It is an important timber depot, the timber from the Kashmir
forests which is floated down the river being collected here. A good deal of
boat-building is carried on. The cantonment, which is 3 miles from the civil
station, contains the church and post office. The normal strength of the
garrison is one Native cavalry and four Native infantry regiments. The
municipality was founded 1867. During the ten years ending 1902–3 the receipts
averaged Rs. 32,100, and the expenditure Rs, 31,900. Receipts and expenditure
from cantonment funds in the same period averaged Rs. 31,900 and Rs. 6,100
respectively. The chief income of the municipality in 1903-4 was Rs.34,200
chiefly from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 41,000. The town has two Anglo
vernacular schools, a municipal high school, and a middle school maintained by
the American Presbyterian Mission. Besides the civil hospital, the mission also
maintains a hospital."
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 35 British soldiers
of HM XXIV regiment were killed by the local resistance. A lectern inside St.
John's Church Jhelum the church shows the names of the soldiers. St. John's Church is located in Jhelum
Cantonment beside the river Jhelum. It was built in 1860 and is a landmark of
the city. It is a Protestant church and was in use during the British period.
For forty years it remained closed. Now it has been renovated and re-opened
