Original: During British rule, as part of British India, the town was the administrative headquarters of the Upper Sind Frontier District of the Bombay Presidency; with a station on the Quetta branch of the North-Western Railway, 37 m. from the junction at Ruk, on the main line.
Simplified: During British rule, as part of British India, the town was the headquarters of the Upper Sind Frontier District of the Bombay Presidency.