Shekhupura Estate
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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.
[edit] Shekhupura Estate
Estate in the Districts of Gujranwala, Sial- kot, Lahore, and Amritsar, Punjab. It comprises 180 villages held in iagir, with 14 square miles of proprietary land, and yields an income of about Rs. 1,20,000. Founded by a Brahman of Meerut, the family supplied several soldiers and courtiers to the Sikh court, including Raja Teja Singh, governor at Peshawar and commander-in-chief of the Sikh army in 1845. Raja Kiri Singh, a grandson of Teja Singh, died suddenly in 1906. The estate, however, is so heavily in debt that it is under the Court of Wards, and likely to remain so for some time. The rule of primogeniture prevails in the family.
