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by the Queen in December 191 1, while the King was shooting in Nepal. She was entertained 

 by the Maharaja. An excursion was made to Amber, the former capital, now in ruins. 



JAISALMER. The population of this native State in 1911 was 88,311, showing an increase 

 of 20.4% during the decade, due to recovery after famine. The Maharawal, who was born 

 in 1887 and succeeded in 1891, was granted ruling powers in December, 1908. 



JHALAWAR. The population of this native State in 1911 was 96,271, showing an increase 

 of 6.7 % during the decade, due to recovery after famine. The Maharaj-Rana paid a visit 

 to England in 1912, when he was a conspicuous figure of the London season. His predeces- 

 sor, dethroned for persistent misgovernment in 1896, died at Benares in October 1912. 



See Picture Travels: The Record of a European Tour, by Sir Ghawani Singh, Maharaj- 

 Rana of Jhalawar (1912.) 



JIND. The population of this native State in 1911 was 271,728, showing a decrease of 

 3.6 % during the decade. The state has recently suffered from repeated outbreaks of plague. 

 See Phulkian States Gazetteer (Lahore, 1909). 



JODHPUR. The population of Jodhpur State in 1911 was 2,057,553, showing an increase 

 of 6.3 % during the decade, due to recovery after famine. Large sums have recently been 

 expended upon irrigation, and many new schools have been opened. The Maharaja, who 

 died in March 1911, has been succeeded by his son, a minor, who acted as a page of honour 

 at the Delhi Durbar, and has since been brought to England for education. A regent has 

 been found in Sir Pertab Singh (b. 1845) who had bfeen regent to the boy's father, his own 

 nephew. Sir Pertab Singh resigned for this purpose the state of Idar in Bombay, to which 

 he had succeeded in 1902. He was a conspicuous figure as A.D.C. to the King at the 

 Coronation and also at the Delhi Durbar, when he was created G.C.V.O. 



KALAT. The population of this native State (excluding Kharan) was 335,227 in 1911, 

 showing an apparent decrease of IO% during the decade; but in 1901 the figures had been 

 based on an estimate, not on actual enumeration. While Kalat proper has enjoyed an un- 

 eventful history, serious troubles have occurred in the subordinate state of Kharan. The 

 chief, Sir Nauroz Khan, K.C.I.E., died in June 1909, and was succeeded by his son, Sardar 

 Yakub Khan, who repudiated the conditions imposed by the British representative on his 

 accession, and was ultimately killed by his own troops in April, 1911. The succession of his 

 son, Habibullah Khan, has been recognised, and measures taken for the administration of 

 the state during his minority. The ex-Khan of Kalat, Khudadad Khan, G.C.I.E., who 

 had been deposed in 1893, died at Pishin in May, 1909. 



KAPURTHALA. The population of this native State in 1911 was 268,133, showing a de- 

 crease of 14.7 % during the decade, due to repeated outbreaks of plague. The Maharaja 

 is accustomed to pay frequent visits to England and the continent, leaving his state under 

 an administrative council, presided over by an English official, lent by the Government. 

 He was created G.C.S.I. at the Delhi Durbar. 



KASHMIR. The population of this native State in 1911 was 3,158,126, showing an 

 increase of 8.7 % during the decade. The population of Srinagar, the chief city, though the 

 Maharaja resides at Jammu within the Punjab, was 126,344, showing an increase of 3%. 

 The Maharaja is a British major-general, and was created G.C.I.E. at the Durbar. 



Apart from a serious epidemic of cholera from June to November 1910, the state has 

 recently enjoyed a period of prosperity. The total revenue has risen from about 666,000 

 to 761,000, while the cash balance in 1911 amounted to 225,000. In the meantime, large 

 sums have been expended upon public works, especially upon an electrical power scheme on 

 the Jhelum river; and education has been encouraged. The introduction of seri-culture has 

 been a notable success, the number of rearers between 1910 and 1911 having increased from 

 27,000 to 36,000, and the weight of cocoons produced from 37,000 to 42,000 maunds. 



KHAIRPUR. The population of this native State in 191 1 was 223,788, showing an increase 

 of 12.3 % during the decade. The Nawab, who succeeded his father in March 1909, was 

 created G.C.I.E. at the Delhi Durbar. 



KOLHAPUR. The population of this native State was 833,441 in 1911, showing a decrease 

 of 8.4 % during the decade, due to plague. The Maharaja was created G.C.I.E. at the 

 Delhi Durbar. In 1912 his two sons were brought to England for education. 



KOTAH. The population of this native State in 1911 was 639,089, showing an increase 

 of 17.3 % during the decade, due to recovery after famine. The Queen paid a visit to Kotah 

 in December 1911, while the King was shooting in Nepal; and to commemorate the occasion 

 the Maharao, who had been created G. C.S.I, at the Delhi Durbar, offered a lakh of rupees to 

 be sent for the benefit of the women of India. It has been decided that this shall form the 

 nucleus of a fund for founding the Queen Mary College and Hospital for Women at Delhi, 

 towards which other princes and Indian noblemen have already contributed 100,000. 

 : KUCH BEHAR. The population of this native State in 1911 was 592,952, showing an 

 increase of 4.6% during the decade. The Maharaja (E. &. xv, 937) who had come to Eng- 

 land to attend the Coronation, died at Bexhill on September 18, 1911. As a colonel in the 

 British army, his body was conveyed to the crematorium at Golder's Green with military 

 ceremony, and a funeral service was read in accordance with the rites of the Brahmo Samaj. 

 He was succeeded by his eldest son, educated in England. A legislative council has been 



