Kilra

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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.

Kilra

Estate in the District and tahsil of Shahpur, Punjab, with an area of 13 square miles. For services in the Mutiny a member of the Tiwana family of Mitha Tiwana, named Malik Sahib Khan, Khan Bahadur, C.S.I., obtained a grant of 8,700 acres of waste land in the Shahpur tahsil. To irrigate this he constructed a canal, and the estate is now a most valuable one. His son, Malik Umar Hayat, succeeded in 1879. The Malik also owns estates in Shahpur, Jhelum, and Lyallpur Districts, aggregating nearly 13,000 acres, and the whole property yields an income of about 2 lakhs. Recently the Malik obtained a horse-breeding grant of 2,270 acres in the Jhelum Colony.