The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and KashmirDouie, James McCrone, Sir
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The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
Douie, James McCrone, Sir
India -- Description and travel; Jammu and Kashmir (India); North-west Frontier Province (Pakistan); Punjab (India)
~Districts and Divisions.~--The Panjab now consists of 28 districts
grouped in five divisions. In descriptions of districts and states
boundaries, railways, and roads, which appear on the face of the inset
maps, are omitted. Details regarding cultivation and crops will be found
in Tables II, III and IV, and information as to places of note in
Chapter XXX. The revenue figures of Panjab districts in this chapter
relate to the year 1911-12.
~Delhi Enclave.~--On the transfer of the capital of India to Delhi part of
the area of the old district of that name comprising 337 estates was
removed from the jurisdiction of the Panjab Government and brought under
the immediate authority of the Government of India (Act No. XIII of
1912). The remainder of the district was divided between Rohtak and
Gurgaon, and the headquarters of the Delhi division were transferred to
Ambala.
The area of the new province is only 528 square miles, and the
population including that of the City is estimated at 396,997. The
cultivated area is 340 square miles, more than half of which is
cultivated by the owners themselves. The principal agricultural tribe is
the Hindu Jats, who are hard-working and thrifty peasant farmers. The
land revenue is Rs. 4,00,203 (L26,680). The above figures only relate to
the part of the enclave formerly included in the Panjab[8]. The head of
the administration has the title of Chief Commissioner.
[Illustration: Fig. 84. Delhi Enclave.]
[Sidenote: Area,
14,832 sq. m.
Cultd area,
10,650 sq. m.
Pop. 3,704,608;
68 p.c. H.[9]
Land Rev.
Rs. 66,99,136
= L446,609.]
~The Ambala division~--includes four of the five districts of the
South-Eastern Plains, the submontane district of Ambala, and the hill
district of Simla. It is with the exception of Lahore the smallest
division, but it ranks first in cultivated area and third in population.
It is twice the size of Wales and has twice its population. The
Commissioner is in political charge of the hill state of Sirmur and of
five petty states in the plains.
[Illustration: Fig. 85. Hissar with portions of Phulkian States etc.]
[Sidenote: Area, 5213 sq. m.
Cultd area,
4201 sq.m.
Pop. 804,809;
67 p.c. H.
Land Rev.
Rs. 9,76,749
= L67,117.]
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