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GURDASPUR , a See also:town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Lahore See also:division of the See also:Punjab. The town had a See also:population in 19o1 of 5764. It has a fort (now containing a See also:Brahman monastery) which was famous for the See also:siege it sustained in 1712 from the Moguls. The See also:Sikh See also:leader, See also:Banda, was only reduced by See also:starvation, when he and his men were tortured to See also:death after capitulating.
The DISTRICT comprises an See also:area of 1889 sq. m. It is bounded on the N. by the native states of See also:Kashmir and See also:Chamba, on the E. by See also:Kangra district and the See also:river See also:Beas, on the S.W. by See also:Amritsar district, and on the W. by See also:Sialkot, and occupies the submontane portion of the See also:Bari See also:Doab, or See also:tract between the Beas and the See also:Ravi. An intrusive See also:spur of the British dominions runs See also:north-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward into the See also:lower Himalayan ranges, to include the See also:mountain See also:sanatorium of See also:Dalhousie, 7687 ft. above See also:sea-level. This station, which has a large fluctuating population during the warmer months, crowns the most See also:westerly See also:shoulder of a magnificent snowy range, the Dhaoladhar, between which and the See also:plain two See also:minor ranges intervene. Below the hills stretches a picturesqueand undulating See also:plateau covered with abundant See also:timber, made See also:green by a copious rainfall, and watered by the streams of the Bari Doab, which, diverted by dams and embankments, now empty their See also:waters into the Beas directly, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order that their channels may not interfere with the Bari Doab See also:canal. The district contains several large jhils or swampy lakes, and is famous for its See also:snipe-See also:shooting. It is historically important in connexion with the rise of the Sikh confederacy. The whole of the Punjab was then distributed among the Sikh chiefs who triumphed over the imperial See also:governors. In the course of a few years, however, the maharaja Ranjit Singh acquired all the territory which those chiefs had held. Pathankot and the neighbouring villages in the plain, together with the whole See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill portion of the district, formed See also:part of the area ceded by the Sikhs to the British after the first Sikh See also:war in 1846. In 1862, after receiving one or two additions, the district was brought into its See also:present shape. In 1901 the population was 940,334, showing a slight decrease, compared with an increase of 15% in the previous See also:decade. A See also:branch of the North-Western railway runs through the district. The largest town and See also:chief commercial centre is See also:Batala. There are important woollen See also:mills at Dhariwal, and besides their products the district exports See also:cotton, See also:sugar, See also:grain and oil-seeds.
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