Kawlin

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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.

Kawlin

Southernmost township of Katha District, Upper Burma, lying between 23 degree 30' and 23 degree 54' N. and 95 degreev20' and 96 E., on cither side of the Sagaing-Myitkyina railway, with an area of 536 square miles. It was annexed in 1891 with the rest of the former Wuntho State. The population in 1901 was 28,114 (practically all Burmans), dis- tributed in 239 villages. The head-quarters are at Kawlin (population, 813) on the railway, the scene of some of the most exciting episodes in the Wuntho rebellion. The surveyed area under cultivation in 1903-4 was 70 square miles, and the land revenue and tliathamcJa amounted to Rs. 1,05,400.