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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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81,871, compared with 74,732 in 1891. It contains the towns of Khairpur (population, 5,013), the head-quarters, and Hasil- pur, which was created a municipality in 1902; and 199 villages. The Hakra depression passes through the southern portion of the tahsil^ the remainder of which is divided between the central uplands and the riverain tract along the Sutlej. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1905-6 to 2*2 lakhs. Khanpur Tahsil.—Head-quarters tahsll of the Khanpur nizdmat^ Bahawalpur State, Punjab, lying on the left bank of the Indus, between 27° 43' and 29° 4' N. and 70° 27' and 70° 53' E., with an area of 2,415 square miles. The popu- lation in 1901 was 120,810, compared with 115,112 in 1891. It contains the towns of Khanpur (population, 8,611), the head-quarters, Garhi Ikhtiar Khan (4,939), and Ghauspur, which was created a municipality in 1903“; and 52 villages. It is traversed by the Hakra depression, south of which lies the desert. To the north lie the central tract of barren soil and the fertile lowlands along the Indus. The tahsll is famous for its date-palms, and is, after Allahabad, the most fertile in the State. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1905-6 to 1*8 lakhs. Naushahra Tahsil (or Sadikabad).—Tahsll in the Khan- pur nizdmat^ Bahawalpur State, Punjab, lying between 27° 56' and 28° 54' N. and 70° 7' and 70° 36^ E., with an area of 1,690 square miles. The population in 1901 was 80,735, com- pared with 66,584 in 1891. It contains the town of Naushahra (population, 4,475), the head-quarters, and 71 villages. The Hakra, which traverses the southern part of the tahsll^ sepa- rates the central tract from the desert. Along the Indus lie fertile lowlands. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1905-6 to 2 lakhs. Ahmadpur Lamma Tahsil.—Tahsll in the Khanpur nizd- mat^ Bahawalpur State, Punjab, lying on the left bank of the Indus, between 27° 53' and 28° 45' N. and 69° 31' and 70° 20' E., with an area of 1,206 square miles. The popu- lation in 1901 was 77,735, compared with 63,833 in 1891. It contains the town of Ahmadpur West (population, 5,343), the head-quarters, and Sabzal Kot, which has recently been con- stituted a municipality; and 66 villages. The portion of the tahsll which lies in the Indus lowlands is damp and unhealthy. The southern portion lies in the desert. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1905-6 to i«i lakhs. Ahmadpur East Town.—Head-quarters of the Ahmadpur tahsll^ Bahawalpur State, Punjab, situated in 29° 8^ N. and

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