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revenue, £440,000; military force (including Imperial Service troops), 3429 men. The state was founded by a Sikh chieftain about 1763, and came under See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

PROTECTION

protection, with the other cis-See also:

SUTLEJ

Sutlej states, in 1809. Patiala remained conspicuously loyal to the British during the See also:

Mutiny of 1857, Narindar Singh, its ruler, setting an example to the other Sikh states which was of the utmost value. The maharaja, Rajendra Singh, who died in 1900, was devoted to See also:

RIDING

riding and See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport. He took See also:

PART

part personally in the See also:

TIRAH

Tirah See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1897-98, with a See also:

BATTALION

battalion of his own Imperial Service See also:

INFANTRY

infantry and a See also:

field See also:

TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop of Imperial Service lancers. In recognition of his services on this occasion he received the G.C.S.I. He was succeeded by his son, Bhupindar Singh, who was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1891. The See also:

TOWN

town of Patiala has a station on the See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

North-Western railway from Rajpura to Bhatinda.

Pop. (1901), 53,545• It contains several See also:

FINE

fine See also:

MODERN

modern buildings, including palaces, hospitals and See also:

SCHOOLS

schools. See Phulkian States Gazetteer (See also:

LAHORE

Lahore, 1909).

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