Sultanpur, Kapurthala

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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.

Sultanpur Town (2)

Town in the Sultanpur tahsil of Kapurthala State, Punjab, situated in 31° 13' N. and 75° 12' E., 16 miles south of Kapurthala town. Population (1901), 9,004. Founded in the eleventh century by one vSultan Khan Lodi, said to have been a general of Mahmud of Ghazni, it lay on the great highway from Lahore to Delhi, and was a famous place in the Jullundur Doab. It contains a sarai built by Jahanglr, and two bridges, one attributed to Jahangir and one to Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb and his brother, Dara Shikoh, were brought up here. Sultanpur was burnt in 1739 by Nadir Shah, and is only now regaining its prosperity, while its trade in grain and cloth is increasing. It has a middle school and a dispensary.