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GURGAON

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 731 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GURGAON , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Delhi See also:division of the See also:Punjab. The town (pop. in 19o1, 4765) is the headquarters of the district, but is otherwise unimportant. The district has an See also:area of 1984 sq.m. It is bounded on the N. by See also:Rohtak, on the W. and S.W. by portions of the See also:Alwar, See also:Nabha and See also:Jind native states, on the S. by the See also:Muttra district of the See also:United Provinces, on the E. by the See also:river See also:Jumna and on the N.E. by Delhi. It comprises the southernmost corner of the Punjab See also:province, stretching away from the level See also:plain towards the hills of See also:Rajputana. Two See also:low rocky ranges enter its See also:borders from the See also:south and run northward in a See also:bare and unshaded See also:mass toward the plain See also:country. See also:East of the western See also:ridge the valley is wide and open, extending to the See also:banks of the Jumna. To the See also:west lies the subdivision of See also:Rewari, consisting of a sandy plain dotted with isolated hills. Numerous torrents carry off the drainage from the upland ranges, and the most important among them empty themselves at last into the Najafgarh jhil. This swampy See also:lake lies to the east of the See also:civil station of Gurgaon, and stretches See also:long arms into the neighbouring districts of Delhi and Rohtak. See also:Salt is manufactured in See also:wells at several villages. The See also:mineral products are See also:iron ore, See also:copper ore, See also:plumbago and ochre.

In 1803 Gurgaon district passed into the hands of the British after See also:

Lord Lake's conquests. On the outbreak of the See also:Mutiny in May 1857, the See also:nawab of Farukhnagar, the See also:principal feudatory of the district, See also:rose in See also:rebellion. The Meos and many See also:Rajput families followed his example. A faithful native officer preserved the public buildings and records at Rewari from destruction; but with this exception, British authority became extinguished for a See also:time throughout Gurgaon. After the fall of the See also:rebel See also:capital, a force marched into the district and either captured or dispersed the leaders of rebellion. The territory of the nawab was confiscated on See also:account of his participation in the Mutiny. Civil See also:administration was resumed under orders from the Punjab See also:government, to which province the district was formally annexed on the final pacification of the country. The See also:population in 1901 was 746,208, showing an increase of 11% in the See also:decade. The largest town and See also:chief See also:trade centre is Rewari. The district is now traversed by several lines of railway, and See also:irrigation is provided by the See also:Agra See also:canal. The chief trade is in cereals, but hardware is also exported.

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