New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-22
AN INDIAN PRINCE is HERE.
Continued from First Page.
The area is about 500 square miles, ana ''c
nonulation is estimated 10 be 100000.

nopulat ion Is estimated 10 be 2Jo.0VO.
The Kapurthala family originally held posse'-
sons on both sides Of the Sutlci, and also III ."c
Bari Doab Owing to the hostility of the c''ic'
in the first Sikh war, the possessions Were g
cheated, but the posse in the Bari iva
were aftcrward restored in recognition OF the 10Y '
services of Raja Randhir Sinh during the mu'iis
Of 1874 when he led force 10 Oudh, where ''S
did GOOD service for the British cause lie aiso
received $50 square miles Of estates In ou""'
which has n population Of 100000. IN ."'>'
estates he occupied only the position OF iS'Se
landholder.
WHAT THE PUNJAB is.
Puniab is the most northern province OF Brltis'i
India. II is triangular tract Of country OF
which the Indus and the Sutls form two SIDES
the third side being the lower llimaldya hns
between these two rivers. The British province
now includes a large extent of country OUTSIDE
these boundaries on all three sides beyond tle
Indus 10 the range Of hills running parallei 10
il on tine west beyond the Sutiei eastward 10
tbe Jumna and southwark distance OF siNS
miles below Delhi; beyond the hills iarsc
HIGHLAND tract on the east and another on tle
west. with the kashmir and Chamba territories
between.
The name Punjab signifies country OF I'VE
rivers the five rivers being the great tributaries
of the Indus, namely, the Jhelum Chinab, KaVi'
Bias and Sltel. These are all rivers OF large
volume, but on account of their changing courses
and shifting shoals they are Of only moderate
value for steam navigation.
While the general name Punjab is applied
10 the whole country of the five rivers, there
are distinct names for zach Of the doabs, or
tracts between two adjoining rivers. The coun-
try between the Sutlej and the Bias is called
the Jalandar Doab The long strip between the
Bias-Sutlej and the Raw is called the Bari
Donb Rcchna Doab IS the tract between the
Raw and the Chinab. Chat, or zach, is the
doab between the Chnab ard the Jhcum. Sind
Sugar is the large doab between the Jhclum and
the Indus The area of the Punjab proper Is
about 60 900 square miles.
This area is for the most part great auval
plain There are two harvests in year. In
country so open and so far from the sea there
are extremes of heat and cold. In all the dis
trict, about $4,000 square miles of land are
cultivated, Gi,2GS are uncultvated and 6,6l4
cannot be titled.
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR RELIGIONS.
The total population is 22,71O,12O. of which
33,42O are Christians. Punjahi and IIindustani
are the two principal languages. The number
OF children under instruction III SchOOls II 1871
600. The military force is 81 800
The manufactures OF the country are the ordi
nary cotton fabrics. plain woollcn blankets. I'M
glazed pottery, ropes and cord. grass mattlnS'
paper. leatherwork, brass vessels, simple agri-
cultural implements, carpets, shaws, silk cloths
icwelry and musical instruments.
The total length of the railways in the province
open for traffic is |, POS miles,
Tho So,-.rnI ho1ios ~ fle settlers in the pUniab
from the earliest times have formed groups or
clans similar TO Indian castles which have pre-
served certain characteristics and followed par
ticular classes of occupation. II during the
events which brought Babar. the first Of the Mo-
gul dynasty 20 the throne that the sect of Sikhs
arose NawaE who was born in 1869. the
founder derived his ideas from sect of Mahoul-
inctahs who Joined themselves TO sect OF liinduS
and strove 10 form new religion free from
idolatry Tie Sikh religion Of the Punjah,
founded on this model n reformed and mono
thcistic Hinduism The Sikhs gradually rose to
power and By the end Of the 18th century they
had greatly increased.
For the first time. about 1900 the protection
of the British was called for by one Of the war
ring factions. Under RanJit Singh, then the
ruler the first real Sikh war began. In 1916
they were defeated with heavy, lo'""S ny the
Sikh chiefs. by which the Jalandcr Doah and the
hiil district of kangi1 were ccd'"l T. a." BRIT
ish and also the possessions Of III"
NIaharaiah ON the LETT bank OF
the Sutcj The Sikh chiefs. unable
to pay Il large of money demanded ly III"
Iiritisi coded further territory. From that tim"
until 1851. conflicts followed and mere territory
was gradually acquired 10y the British.
During the mutiny campaign OF 1871, the run
iab sent important aid t. ia" fore" engaged IN
the siege of Delhi, while also supprc,slng disorders
within lis own bordcrS. In 1855 the Delhi terri
tory was transferred TO III" PunlaI, and 1t io'"
10 the rank of district, 10 Df
governed by iAcutchaht 'VN'rno';
The form Of government is M present in general
similar 10 that of other British provinces in lndi,
In the Puniab, in connection with the English
Society. there are twenty four ordained English
missionaries. four medical and two fiy inlSsio;i-
aries and ten native clergy At Delhi there il
a mission Of the Society for the Prevention oi
the Gospel and the Cambridge University Mission.
The number Of native Christians in the Punlab
is nearly 1000. In 1919 new diocese-thaf
Of Lahore, constituted, embracing the province
Of Punjab and sind.