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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 282 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FEROZEPUR , or FIROZpuR, a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Jullundur See also:division of the See also:Punjab. The town is a railway junction connecting the See also:North-Western and See also:Rajputana See also:railways, and is situated about 4 M. from the See also:present See also:south See also:bank of the See also:Sutlej. Pop. (1901) 49,341. The See also:arsenal is the largest in India, and Ferozepur is the headquarters of a See also:brigade in the 3rd division of the See also:northern See also:army See also:corps. British See also:rule was first established at Ferozepur in 1835, when, on the failure of heirs to the See also:Sikh See also:family who possessed it, a small territory 86 m. in extent became an See also:escheat to the British See also:government, and the present district has been gradually formed around this See also:nucleus. The strategic importance of Ferozepur was at this See also:time very See also:great; and when, in 1839, See also:Captain (afterwards See also:Sir See also:Henry) See also:Lawrence took See also:charge of the station as See also:political officer, it was the outpost of British India in the direction of the Sikh See also:power. Ferozepur accordingly became the See also:scene of operations during the first Sikh See also:War. The Sikhs crossed the Sutlej in See also:December 1845, and were defeated successively at Mudki, Ferozepur, See also:Aliwal and See also:Sobraon; after which they withdrew into their own territory, and See also:peace was concluded at See also:Lahore. At the time of the See also:mutiny Ferozepur cantonments contained two regiments of native See also:infantry and a See also:regiment of native See also:cavalry, together with the 61st See also:Foot and two companies of See also:European See also:artillery. One of the native regiments, the 57th, was disarmed; but the other, the 45th, See also:broke into mutiny, and, after an unsuccessful See also:attempt to seize the See also:magazine, which was held by the Europeans, proceeded to join the See also:rebel forces in See also:Delhi. Throughout the mutiny Ferozepur remained in the hands of the See also:English.

Ferozepur has rapidly advanced in material prosperity of See also:

late years, and is now a very important seat of See also:commerce, See also:trade being mainly in See also:grain. The See also:main streets of the See also:city are wide and well paved, and the whole is enclosed by a See also:low See also:brick See also:wall. Great improvements have been made in the surroundings of the city. The See also:cantonment lies 2 M. to the south of the city, and is connected with it by a See also:good metalled road. The DISTRICT OF FEROZEPUR comprises an See also:area of 4302 sq. m. The See also:surface is level, with the exception of a few See also:sand-hills in the south and south-See also:east. The See also:country consists of two distinct tracts, that liable to See also:annual fertilizing inundations from the Sutlej, known as the bhet, and the rohi or upland See also:tract. The only See also:river is the Sutlej, which runs along the north-western boundary. The See also:principal crops are See also:wheat, See also:barley, See also:millet, See also:gram, pulses, oil-seeds, See also:cotton, See also:tobacco, &c. The manufactures are of the humblest See also:kind, consisting chiefly of cotton and See also:wool-See also:weaving, and are confined entirely to the See also:supply of See also:local wants. The Lahore and See also:Ludhiana road runs for 51 M. through the district, and forms an important trade route. The North-Western, the See also:Southern Punjab, and a See also:branch of the Rajputana-See also:Malwa See also:rail-ways serve the district.

The other important towns and seats of commerce are Fazilka (pop. 8505), Dharmkot (6731), Moga (6725), and Muktsar (6389). Owing principally to the dryness of its See also:

climate, Ferozepur has the reputation of being an exceptionally healthy district. In See also:September and See also:October, however, after the annual rains, the See also:people suffer a good See also:deal from remit-See also:tent See also:fever. In 19or the See also:population was 958,072. Distributaries of the See also:Sirhind See also:canal See also:water the whole district.

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