Hazro

Select Language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bulgarian Bengali Catalan Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Marathi Nepali Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish

This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Hazro

Town in the District and Tahsil of Attock, Punjab, situated in 2i'^ 55' N. and 72° 30' E., in the middle of the Chach plain, \\ miles by metalled road from Hathian on the grand trunk road, and 7^ miles from Lawrencepur on the North-Western Railway. Population (1901), 9,799. Hazro is a picturesque town, surrounded by rich cultivation, and has a flourishing trade, chiefly in tobacco and sugar, controlled by a few enterprising Hindus. The municipality was created in 1867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 18,300, and the expenditure Rs. 17,200. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 19,200, chiefly from octroi ; and the expenditure was Rs. 35,000, including a large investment in securities. An Anglo-vernacular middle school and a dispensary are maintained by the municipality.