Umballa

Umballa, or AMBALA, a city of India, capital of a district of the same name in the Punjab, 150 miles N. by W. of Delhi. The new part of the town has wide roads, monotonously straight, and a handsome church, club-house, and hotels. It is an important railway junction, and carries on a very large trade. The cantonment is 4 miles SE. At Umballa Shere Ali was received at a grand darbar in March 1869. Pop. (1891) 79,270.