Buriya

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Buriya

Town in the Jagadhri iahsll of Ambala District, Punjab, situated in 30° 10' N. and 77° 22' E., 3 miles north of the North- Western Railway. Population (1901), 5,865. Founded in the time of the emperor Humayun, it was captured by the Sikhs in 1760, and became the head-quarters of a considerable principality, one of the nine that were exempted from the reforms of 1849, and allowed to retain a certain amount of independence for some time after the re- duction of the other Cis-Sutlej chiefs to the position oi Jaglrdars.

Part of the estate has now lapsed, and part is held in Jaglr by the Buriya family. The town is of no commercial importance. The municipality was created in 1867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 4,300, and the expenditure Rs. 5,100. The income in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 4,500, chiefly from octroi; and the expendi- ture was Rs. 4,400. There is a vernacular middle school.