JULLUNDUR, or JALANDHAR

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JULLUNDUR, or JALANDHAR , a city of British India, giving its name to a

district

DISTRICT

and a division in the Punjab. The city is 26o m. by rail N.W. of Delhi. Pop. (19o1), 67,735. It is the headquarters of a brigade in the 3rd division of the northern army. There are an American Presbyterian mission, a government normal school, and high schools supported by Hindu bodies.
The

DISTRICT

DISTRICT

OF JULLUNDUR occupies the lower part of the

tract

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

known as the Jullundur Doab, between the rivers Sutlej and Beas, except that it is separated from the Beas by the state of Kapurthala. Area, 1431 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 917,58.7, showing an increase of 1% in the decade; the average density is 641 persons per square mile, being the highest in the province.

Cotton

-weaving and sugar manufacture are the principal

industries

INDUSTRIES

for export trade, and silk goods and wheat are also exported. The district is crossed by the main line of the North-Western railway from Phillaur towards

Amritsar

AMRITSAR, or UMRITSAR

.
The Jullundur Doab in early times formed the Hindu kingdom of Katoch, ruled by a family of Rajputs whose descendants still exist in the petty princes of the Kangra hills. Under Mahommedan

rule

RULE

the Doab was generally attached to the province of Lahore, in which it is included as a circar or governorship in the

great

GREAT

revenue survey of Akbar. Its governors seem to have held an autonomous position, subject to the payment of a fixed tribute into the imperial treasury. The Sikh revival extended to Jullundur at an early period, and a number of petty chieftains made themselves independent throughout the Doab. In 1766 the town of Jullundur fell into the hands of the Sikh confederacy of Faiz-ulla-puria, then presided over by Khushal Singh. His son and successor built a masonry fort in the town, while several other leaders similarly fortified themselves in the suburbs. Meanwhile, Ranjit Singh was consolidating his power in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

, and in 1811 he annexed the Faiz-ulla-puria dominions. Thenceforth Jullundur became the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the Lahore possessions in the Doab until the British annexation at the close of the first Sikh war (1846).
The DIVISION of JULLUNDUR comprises the five districts of Kangra, Hoshiarpur, Jullundur, Ludhiana and Ferozepore, all lying along the river Sutlej. Area, 19,410 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 4,306,662.
See Jullundur District Gazetteer (Lahore, 1908).

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