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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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perennial, retaining a small supply of water even in the winter months, and swelling to formidable torrents during the rainy season. The Pabar is fed from perennial snow. Further information regarding the Simla Hill States will be found in the separate articles on each. Opium made in the Hill States is imported into the Punjab on payment of a duty of Rs. 2 per seer. The chiefs of the Hill States possess full powers, except that sentences of death passed by them require the confirmation of the Superintendent, Hill States, who is also the Deputy- Commissioner of Simla District. In thirteen of the twenty- eight States, owing to the minority or incapacity of the chiefs, the administration is not at present in their hands. In Bija, Kunihar, Madhan, and Mailog it is carried on by councils of State officials; in Dhadi it is in the hands of a relative of the chief, and in Tharoch in those of the Wazir; Bilaspur, Jubbal, Bashahr, Kumharsain, and Kanethi are administered by native officials of the British service, deputed by Government, who are styled managers; in Baghal the council consists of a brother of the late chief and an official deputed by Government; and in Kuthar the manager is a member of the ruling family of Suket. In all these cases, the authority in charge of the administration exercises in practice the powers of the chief. Jubbal (Jtla/).—One of the Simla Hill States, Punjab, lying between 30° 46'and 31° 8'N. and 77° 27^ and 77° 50'E., with an area of 288 square miles. Population (1901), 21,172. Jubbal was originally tributary to Sirmur, but after the Gurkha War it became independent. The Rana misgoverned the State, and in 1832 abdicated in favour of the British Govern- ment, but soon, however, repented, and in 1840 the State was restored to him. His grandson, Padam Chand, ruled the State with ability from 1877 till his death in 1898, and was succeeded by Gyan Chand, the present Rana, who is a minor. The State is now under the management of a British official. The ruling family is by caste Rathor Rajput. The State contains 84 villages, including Deorha, its capital, and has an estimated revenue of nearly Rs. 1,52,000. The chief products are grain, tobacco, and opium. Deorha.—Capital of Jubbal State, Punjab, and residence of the Rana, situated in 31° 7' N. and 77° 44^ E., on a tributary of the river Pabar, in a deep valley, terraced for the careful cultivation of rice and other crops. Population (1901), 250. The RanTs residence is built in partially Chinese style, the lower portion consisting of masonry, while the upper half is

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