Gujrat

Gujrat, or GUZERAT, the chief town of Gujrat district, in the Punjab, has been left (by a change in the river's course) a few miles north of the present bed of the Chenab, but is a place of some military and political importance, as well as the centre of a considerable trade. It produces cloth and cotton goods, brass vessels and gold inlaid-work, and boots and shoes. Here, in 1849, a decisive battle was fought, which finally broke the Sikh power, and brought the whole Punjab under British rule. Pop. 19,000.—The district has an area of 2051 sq. m.; pop. 760,875. See also GUJARAT.