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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 147 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NABHA , a native See also:

state of See also:India, within the See also:Punjab. See also:Area, 966 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 297,949. Its territories are scattered; one See also:section, divided into twelve See also:separate tracts, lies among the territories of See also:Patiala and See also:Jind, in the See also:east and See also:south of the Punjab; the other section is in the extreme south-east. The whole of the territories belong physically to a See also:plain; but they vary in See also:character from the See also:great fertility of the Pawadh region to the aridity of the See also:Rajputana See also:desert. Nabha is one of the See also:Sikh ' Compare 2 See also:Cor. Xi. 32. The Nabataean See also:Aretas or See also:Aeneas there mentioned reigned from 9 B.C. to A.D. 40.states, founded by a member of the Phulkian See also:family, which established its See also:independence about 1763. The first relations of the state with the See also:British were in 1807-1808, when the See also:raja obtained See also:protection against the threatened encroachments of Ranjit Singh.

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Mutiny in 1857 the raja showed distinguished See also:loyalty, and was rewarded by grants of territory to the value of over £1o,000. The imperial service troops of the raja See also:Hira Singh (b. c. 1843; succeeded in 1871) did See also:good service during the See also:Tirah See also:campaign of 1897-98. The See also:chief products of the state are See also:wheat, millets, pulses, See also:cotton and See also:sugar. The estimated See also:gross See also:revenue is £1oo,000; no See also:tribute is paid. The territory is crossed by the See also:main See also:line and also by several branches of the See also:North-Western railway, and is irrigated by the See also:Sirhind See also:canal. The See also:town of Nabha, founded in 1755, has a station on the Rajpura-Bhatinda See also:branch of the North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 18,4.68. See Phulkian States Gazetteer (See also:Lahore, 1909).

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This city near royal city Patiala has a Boarding school in interiors of it. Splendour of school is its building. Divided into three blocks, junior, middle, senior , this school has seperate facilities for both girls and boys. School have every facility provided for sports and various co curricular activities. Students develop thier overall personality here. Playing grounds, swimming pool, and riding squad are main intriguing features for wards looking for best schools for their children.
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