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Punjab.

Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Singh, who had obtained possession of Lahore in 1799, brought the whole surrounding country under his sway. The Bhang! chieftains succumbed in 1801, and before long the whole District was included in the dominions of the Lahore prince. With the remainder of the Punjab, Amritsar came under British rule after the second Sikh War in 1849. originally formed, the District included the tahsil of Narowal, transferred to Sialkot in 1867; and other redistributions of territory have taken place from time to time. On the outbreak of the Mutiny in May, 1857, great anxiety was felt for the safety of the Govindgarh fortress just outside the walls of Amritsar. It was garrisoned mainly by sepoys of suspected regiments, and a few artillerymen were the only Europeans on the spot. The city, on the other hand, remained quiet, and the peasantry evinced a loyal readiness' to aid the local authorities in case of need. The danger was at length averted by the timely dispatch in carriages of a company of British infantry from Mian Mir. A body of mutineers from Mian Mir were captured and executed by Mr. Cooper, the Deputy-Commissioner. The only remains of the Muhammadan period that deserve Archaeo- mention are the ruined gateways of the sarais at Fatehabad, Nur-ud-din, and Amanat Khan, on the old imperial road from Delhi to Lahore. The principal buildings are those connected with the history of the Sikhs, and are described in the articles on Amritsar City and Tarn Taran. The District contains 5 towns and 1,042 villages. Its The population at the last three enumerations was : (1881) 893,266, (1891) 992,697, and (1901) 1,023,828. During the last decade it increased by 3-1 per cent. The District is divided into the three tahsils of Amritsar, Tarn Taran, and Ajnala, the head-quarters of each being at the place from which it is named. The chief towns are the munici- palities of Amritsar, the administrative head-quarters of the District, Jandiala Guru, MajItha, and Tarn Taran. The table on the next page shows the chief statistics of population in i^i. Muhammadans number 474,976, or over 46 per cent, of the total; Hindus, 280,985, or nearly 28 per cent.; and Sikhs, 264,329, or nearly 26 per cent. The density of the population is very high. Punjabi is the language of the District. The Jats (228,000) compose 22 per cent, of the total popula- Castes and tion ; 180,000 of them are Sikhs, and these are the famous Tats _ . . ^ . tions. of the Manjha or upland of Lahore and Amritsar, inferior to their brethren of the Malwa (Ludhiana District) in thrift
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