SIRHIND  , a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• LAND

land in the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . It consists of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern portion of the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain between the See also:

• JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna and See also:

• SUTLEJ

Sutlej See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and is watered by the Sirhind See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . Sirhind is not an administrative See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, but historically the name includes the districts of See also:

• UMBALLA

Umballa, See also:

• LUDHIANA

Ludhiana, and Ferozepore, together with the states of See also:

• PATIALA, or PUTTIALA

Patiala, See also:

• JIND

Jind and See also:

• NABHA

Nabha . The Sirhind canal serves the Umballa and Ludhiana districts, and the Patiala, Jind and Nabha states . It draws its See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply from the Sutlej near See also:

• RUPAR

Rupar, where the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-See also:

• WORKS

works are situated . The canal, which was opened in 1882, has 538 M. of See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main and See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch canals, and irrigates nearly 2000 sq. m . The See also:

• TOWN

town of Sirhind, in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Patiala, had a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1901 of 5415 . It is of very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early, but uncertain, See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, and had a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• GREAT

great prosperity under the Moguls . Its See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient ruins See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover a large extent, and include two See also:

• FINE

fine domed tombs of the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It is held accursed by the Sikhs, owing to the barbarous See also:

• MURDER

murder of the son of Guru Govind by the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor in 1704 .