Kapurthala
Kapurthala (Punjabi: ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ) is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the former capital of princely state of British India of the same name. The secular and aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic style of architecture self-narrate its princley past and once earned this small town in the Punjab the sobriquet of Paris of Punjab.
Kapurthala Principality was in the Punjab and had an area, 652 square miles. The 1901 population was 314,341, showing an increase of 5% in the decade. At the time, estimated gross revenue was 178,000 (currency unknown, probably in £) and paid tribute of 8700 (probably also in £).
The history of the Town of Kapurthala goes back as early as the 11th Century when it's said to have been founded by Rana
Kapur, a scion of the ruling house of Jaisalmer (Rajasthan). The present royal family of Kapurthala is descended from Nawab
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, a contemporary of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah, who by his intelligence and bravery made himself the
leading Sikh of his day. At one time it held possessions on both sides of the Sutlej, and also in the Bari Doab. The cis-Sutlej
estates and scattered tracts in the Bari Doab were forfeited owing to the hostility of the chief in the First Sikh War; but the latter
were afterwards restored in recognition of the loyalty of Raja Randhir Singh during the mutiny of 1857, when he led a
contingent to Oudh which did good service. He also received a grant of land in Oudh, 700 m² in extent, yielding a gross rental
of 89,000. In Oudh, however, he exercises no sovereign powers, occupying only the status of a large landholder, with the title
of Raja-i-Rajagan.
Raja Sir Jagatjit Singh, K.C.S.I., was born in 1872, succeeded his father in 1877, and attained his majority in 1890. During the
Tirah expedition of 1897-98 the Kapurthala imperial service infantry took a prominent part. The territory is crossed by the
railway from Jalandhar to Amritsar. The state has a large export trade in wheat, sugar,and cotton. The hand-painted cloths and
metal-work of Phagwara are well known. The town of Kapurthala is approximately 20 Kilometers from Jalandhar.
Kapurthala Principality was in the Punjab and had an area, 652 square miles. The 1901 population was 314,341, showing an increase of 5% in the decade. At the time, estimated gross revenue was 178,000 (currency unknown, probably in £) and paid tribute of 8700 (probably also in £).
The history of the Town of Kapurthala goes back as early as the 11th Century when it's said to have been founded by Rana
Kapur, a scion of the ruling house of Jaisalmer (Rajasthan). The present royal family of Kapurthala is descended from Nawab
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, a contemporary of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah, who by his intelligence and bravery made himself the
leading Sikh of his day. At one time it held possessions on both sides of the Sutlej, and also in the Bari Doab. The cis-Sutlej
estates and scattered tracts in the Bari Doab were forfeited owing to the hostility of the chief in the First Sikh War; but the latter
were afterwards restored in recognition of the loyalty of Raja Randhir Singh during the mutiny of 1857, when he led a
contingent to Oudh which did good service. He also received a grant of land in Oudh, 700 m² in extent, yielding a gross rental
of 89,000. In Oudh, however, he exercises no sovereign powers, occupying only the status of a large landholder, with the title
of Raja-i-Rajagan.
Raja Sir Jagatjit Singh, K.C.S.I., was born in 1872, succeeded his father in 1877, and attained his majority in 1890. During the
Tirah expedition of 1897-98 the Kapurthala imperial service infantry took a prominent part. The territory is crossed by the
railway from Jalandhar to Amritsar. The state has a large export trade in wheat, sugar,and cotton. The hand-painted cloths and
metal-work of Phagwara are well known. The town of Kapurthala is approximately 20 Kilometers from Jalandhar.
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