Sirhind

Sirhind, a tract in the Punjab, being the north-eastern part of the plain between the Jumna and the Sutlej, which is watered by the great Sirhind Canal (main branch finished in 1882) and its branches. Sirhind, which is not an administrative division, contains five British districts (one being Umballa) and nine native states (including Patiala). It is named from an ancient town in Patiala, now in ruins.