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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Orphan|date=November 2012}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Amritsar Tahsil&#039;&#039;&#039; was an administrative subdivision of the [[British Punjab|Punjab province]] of [[British India]]. The tahsil was located at {{coord|31|40|N|74|30|E|display=inline,title}}, and had an area of {{convert|545|sqmi|km2}}. It was bounded on the east by the [[Beas River]], which divided it from the State of Kapurthala. The area west of the high bank had a fertile belt of loam, irrigated by wells, which is succeeded by a belt of sandy country. Beyond this lay a fertile plain irrigated by the Bari Doab Canal. The city of [[Amritsar]] city lies in a depression in this tract. The population of the tahsil in 1901 was 488,383, compared with 462,734 in 1891. The city of [[Amritsar]] (population, 162,429 in 1901) was the headquarters. It also contained the towns of [[Majitha]] (6,403) and [[Jandiala Guru]] (7,750); and 373 villages. The land revenue and [[cess]]es amounted in 1903–4 to Rs. 6,22,000.&lt;ref&gt;[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_335.gif Amritsar Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 327.]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tahsils of British India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-hist-stub}}</div>

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