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JULLUNDUR, or JALANDHAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 552 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JULLUNDUR, or JALANDHAR , a See also:city of See also:British See also:India, giving its name to a See also:district and a See also:division in the See also:Punjab. The city is 26o m. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Delhi. Pop. (19o1), 67,735. It is the headquarters of a See also:brigade in the 3rd division of the See also:northern See also:army. There are an See also:American Presbyterian See also:mission, a See also:government normal school, and high See also:schools supported by See also:Hindu bodies. The DISTRICT OF JULLUNDUR occupies the See also:lower See also:part of the See also:tract known as the Jullundur See also:Doab, between the See also:rivers See also:Sutlej and See also:Beas, except that it is separated from the Beas by the See also:state of See also:Kapurthala. See also:Area, 1431 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 917,58.7, showing an increase of 1% in the See also:decade; the See also:average See also:density is 641 persons per square mile, being the highest in the See also:province. See also:Cotton-See also:weaving and See also:sugar manufacture are the See also:principal See also:industries for export See also:trade, and See also:silk goods and See also:wheat are also exported. The district is crossed by the See also:main See also:line of the See also:North-Western railway from See also:Phillaur towards See also:Amritsar.

The Jullundur Doab in See also:

early times formed the Hindu See also:kingdom of Katoch, ruled by a See also:family of Rajputs whose descendants still exist in the See also:petty princes of the See also:Kangra hills. Under See also:Mahommedan See also:rule the Doab was generally attached to the province of See also:Lahore, in which it is included as a See also:circar or governorship in the See also:great See also:revenue survey of See also:Akbar. Its See also:governors seem to have held an autonomous position, subject to the See also:payment of a fixed See also:tribute into the imperial See also:treasury. The See also:Sikh revival extended to Jullundur at an early See also:period, and a number of petty chieftains made themselves See also:independent throughout the Doab. In 1766 the See also:town of Jullundur See also:fell into the hands of the Sikh confederacy of Faiz-ulla-puria, then presided over by Khushal Singh. His son and successor built a See also:masonry fort in the town, while several other leaders similarly fortified themselves in the suburbs. Meanwhile, Ranjit Singh was consolidating his See also:power in the See also:south, and in 1811 he annexed the Faiz-ulla-puria dominions. Thenceforth Jullundur became the See also:capital of the Lahore possessions in the Doab until the British See also:annexation at the See also:close of the first Sikh See also:war (1846). The DIVISION of JULLUNDUR comprises the five districts of Kangra, See also:Hoshiarpur, Jullundur, See also:Ludhiana and Ferozepore, all lying along the See also:river Sutlej. Area, 19,410 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 4,306,662.

See Jullundur District Gazetteer (Lahore, 1908).

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