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Date:: 1908

Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$28, and future famines averted, 24; its high standard in literacy and numerous educational institutions, 26, 27, 39, 40. Lahore tahsil, ii. 27. Lahore {Lahatir) city, capital of Province, Division, District, and tahsTl, ii. 30-40; on the Ravi, at junction of railways and roads from south, east, and west, 24, 30; its legend and history from the seventh century, 31-37; its golden time under the Mughals, 33-36 ; its epheme- ral revival under Ranjit Singh, 36, 37 ; supremacy (1846) of British Resident, 37; the native city, 37; the old (Anarkali) and new European quarters, 37, 38; municipal water-supply, drain- age, and electricity, 38, 39 ; decay of old industries, rise of new, 39; its numerous public buildings of adminis- tration, education, religion, and charity, 38-40- Lahore Cantonment, a notoriously un- healthy station with a bad water-supply, ii. 40; the mausoleum and mosque of XhtpJr, Mian Mir, the name of the place till 1906, 41. Lahul, Himalayan pastoral waziri or canton of Kangra District, i. 3/^1-373 ; hills and glaciers, the source of the Chenab, 372 ; an essential link in the trade between Central Asia and the Punjab, 373; its thdkur of the old native line, 373. Lake, Lord, his defeat (1803) of Marathas and entry into Delhi, i. 295; raised the siege of Delhi by Holkar, 295. Lakes, of Himalayas, Dal and Wular, i. 170, Kallar Kahar of Salt Range, 182 ; sacred lake of Thanesar, 319. Lala Musa, railway junction in Gujrat District, ii. 124. Lambagraon, estate in Kangra District, held by a Raja of the Chand (Katoch) family, i. 382. Lamhaj-ddr^ a village headman, collects revenue of each village for a percentage, i. 99, no, 113, 123, appointed by Deputy-Commissioner, 123. Land Alienation Act (1900), its causes, objects, and regulations, i. 63, 103, III, 114, 115. Land revenue, i. 109-115 ; before annexa- tion, 109; subsequent (i) determination of ownership and responsibility, no, III, (2) assessment or settlement, ni- 113, (3) collection, 113, 114. Seetinder Land Revenue in Districts and States. Landlords or agricultural rent-receivers, their increasing number, i. 59, 69, 70; their rents, 69; their direct responsibility for land revenue, no; the tendency to alienate to money-lenders checked, in, 114. 429 Languages and vernaculars, with trifling exceptions, belong to Aryan family, with great predominance of Indian branch, i. 47 ; a table of the speakers of the chief languages and their habitats, 47. Lawrence, J.ord (Sir John), first Chief Commissioner and afterwards first Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab, i. 34 ; in Kangra District, 369 ; in Hoshiarpur, 402 ; in Jullundur, 418 ; in Gujrat, ii. 118. Lawrence, Sir Henry, founded asylum at Sanawar for children of European soldiers, i. 345 ; repopulated and re- fertilized Ferozepore District, 441, 452. Legislative Council, the, its composition of officials and non-officials, i. 102; chief legislative measures since 1880, 102. Leiah, tahsil of MianwMi District, ii. 200, 201. Leiah town, ii. 204. Leprosy, statistics of, showing decrease, i. 43; asylums for, at Ambala, 331, at Simla, 349; at Dakhni, 419; at Tarn Taran with its healing tank and leper quarter, ii. 56; at Sialkot, 83 ; in Chamba State, 408. Lieutenant-Governor, the first, and a list of his successors, i. 97 ; his functions and officers, 97 ; his direct control of certain Native States, 99; president and nominator of Legislative Council, 102. Lieutenant-General Commanding, the, with head-quarters at Rawalpindi and Murree, i. 129. Literacy, percentage of, i. 143 ; statistics of, in each tahsil, see under People in each District. Litigiousness of the people, in civil and criminal cases,!. 103,104,diminished by agricultural depression, 104; increased by plague, 104. Loans (Government) to agriculturists, i. 62,63; by village bankers, shopkeepers, and Sikhs, 63; rates of interest, 63. See under Agricultural Improvements in each District, Local government,!. 122-126; the indi- genous village community, its organiza- tion and social sanctions, 123; incapable of legal status, 123; Municipal Acts and their indiscriminate adoption, 124; municipalities, 8 with wider powers, 131 with narrower, 134; their ex-officio, nominated, and elected members, 124 ; 48 ‘notified areas,’ 124; municipal finances, 125, 161 ; success of District, failure of local {oi iahsTl) boards, 125; the District fund, its sources and ex- penditure, 125, 126, 162. See under Local Boards and Municipalities in each District.$

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