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and this time the Rajas of the district turned to 

 the growing British Government for protection. 

 But the hill Rajas, being poor, had only forest- 

 land to offer in exchange for the necessary guns 

 and soldiers; while the English were then too 

 fully occupied with troubles of their own to wish 

 for more territory, or to look with favour on the 

 undertaking of fresh responsibilities. At length, 

 in 1769, after a desperate siege, the Sikhs of 

 Patiala drove the Gurkas away, and at the final 

 settlement Pinjor fell to their share. At the 

 present time the little town, the great fortified 

 garden, and the forests for many miles up into 

 the hills, remain an outlying portion of Patiala 

 State. 



Fadai Khan's garden lies close to the main 

 road leading from Umballa up to Simla; the 

 long straight road, slowly rising from the plains, 

 here turning sharply round the upper garden- wall. 

 So once again, before the days of railways, 

 Pinjor gardens were a gay place. Successive 

 Viceroys made a point of resting there to enjoy 

 the cool shade and running water, as they passed 

 on their leisurely progress to their summer in 

 the hills. But once more the times change, and 

 with the change the train now rushes through 



