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Punjab.

Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    27 miles west of Montgomery town and 14 from ChTchawatni station on the North-Western Railway. Population (1901), 6,976. It is identified by Cunningham as one of the towns of the Malli taken by Alexander. The modern town was founded by a Kharral chief named Khan Kamal in the fourteenth century. In 1857 the insurgent tribes held the place for a week, and completely sacked it. The municipality was created in 1868. Its income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 9,300, and the expenditure Rs. 8,700. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 8,800, derived mainly from octroi, and the expenditure Rs. 10,200. Since the British annexation a brisk trade in the produce of the Ravi lowlands has sprung up, and the importance of Kamalia has been immensely increased by the opening of the North-Western Railway. The town is now a place of considerable commerce, dealing in wheat, grain, and pulses from the surrounding villages and Jhang; gur and sugar from Jullundur and Amritsar; piece-goods from Karachi, Amritsar, and Delhi. The exports are chiefly cotton, ghi, and wool. Excellent cotton prints and carpets are manufactured. The town contains an Anglo-vernacular middle school, a private high school, and a dispensary. Montgomery Town.—Head-quarters of the District and tahsll of the same name, Punjab, situated in 30° 39^ N. and 73° 8' E., on the North-Western Railway. Population (1901), 6,602. In 1865 the village of SahTwal was selected as the head-quarters of the District and renamed after Sir Robert Montgomery, then Lieutenant - Governor of the Punjab. Situated in the most arid and dreary part of the uplands between the RWi and Sutlej, the station is almost unequalled for dust, heat, and general dreariness, but is not unhealthy. It has no commercial or industrial importance, and merely consists of a bazar and the residences of the District officials. The Central jail situated here usually contains about 1,500 prisoners. The municipality was constituted in 1867. Its income and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 13,100. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 16,600, chiefly derived from octroi and school fees ; and the expenditure was Rs. 15,200. It maintains a girls’ school and a dispensary. The high school is managed by the Educational department. The town contains two factories for ginning cotton, of which one was working in 1904 and gave employment to 37 persons. Pakpattan Town.—Head-quarters of the tahsll of the same name in Montgomery District, Punjab, situated in 30°
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