History
The Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled over a century ago during British rule, describes the tehsil as follows:
"Eastern tahsīl of Jhelum District, Punjab, lying between 32° 39′ and 33° 15′ N. and 73° 9′ and 73° 48′ E, with an a of 888 square miles. It is bounded,, the east and southeast by the Jhelum river, which divides it from Kashmir and Gujrāt District. The population in 1901, was 170,978, compared with 177,046 in 1891. The head-quarters are at the town of Jhelum (population, 14,951). It also contains 433 villages.
The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2.7 lakhs. The tahsīl is traversed from south-west to north-east by two spurs of the Salt Range, the more easterly of which culminates in the peak of Tilla. Between this and the Jhelum river is an almost level alluvial plain of great fertility; while between the two spurs the country is seemed with ravines The fort of Rohtas is of historical interest."
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