Haripur Town
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.
Haripur Town
Head-quarters of the Haripur tahs'il o'i Hazara District, North-West Frontier Province, situated in 34° N. and 72° 57" E., on the left bank of the Dor river, and on the road from Hassan Abdal to Abbottabad. Population (1901), 5,578. Haripur was founded about 1822 by Sardar Harl Singh, the Sikh gxn'ernor of Hazara, and on annexation became the head-cjuarters of the District, but was abandoned in favour of Abbottabad in 1853. An obelisk marks the grave of Colonel Canara, a European ofticer of the Sikh Artillery, who fell in 1848 defending his guns single-handed against the insurgents under Chattar Singh. The municipality was constituted in 1867. The income and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 17,800. In 1903-4 the income and expenditure were Rs. 19,100 and Rs. 20,100 resi>ectivelv. The town possesses a dispensarv and a muncipal middle school.
