1 Sympathy shown by
2 British statesmen
3 in the Sikh national
4 movement.
5 Improvements in
6 Delhi,
7 The religious dis
8 of 1886 in Delhi, nuke
9 632 " HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
10 sixty thousand rupees in aid of the Khdlsdé College scheme, and the officials
11 under him made large donations besides, The grant made by the Mahardjd,
12 is in the highest degree liberal, and proves, beyond doubt, the deep interest
13 His Highness, as the natural leader of the Sikh community, takes in the
14 welfare of his countrymen. On Friday, 26th December, 1890, the Mahardj4
15 of Nabhda received a deputation of the Khdlsé College Committee, which
16 had waited upon him at his request, and His Highness was pleased to
17 make the magnificent donation of one lakh and eleven thousand rupees
18 to the Khdlsé College Fund, with the promise of an additional gift if
19 a further appeal to him should be necessary. Additional subscriptions were
20 also received, and the amount now subscribed by His Highness the Mahardjé
21 and State officials has reached the handsome figure of two lakhs and eighty
22 thousand rupees. It is hoped that other Sikh chiefs of the Panjab will follow
23 the noble example set by the enlightened chiefs of Patidlé and Nabhd,
24 by joining hands with them in the advancement of a scheme fraught with
25 the greatest educational advantages for the Sikh nation, and that not only
26 they, but every true disciple of the Guru, will consider it his paramount
27 duty to assist the laudable movement with all his heart. Lord Lansdowne,
28 Sir Frederick Roberts and Sir James Lyall have each shown their sympathy
29 with the movement by subscribing sums of money in aid of it. The scheme
30 has been launched, and we trust to hear that the initiation taken by the
31 liberal-minded chiefs of Patidélé and Nabhd, will be followed by other Sikh
32 princes and people, with a generosity worthy their own name as well as of
33 the noble examples before them,*
34 The residents of Delhi, through their Municipal Corporation, availed
35 themselves of the honour of the presence in their midst, on 17th November,
36 1890, of His Excellency the Marquess of Lansdowne, to present an address
37 of welcome to His Excellency on the occasion of his visit to their historical
38 and ancient city. After alluding to the position which their city enjoyed
39 under the ancient dynasties, as the capital of India and the seat of learning
40 and science, and adverting to the fact that, though no longer the seat of
41 Government, it was still the commercial capital of northern India, the
42 memorialists stated that they considered the Viceregal visit the more welcome
43 and memorable, in that it afforded them the opportunity of expressing their
44 sense of the remarkable advance in trade, in the arts and sciences, in schemes
45 for the material development and prosperity of the country, in plans for the
46 improved sanitation and the ‘like, which had been so intimately associated
47 with the period of His Excellency’s rule in this country. The Municipality
48 of Delhi had succeeded in laying down a tramway which -would greatly
49 improve the sanitary condition of the city, and was busy in carrying out a
50 most important water-works scheme, which, by supplying the citizens with
51 fresh and wholesome water, would, it was believed, remove one of the worst
52 evils from. which the city had for a long time suffered, and thus contribute
53 materially to the health and strength of the inhabitants. —
54 Among the tokens of material progress were instanced the foundries,
55 the cotton presses, the flour mills and the factories for spinning and weaving
56 cotton which have been lately established, and the Delhi-Ambdla-Kalka
57 Railway, now on the point of completion.
58 In conclusion, the Corporation referred to the unfortunate disputes which
59 arose in 1886, between the followers of different religions, and rejoiced that
60 they had totally disappeared. i
61 * Since the above was written the Raja of J hind has subscribed Rs, 81,000, and the Rajd of
62 Sri SatyUbley ROVE, SBG HG Sal ARR at oa, the Poa LHe GRURER TAR inte oflcers. of