Kapurthala Town

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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.

Kapurthala Town

Tahsil of the kapurthala State, Punjab, situated in 31 degree 23' N. and 75 degree 25' E., 8 miles east of the Beas, and n from Jullundur. Population (1901), 18,519. It is said to have been founded in the eleventh century by Rana Kapur of the Rajput ruling family of Jaisalmer, from whom the present Raja of Kapurthala claims descent. In 1780 it was wrested by Sardir Jassa Singh from the Muhammadan chieftain who had seized the town and its depen- dent villages on the break-up of the Mughal empire, and has since been the capital of the State. It contains the Raja's palace and many other handsome edifices. The town is administered as a municipality, the income of which in 1903—4 was Rs. 13,000, chiefly derived from octroi, and the expenditure Rs. 18,000. It possesses the Randhir College, a high school, a girls' school, and a hospital.