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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 412 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JHANG , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Multan See also:division of the See also:Punjab. The town, which forms one See also:municipality with the newer and now more important See also:quarter of Maghiana, is about 3 M. from the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Chenab. Founded by Mal See also:Khan, a Sial chieftain, in 1462, it See also:long formed the See also:capital of a See also:Mahommedan See also:state. Pop. (Igor), 24,382. Maghiana has manufactures of See also:leather, See also:soap and See also:metal See also:ware. The DISTRICT OF JHANG extends along both sides of the Chenab, including its confluences with the See also:Jhelum and the See also:Ravi. See also:Area, 3726 sq. in. Pop. (Igor), 378,695, showing an apparent decrease of 13 % in the See also:decade, due to the creation of the district of See also:Lyallpur in 1904. But actually the See also:population increased by 132 % on the old area, owing to the opening of the Chenab See also:canal and the colonization of the See also:tract irrigated by it. Within Jhang many thousands of acres of See also:government wastehave been allotted to colonists, who are reported to be flourishing.

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branch of the See also:North-Western railway enters the district in this quarter, extending throughout its entire length. The See also:Southern Jech See also:Doab railway serves the See also:south. The See also:principal See also:industries are the ginning, pressing and See also:weaving of See also:cotton. Jhang contains the ruins of Shorkot, identified with one of the towns taken by See also:Alexander. In See also:modern times the See also:history of Jhang centres in the famous See also:clan of Sials, who exercised an extensive sway over a large tract between See also:Shahpur and Multan, with little dependence on the imperial See also:court at See also:Delhi, until they finally See also:fell before the See also:X11-absorbing See also:power of Ranjit Singh. The Sials of Jhang are Mahommedans of See also:Rajput descent, whose ancestor, Rai Shankar of Daranagar, emigrated See also:early in the 13th See also:century from the Gangetic Doab. In the beginning of the 19th century Maharaja Ranjit Singh invaded Jhang, and captured the Sial chieftain's territory. The latter recovered a small portion afterwards, which he was allowed to retain on See also:payment of a yearly See also:tribute. In 1847, after the See also:establishment of the British agency at See also:Lahore, the district came under the See also:charge of the British government; and in 1848 See also:Ismail Khan, the Sial See also:leader, rendered important services against the See also:rebel chiefs, for which he received a See also:pension. During the See also:Mutiny of 1857 the Sial leader again proved his See also:loyalty by serving in See also:person on the British See also:side. His pension was afterwards increased, and he obtained the See also:title of khan bahadur, with a small jagir for See also:life.

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