wide streets, a number of which are shaded by trees. It has some good buildings, but most of the houses are mere mud hovels. The trade is considerable, the surrounding country being fertile and well cultivated. On the banks of the Ganges, 3 m. W., is Futtehghur, formerly a British military station.-The district has an area of 2,122 sq. m. and a population of over 1,000,000. It is an alluvial flat, except in the S.W., where it is hilly, and is very fruitful. The principal productions are cotton, wheat, barley, maize, indigo, tobacco, sugar cane, and timber. It was annexed by the East India company in 1802.
 
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