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)
~Dharmsala~ (~Kangra~), 32.1 N.--76.1 E. Headquarters of district. On a
spur of the Dhauladhar Range. A Gurkha regiment is stationed here. The
highest part of Dharmsala is over 7000 feet, and the scenery is very
fine, but the place is spoiled as a hill station by the excessive
rainfall, which averages over 120 inches. In the earthquake of 1905,
1625 persons, including 25 Europeans, perished.
~Fazilka~ (~Ferozepore~), 30.3 N.--74.3 E. Headquarters of sub-division
and _tahsil_. Population 10,985. Terminus of Fazilka extension of
Rajputana--Malwa Railway, and connected with Ludhiana by a line which
joins the Southern Panjab Railway at Macleodganj. A grain mart.
~Ferozepore~, 30.6 N.--74.4 E. Headquarters of district. Population
50,836 including 26,158 in Cantonment. (See page 245.)
~Ferozeshah~ (~Ferozepore~), 30.5 N.--74.5 E. The real name is
Pherushahr. Sir Hugh Gough defeated the Sikhs here after two days' hard
fighting on Dec. 21-22, 1845.
~Jalandhar~, 31.2 N.--75.3 E. Headquarters of district. Population
69,318, including 13,964 in Cantonment. The Cantonment lies four miles
to the S.E. of the native town and three miles from the Civil Lines.
(See page 241.)
~Jawala Mukhi~ (~Kangra~), 31.5 N.--76.2 E. Celebrated place of Hindu
pilgrimage with a famous temple of the goddess Jawalamukhi, built over
some jets of combustible gas.
~Kangra~, 30.5 N.--76.2 E. Headquarters of _tahsil_. Ancient name
Nagarkot. The celebrated temple and the fort of the Katoch kings of
Kangra were destroyed in the earthquake of 1905. (See pages 168, 171,
183.)
~Ludhiana~, 30.6 N.--75.5 E. Headquarters of district. Population
44,170. The manufacture of _pashmina_ shawls was introduced in 1833 by
Kashmiris. Ludhiana is well known for its cotton fabrics and turbans (p.
152).
~Mudki~ (~Ferozepore~), 30.5 N.--74.5 E. The opening battle of the 1st
Sikh War was fought here on 18th December, 1845.
(_c_) _Lahore Division._
~Batala~ (~Gurdaspur~), 30.5 N.--75.1 E. Headquarters of _tahsil_.
Population 26,430. Chief town in Gurdaspur district on the
Amritsar--Pathankot Railway. Cotton, silk, leathern goods, and soap are
manufactured, and there is a large trade in grain and sugar. The Baring
Anglo-Vernacular High School for Christian boys is a well-known
institution.
~Dalhousie~ (~Gurdaspur~), 33.3 N.--75.6 E. A well-known hill station at
height of 7687 feet, 51 miles N.W. of Pathankot, from which it is
reached by tonga. The Commissioner of Lahore and the Deputy Commissioner
of Gurdaspur spend part of the hot weather at Dalhousie. It is a very
pretty and healthy place, with the fine Kalatop Forest in Chamba close
by, and is deservedly popular as a summer resort.
~Gujranwala~, 32.9 N.--74.1 E. Headquarters of district. Population
29,472. An active trade centre. Ranjit Singh was born, and the tomb of
his father, Mahan Singh is, at Gujranwala.
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