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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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and the population in 1901 was 22,499. The revenue in 1903 was estimated at Rs. 66,000. The principal products are opium and grain. The present Raja is Bijai Sen, a Rajput by caste, who succeeded his father Balbir Sen in 1901. The chief of Keonthal was formerly styled Rana, but was raised by the British Government to the higher rank of Raja in 1857. After the Gurkha War a portion of the territory of Keonthal, which had been occupied by the Gurkhas, was sold to the Maharaja of Patiala. In consideration of this, no tribute is paid by the Keonthal Raja for the remainder of his State, which was restored to him by sanad in 1815, on the expulsion of the Gurkhas from the country. The Raja holds another sanad, dated September, 1815, conferring on the Keonthal chief and his heirs for ever paramount authority over the petty states of Theog, Koti, Ghund, and Madhan, the chiefs of which, with their descendants, are bound to regard the chief of Keonthal as their liege, and to pay him tribute. Ratesh also is a fief of Keonthal. A third sanad was granted to the Raja, conferring Punnar on him and his heirs. It is dated 1823, though the transfer was authorized in 1816. The reasons given for this measure were the isolated position of Punnar, the turbulent character of its inhabitants, the indisposition of Government to extend its territories in the hills, and a desire to benefit Keonthal. Theog.—A fief of the Keonthal State, Punjab, lying between 31° 4'and 31° 9^ N. and 77° 21''and 77°3i'E., with an area of 144 square miles. The population in 1901 was 5,654, and the revenue is about Rs. 5,000. A tribute of Rs. 500 is paid to the Keonthal State. The present chief, Tika Sham- sher Chand, exercises full powers, but sentences of death require the confirmation of the Superintendent, Simla Hill States. Koti.—A fief of the Keonthal State, Punjab, lying between 31° T and 31° i T N. and 77° 13' and 77° 21^ E., with an area of 50 square miles. The population in 1901 w^as 7,959, and the revenue is about Rs. 25,000. A tribute of Rs. 500 is paid to the Keonthal State. The present chief, Rana Raghubir Chand, exercises full powers, but sentences of death require the confirmation of the Superintendent, Simla Hill States. Ghund.—A fief of the Keonthal State, Punjab, lying between 31° 2'and 31° 6'N. and 77° 27'and 77°33''E., with an area of 28 square miles. The population in 1901 was 1,927, and the revenue is about Rs. 2,000. A tribute of Rs. 250 is paid to the Keonthal State. The present chief, Thakur Bishan Singh,

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