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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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contains the town of Maler Kotla, the capital, and 115 vil- lages. The chief products are cotton, sugar, opium, aniseed, tobacco, garlic, and grain ; and the estimated gross revenue is Rs. 5,47,000. The Nawab receives compensation from the Government of India, amounting to Rs. 2,500 per annum, on account of loss of revenue caused by the abolition of customs duties. The State receives an allotment of 14 to 16 chests of Malwa opium annually, each chest containing 1-25 cwt., at the reduced duty of Rs. 280 per chest. The duty so paid is refunded to the State, with a view to securing the co-opera- tion of the State officials in the suppression of smuggling. The military force consists of 50 cavalry and 439 infantry. This includes the Imperial Service contingent of one company (177 men) of Sappers and Miners. The State possesses 2 ser- viceable guns. The Nawab of Maler Kotla receives a salute of II, including 2 personal, guns. The State contains an Anglo-vernacular high school and three primary schools. Maler Kotla Town.—Chief town of Maler Kotla State, Punjab, situated in 30° 32' N. and 75° 59' E., 30 miles south of Ludhiana town. Population (1901), 21,122. The town is divided into two parts, Maler and Kotla, which have lately been united by the construction of the new Moti Bazar. The former was founded by Sadr-ud-din, the founder of the Maler Kotla family in 1466, and the latter by Bayazid Khan in 1656. The principal buildings are the houses of the ruling chief, a large Dlwan Khana (courthouse) situated in Kotla, and the mausoleum of Sadr-ud-dln in Mffier. The cantonments lie outside the town. The chief exports are grain and Kotla paper and survey instruments, manufactured in the town itself; and the chief imports are cotton cloth, salt, and lime. A large grain market has lately been constructed. The town has a small factory for the manufacture of survey instruments, employing about 20 hands. A cotton press, opened in 1904, gives employment to about 300 persons. The town has since 1905 been administered as a municipality. It contains a high school, a hospital, and a military dispensary. Suket.—Native State in the Punjab, under the political con- trol of the Commissioner, Jullundur Division, lying between 31° 13' and 31° 35' N. and 76° 49' and 77° 26' E., in the Himffiayas, north of the Sutlej river, which separates it from the Simla Hill States. It has an area of 420 square miles, and contains two towns and 28 villages. The population in 1901 was 54,676, of whom 54,005 were Hindus. The estimated revenue is i-i lakhs, out of which Rs. 11,000 is paid as tribute

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