Patiala State, 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.

Patiala State

The largest in area, wealth, and population of the three Phulkian States, Punjab, and the most populous of all the Native States in the Province, though second to Bahawalpur in area. It lies mainly in the eastern plains of the Punjab, which form part of the great natural division called the Indo-Gangetic Plain West ; but its territories are somewhat scattered, as, owing to historical causes, it comprises a portion of the Simla Hills and the Narnaul ilaka, which now constitutes the nizamat of Mohindargarh, in the extreme south-east on the borders of Jaipur and Alwar States in Rajputana.

The territory is interspersed with small tracts or even single villages belonging to the States of Nabha, Jlnd, and Maler Kotla, and to the British Districts of Ludhiana, Ferozepore, and Karnal, while, on the other hand, it includes several detached villages or groups of villages which lie within the natural borders of those States and Districts.

Its scattered nature makes it impossible to describe its boundaries clearly and succinctly, but briefly it may be described as consisting of three portions. The main portion, lying between 29 23' and 30 55' N. and 744o'and 76 59' E., and comprising the plains portion of the State west of the Jumna valley and south of the Sutlej, is bordered on the north by the Districts of Ludhiana and Ferozepore; on the east by Karnal and Ambala ; on the south by the State of Jlnd and Hissar District; and on the west by Hissar.This portion forms a rough paralldo-gram, 139 miles in length from east west, and 125 miles from north to south, with an appendage on the south lying south of the Ghaggar river and forming part of the nizamat of Karmgarh.The second block lies in the Siwalik Hills, between 3o 4o'and 31 1o N. and 76 49 and 77 19' E.

It is bordered on the north by the Hill States of Bhagal, Dhami, and Bhajji ; on the east by those of Koti, Keonthal, and Sirmur ; on the south by Ambala District ; and on the west by the States of Nala- garh and Mailog, and by Ambala District. This portion is 36 miles from north to south, and 29 miles from east to west, and forms a part of the nizamat of Pinjaur.The third block, the nizamatof Mohindargarh, lies between 27 47' and 28 28' N. and 75 56' and 76 i7'E., and is entirely surrounded by Native States Jind to the north, Alwar and Nsbha to the east, and Jaipur to the south and west. It is 45 miles from north to south, and 22 miles from east to west.