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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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the last decade, the rate of increase being greatest in the Paonta tahsil. Anciently divided into bhojs, which were grouped into twelve waztris^ it is now divided into four tahslls: Nahan, Rainka, Paonta, and Pachhad. More than 95 per cent, of the people are Hindus. By far the most numerous caste is that of the agricultural Kanets, who form more than 30 per cent, of the total. Western Pahari is the language of 78 per cent, of the population. In 1895 American Presbyterian Mission of Ludhiana Christian sent evangelists to commence mission work in the State, ordained missionaries being also posted to Nahan from time to time. In 1902 mission work was, with the Raja’s assent, made over to the Scandinavian Alliance Mission Society, which now has two missionaries posted at Nahan. The only Christians in the State are immigrants. The Kiarda Dun differs greatly from the rest of the State in General its agricultural conditions. Formerly a wilderness of swamp and forest, constituting a bulwark against aggression from the ditions. plains, it was colonized by .The late Raja with cultivators from the submontane districts and is now one of the richest tracts in the State. It is a fertile alluvial plain, naturally well watered by numerous streams, and receiving a regular and sufficient rainfall. Its principal products are wheat and gram in the spring, and rice, maize, sugar-cane, ginger, and turmeric in the autumn. The hill tracts generally are less rich agricul- turally, though poppy, ginger, tobacco, and turmeric are grown extensively. The forest products are also a source of consider- able wealth to the people. The prevalent form of tenure may be described as ryotwdri^ village communities like those of the plains being unknown, but the ancient bhoj still exists in name. The area for wffiich particulars are on record is 1,108 square miles, of which 388 square miles, or 35 per cent., are forest, 10 per cent, are not available for cultivation, 42 per cent, are cultivable waste other than fallows, and 4 per cent, are current fallows. The net area cropped in 1904 was 130 square miles. The staple food-grains of the State are wheat, rice, gram, maize, chulai^ and mandud. The State is absolutely secure against famine. As already noted, the main feature in the agricultural Improve- development has been the colonization of the Kiarda Dun in the Paonta tahsil^ the cultivated area of which rose from 11,253 tural prac- acres in 1878 to 27,505 acres in 1904. Sugar-cane cultivation was introduced into the Dun by the late Raja, and he also established the well-known Nahan foundry.

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