Jullunder

Jullunder (Jālandhar), a city of the Punjab, stands in the Doab or rich alluvial plain of the same name between the Sutlej and the Beas, in 31° 21' N. lat. and 75° 31' E. long., on the Sindh-Punjab and Delhi Railway between Umballa and Unritsar. The soil of the neighbourhood is very productive; and the city, though fallen from its former greatness, in 1891 had 66,202 inhabitants. Jullunder is a very ancient city, founded before Alexander's invasion of India, and is referred to in the Mahābhārata.—It gives its name to an administrative district of 1433 sq. m. area (pop. 907,583), and to a division of 12,600 sq. m. area (pop. nearly 3,000,000).