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also mallein, tuberculin, and tetanus anti-toxin are prepared. Researches
are being conducted in the etiology of diseases affecting animals, such
as rinderpest, anthrax, surra, lymphangitis epizootica, and glanders;
and District board veterinary assistants from the United Provinces and
the Punjab are instructed in the use of various kinds of sera. The
annual expenditure is about Rs. 50,000.
Muktsar Tahsil (Muktesar).— Tahsil of Ferozepore District, Punjab,
lying between 30 0 9' and 30 0 54' N. and 74°4' and 74 0 52' E., with an
area of 935 square miles. It is bounded on the north-west by the
Sutlej, which divides it from Montgomery and Lahore Districts; on the
east by Farldkot; and on the south-east by Patiala. On the west is
a belt of alluvial land along the left bank of the Sutlej, irrigated by the
Grey Canals. The middle portion of the tahsil is a level plain with
a firm soil, while north and south the country is sandy. The central
and southern portions are irrigated by the Sirhind Canal. The population
in 1901 was 172,445, compared with 161,492 in 1891. The
head-quarters are at the town of MUKTSAR (population, 6,389). The
tahsil also contains 320 villages. The land revenue and cesses
in 1903-4 amounted to 2.7 lakhs.
Muktsar Town (Muktesar),—Head-quarters of the tahsil of the
same name in Ferozepore District, Punjab, situated in 30 0 28' N. and
74 0 31' E., on the Fazilka extension of the Rajputana-Malwa Railway.
Population (1901), 6,389. Muktsar is the largest town and principal
trade mart in the west of Ferozepore District. Apart from its commercial
importance, the town is chiefly noticeable for a great Sikh festival,
which takes place in January. It lasts for three days, and commemorates
a battle fought in 1705-6 by Guru Govind Singh against the
pursuing imperial forces. There is a large tank in which pilgrims
bathe, begun by the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and continued and completed
by the chiefs of Patiala, Jind, Nabha, and Faridkot. The
municipality was created in 1867. The income during the ten years
ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 6,100, and the expenditure Rs. 4,900. In
1903-4 the income was Rs. 6,800, chiefly from octroi ; and the expenditure
was Rs. 6,200. There is a Government dispensary.
Mukurti.—Peak in the Nilgiri District, Madras. See MAKURTI.
Mula.—River in Baluchistan, rising in the Harboi hills and having
a total length of 180 miles. As far as Kotra in Kachhi (28° 22' N.,
67 0 20' E.), it passes with a rapid fall through the Central Brahui range ;
in its lower reaches many flats lie along its course. The upper course
is known as the Soinda; a little lower it is called the Mishkbel, and
from Pashthakhan downwards it becomes the Mula. Its principal
affluents are the Malghawe, the Anjira or Pissibel, and the Ledav. The
Mula drains the whole of the north-east of the Jhalawan country and
also the south-west corner of Kachhi. Wherever possible, the small