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FARIDKOT , a native See also:state of See also:India in the See also:Punjab . It ranks as one of the Cis-Siitlej states, which came under See also:British See also:influence in 1809 . Its See also:area is 642 sq. m., and its See also:population in 1901 was 124,912 . It is bounded on the W. and N.E. by the British See also:district of Ferozepore, and on the S. by See also:Nabha state . During the See also:Sikh See also:wars in 1845 the See also:chief, See also:Raja Pahar Singh, exerted himself in the British cause, and was rewarded with an increase of territory . In the See also:Mutiny of 1857, too, his son and successor, See also:Wazir Singh, did See also:good service by guarding the See also:Sutlej ferries, and in attacking a notorious See also:rebel, whose stronghold he destroyed . The estimated See also:gross See also:revenue is £28,300; there is no See also:tribute . The territory is traversed by the See also:Rewari-Ferozepore railway, and also crossed by the Fazilka See also:line, which starts from Kotkapura, the old See also:capital . It is irrigated by a See also:branch of the See also:Sirhind See also:canal . The See also:town of Faridkot has a railway station, 84 m. from See also:Lahore . |
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