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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 374.

374 GUJRAT TOWN was the scene of the final struggle between the Sikhs and the British, when Lord Gough's victory over Sher Singh on February 22, 1849, finally broke the Sikh power. In the middle of the town is the old fort, built, together with the bath-house, by Akbar. The shrine of Shah Daula, to the north of the town, is famous throughout and beyond the' Province. It is the home of a number of human monstrosities with narrow heads and weak intellects, known as Shah Daula's rats. They are brought from great distances, and it has been supposed that parents sometimes compress the heads of their infants in order to fit them for this asylum. The municipality was created in x867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 31,goo, and the expenditure Rs. 31,6oo. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 36,roo, derived chiefly from octroi and school fees; and the expenditure was Rs. 36,5oo. The town is the trading centre of the District, and collects all the surplus agricultural produce, in return for which European goods, raw iron, &c., are sold to the villagers. There is also a considerable traffic in dried fruits from Kashmir. European furniture is made on a large scale, and the art of damascening iron with gold is practised. A good deal of cotton cloth is woven, including imitations of English checks and tweeds, but the old industry of shawl-weaving is practically extinct. Boots and shoes are made and supplied to many native regiments, and the Gujrat brass vessels have some reputation. The town has a civil hospital and two Anglo-vernacular high schools, one maintained by the munici- pality but managed by the Educational department since 1904, the other by the Scottish Mission, which has a station here. The town also possesses the Dow Memorial Hospital for women, maintained by the mission. Gula.-Sub-lahsil of the Kaithal lahsil of Karnal District, Punjab. It has an area of 455 square miles, and contains 204 villages. The head-quarters are at the village of Gula. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 1•2 lakhs. Gulaothi.-Town in the District and ldhsil of Bulandshahr, United Provinces, situated in 28° 35′ N. and 77° 48′ E., 12 miles north o Bulandshahr town on the - Meerut road. Population (1901), 7) 208. The town is said to have been founded by Mewatis or by Gahlot Raj- puts. It is chiefly inhabited by Saiyids and Banias. A prominent Saiyid, named Mihrban All, who died a few years ago, did much t improve the town and its approaches. He built several houses, metalle the road to- the Kali Nadi, and built a bridge across it at a cos of Rs. 30,ooo, and also constructed a large mosque and establishe a school for teaching Arabic and Persian. The American Methodis Mission has a branch here. Gulaothi is administered under Act X . Of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,8oo. It has, a considerabl ÎG