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KAPURTHALA
, a native See also:state of See also:India, within the See also:Punjab
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See also:Area, 652 sq. m.; pop
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(Igor), 314,341, showing an increase of 5% in the See also:decade; estimated See also:gross See also:revenue, £r78,000; See also:tribute, £8700
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The Kapurthala See also:family is descended from Jassa Singh, a contemporary of See also:Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah, who by his intelligence and bravery made himself the leading See also:Sikh of his See also:day
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At one See also:time it held possessions on both sides of the See also:Sutlej, and also in the See also:Bari See also:Doab
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The cis-Sutlej estates and scattered tracts in the Bari Doab were forfeited owing to the hostility of the See also:chief in the first Sikh See also:war; but the latter were afterwards restored in recognition of the See also:loyalty of See also:Raja Randhir Singh during the See also:mutiny of 1857, when he led a contingent to Oudh which did See also:good service
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He also received a See also: The See also:hand-painted cloths and See also:metal-See also:work of Phagwara are well known . The See also:town of Kapurthala is 11 See also:miles from Jullundur; pop . (1901), 18,519 . |
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