CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I - GENERAL Introductory; Topography; River System and Water Resources;
Geology; Flora; Fauna; Climate; Tables I - III. |
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CHAPTER II - HISTORY Ancient Period; Medieval Period; British Period; The Struggle for
Freedom; The Ghadar Movement; The Punjab Ryasti Praja Mandal Movement;
Independence and It’s Aftermath; Formation of PEPSU and its merger with Punjab. |
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CHAPTER III- PEOPLE
Population; Language; Religion and Caste; Social Life. |
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CHAPTER IV - AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION Land Reclamation and Utilization; Irrigation, Agriculture and
Horticulture; Animal Husbandry, Poultry and Fisheries; Forestry; Floods;
Famine. |
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CHAPTER V - INDUSTRIES Old Time Industries and Industrial Development;
State Aid to Industries; Industrial Training Institutes; Industrial Estates
and Industrial Areas/ Focal Points; Sources of Power; Growth and
Development of Industries;
Industries and Manufactures of the District; Role of Industrial Co-
operatives; Labour and
Employers’ Organizations; Welfare of Industrial labour. |
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CHAPTER VI - BANKING,
TRADE AND COMMERCE Banking and Finance; History
of Indigenous Banking; General Credit Facilities; Insurance and Small
Savings; Currency and Coinage; Trade and Commerce; Course of Trade; Trade
Centres; Cooperation in Trade; State Trading; Merchants’ and Consumers’
Associations and Organs for Dissemination of Trade News; Weights and
Measures; Storage and Warehousing; Appendices I-IV. |
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CHAPTER VII - COMMUNICATIONS Old–Time Trade Routes and
Highways and Modes of Conveyance; Road Transport; Railways; Waterways,
Ferries and Bridges; Air Transport; Travel and Tourist Facilities; Posts,
Telegraphs and Telephones; Organizations of Owners and Employees in the Field
of Transport and Communications; Appendices I-VI. |
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CHAPTER VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
OCCUPATIONS Public Administration; Learned Professions; Personal
and Domestic Services; Miscellaneous Services; Appendices I-II. |
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CHAPTER IX – ECONOMIC
TRENDS Livelihood Pattern and
General Level of Prices and Wages and Standard of Living; Planning and Rural
Development; Appendices I-III. |
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CHPATER X – GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Historical
Background and Divisions of the District;
District Authorities; Development Organization; General
Arrangement for Disposal of Business; District Committees;
State and
Central Government Officers. |
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CHAPTER XI - REVENUE ADMINISTRATION Land Revenue
Administration; Land Reforms; Other Sources of Revenue, State and Central. |
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CHAPTER XII -
LAW AND ORDER AND JUSTICE
Incidence of Crime
in the District; History and Organization of Police; Jails and
Lock-Ups; Organization of Civil and Criminal Courts; Bar Associations. |
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CHAPTER XIII - OTHER DEPARTMENTS Public Works Department;
Cooperative Department; Public Relations Department; Food and Supplies
Department; Finance Department; Planning Department; Language Department;
Sainik Welfare Department; Soil Conservation Department. |
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CHAPTER XIV-LOCAL SELF –GOVERNMENT Evolution of Local Self-
Government in the District; Organization and Structure; Town and Country Planning
and Housing; Panchayati Raj; Appendix. |
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CHAPTER XV- EDUCATION AND
CULTURE Historical Background;
Literacy and Educational Standards; General Education, Professional and Technical
Education; Physical Education; Adult Literacy, Social Measures for the
Diffusion of Education and Culture among the Masses; Cultural and Literary
Societies and Periodicals; Libraries, Museums; etc. |
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CHAPTER XVI - MEDICAL AND
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES Public Health and
Medical Facilities in Early Times, Vital Statistics, Diseases Common to the
District; Medical and Public Health Services; Sanitation; Appendices I-IV. |
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CHAPTER XVII- OTHER
SOCIAL SERVICES Labour Welfare;
Prohibition; Advancement of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes; Other
Social Welfare Activities; Public Trusts; Charitable Endowments and Muslim
Wakfs; Appendices I-II. |
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CHAPTER XVIII – PUBLIC LIFE
AND VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS Representation of the District in the State and Union
Legislatures;
Political Parties and Organizations;
Newspapers and
Periodicals; Voluntary Social Service
Organizations. |
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CHAPTER XIX- PLACES OF
INTEREST Mansa; Budhlada; Sardulgarh; Bareta Mandi; Bhikhi;
Bhopal;
Dalianwali; Joga; Khiala kalan;
Phaphre Bhaike. |