Ramnagar Town, Wazirabad

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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.

Ramnagar Town 1

Town in the Wazlrabad tahsil of Gujranwala District, Punjab, situated in 32 20' N. and 73 48" E., on the Sialkot- Multan road, on the left bank of the Chenab, 26 miles west of Gujran- wala town. Population (1901), 7,121. The town, originally known as Rasulnagar, was founded by Niir Muhammad, a Chatha chieftain, who possessed great power in the Punjab during the first half of the eighteenth century , and it rapidly grew to importance under his family.

In 1795 it was stormed by RanjTt Singh, after a gallant resistance by Ghulam Muhammad, the reigning Chatha chief, and received from the Sikhs its new name of Ramnagar. Several fine buildings, erected during the Chatha supremacy, still remain. In 1848, during the second Sikh War, Lord Gough first encountered the Sikh troops of Sher Singh near Ramnagar. Akalgarh, on the North-Western Railway, is 5 miles off. The diversion of through trade caused by the opening of the Sind-Sagar Railway is ruining its trade, and its manufacture of leathern vessels is now extinct The municipality was created in 1867.

The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs 7,000, and the expenditure Rs. 6,900. In 1903-4 the income was Rs 6,900, chiefly from octroi ; and the expenditure was Rs. 7,400. The town has a vernacular middle school, maintained by the municipality, and a Government dispensary.