Nahr Sadikiyah

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Nahr Sadikiyah, 1908

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.

(or Cholistan). — Tahsil in the Minchinabad nizdmat, Bahawalpur State, Punjab, lying between 29° 29' and 30° 18' N. and 73° Y and 74° i' E., with an area of 625 square miles. The population in 1901 was 26,758, compared with 23,215 in 1891. It contains 127 villages. The tahsil is called after the Sadikiyah canal, which runs through it from end to end, and will, when completed, have a total length of 120 miles. The tahsil, which has only recently been formed out of a portion of the Minchinabad tahsil, will have its head- quarters at the new town of Sadikganj, near the MeLeodganj Road junction of the main line and the Ferozepore-McLeodganj Road branch of the Southern Punjab Railway. The land revenue and cesses in 1905-6 amounted to Rs. 41,000.