Rawalpindi Tahsil, 1908

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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.

Rawalpindi Tahsil

North-western tahsil of Rawalpindi District, Punjab, lying between 33 19' and 33 50' N and 72 34' and 73 2$' E j with an area of 764 square miles. The population in 1901 was 261,101, compared with 243,141 in 1891. The tahsil contains the town and cantonment of RAWALPINDI (population, 87,688), the head-quarters ; and 448 villages The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2-6 lakhs. MANIKIALA and SHAHDHERI are places of great archaeological interest. The Sohan river, which crosses the tahsil from east to west, divides it into two distinct portions. To the north he the rich plains round Rawalpindi town, sloping up to the outlying spurs of the Himalayas, which form the northern boun- dary of the tahsil. To the south the countiy is cut up by torrent beds and ravines into little plateaux, which vary in soil and character, but resemble each othei in difficulty of access.