Jullunder

General

Records of Jullunder go back beyond the seventh century. It had in 1901 a population of 67,735, lies in the plains on the Grand Trunk Road between Delhi and Lahore, and has a mean temperature of 56° in January and 93° in June, and heavy rain, especially in the summer. The population of the Division was 45% Moslem, 40% Hindu and 14% Sikh, and described in the Gazetteer as “addicted to no form of serious crime, except female infanticide”; the common forms of crime were burglary and theft, which were dealt with by a Cantonment Magistrate and eight honorary magistrates. The town had two flour mills and a brass and iron foundry, and its trades included silk manufacture and carpentry.

Garrison

The cantonment had been established in 1846, four miles to the west of the town, and usually contained two batteries of field artillery, one battalion of British infantry, one regiment of native cavalry and a battalion of native infantry.

The Prince Consort’s Own Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, was stationed there in 1892.