PATIALA, or PUTTIALA

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PATIALA, or PUTTIALA , a native state of India, within the Punjab. It is the premier state of the Punjab, and

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

of the three

Sikh

SIKH

Phulkian statesPatiala, Natha and

Jind

JIND

. It consists of three detached blocks of territory, mostly in the plains, though one portion extends into the hills near

Simla

SIMLA

. Area 5412 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 1,596,692; estimated revenue, 440,000; military force (including Imperial Service troops), 3429 men. The state was founded by a

Sikh

SIKH

chieftain about 1763, and came under British

protection

PROTECTION

, with the other cis-Sutlej states, in 1809. Patiala remained conspicuously loyal to the British during the Mutiny of 1857, Narindar Singh, its ruler, setting an example to the other Sikh states which was of the utmost value. The maharaja, Rajendra Singh, who died in 1900, was devoted to riding and

sport

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

. He took

part

PART

personally in the

Tirah

TIRAH

campaign of 1897-98, with a battalion of his own Imperial Service

infantry

INFANTRY

and a field troop of Imperial Service lancers. In recognition of his services on this occasion he received the G.C.S.I. He was succeeded by his son, Bhupindar Singh, who was born in 1891. The town of Patiala has a station on the branch of the North-Western railway from Rajpura to Bhatinda. Pop. (1901), 53,545 It contains several fine

modern

MODERN

buildings, including palaces, hospitals and schools.
See Phulkian States Gazetteer (Lahore, 1909).

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