Bednor

Bednor, BEDNUR, or NAGAR, a decayed city, now a village, of Mysore, India, situated in the midst of a basin in a rugged tableland of the Western Ghats, at an elevation of more than 4000 feet above the sea, 150 miles NW. of Seringapatam. It was at one time the seat of government of a rajah, and its pop. exceeded 100,000. In 1763 it was taken by Hyder Ali, who pillaged it of property to the estimated value of £12,000,000, and subsequently established an arsenal here.