HP GK Details Of BILASPUR In English

 

HP GK Details Of BILASPUR In English

BILASPUR 

History of BILASPUR 

Geography 
Rivers
Passses
Mountains 
Culture 
Arts 
Demographics 
Fairs and festivals 
Temples

HISTORY 

• Establishment of kahlur 
• Bilaspur past present gazetteer and ganesh singh 
• Book chandravansh vilas and shashivansh vinod confirm – foundation of kahlur
• Founded by birchand -697AD 
• Hutinchon and vogel –birchand bilaspur -900 
• Sashivansh vinod –hira chand 
• Birchand –bundelkhand –chandela dynasty 
• Harihar chand -5sons 
• Crossed satluj –defeated ruhand thakurs-established kotkehlur fort 
• Built naina devi temple 

Kahal chand –

• son ajay chand – hindur 

Megh chand –

• people forced to leave –took refuge in kullu –regain – illtutmish

Abhisand chand 

• Contemprory of sikander lodhi 
• defeated tatar khan 

Sampurn chand 

• Killed by his brother ratan chand 
• Gyanchand 
• Come unader mughals influence 
• Contemprory king of akbar 
• Gyanchand come to Islam under influence of mughal viceroy of sirhind 
• Tomb in kiratpur 
• Three sons –ram – bhima –islam 
• Bikchand adopted –hinduism

Bikchand 

• Changed capital to Sunhani 1600AD

Kalyan Chand 

• Built fort on border of princely state hindur 
• Led to war on which king of hindur died 

Deep chand 

• Shifted capital to beaspur near vyas gufa -1654 
• Bilaspur founded -1654-deepchand 
•  Dholra mahal 
• Greeting system rana-ram ram ,mian-jai jai 
• Killed by raja of kangra in nadaun –poison 

Bhimchand 

•  Mutual war between gurugobund singh -20years –battle bhagnani 
• Gurugobind visited -1682 
• Defeated -1686 by gurugobind singh 
• Peace treaty -1701 
• Defeated mughals in nadaun in 1667

Ajmer chand –

• Built Ajmergarh fort –handur 

Devi chand 

• After death of man chand of hindur his son gajsingh hinduria –on throne 
• Devisingh did not attain a throne 
• Devichand was contemprory of nader shah 
• Devichand gave ramgarh fort to raja vijay singh hindur 
• Taken captive nader shah 

Mahan chand 

• Longest duration –minor age 
• Ramu wazir control adminsitration 
• Death of ramu wazir -1783
• 1790-12 thakurais gain independence 
• Sansar chand chaitipur fort –jhanjhair dhar 
• Mahan chand –gorkhas –defeated sansarchand 
• 1803-1815 –gorkhas –ratanpur dhar –britshers forced to leave gorkhas 
• Desa majitha invaded bilaspur  sansaru wazir fired from his job

Kharak chand 

• Black era -Kharakchand died childless 
• Bishon singh –wazir after sansaru wazir 
• Russeell clarke –political agent to amritsar  

• Mian jangi was entrusted with work 
• Jagat singh uncle of kharak chand –king 
• After death of his son narpat chand –throne handed to grandson hira chand 
• Went to vrindavan where died 

Hira chand 

•  Assisted british -1857
• Golden era 
• Mian bhngi purangania –wazir 
• Swarghat and jagatkhana tanks 
• Land revenue reforms 
• Died at maholi -1882 
• Some part of land as cash and some as produce 
• Land tax as third yield

Amarchand 

• Jugga movement 
• Keep records in devnagari script 
•  Dumh movement 
• Nalwari fair started during his tenure 

Vijaychand 

• Built rangmahal bilaspur 
• Vijay water supply bilaspur 
• First judicial stamp 
• Bahadurpur summer capital 
• Amarsingh as wazir 
• Supported british 
• Administer his state as british model –did not get support 
• Deported to banaras 
•  Honory degrees to kings by british by first world war 
• Mian durga wazir -1909-1918 
• Indrasingh and hardayal wazir

Geography 

• Southwest 
• Latitude -31 degree 12 to 31 degree 35N 
• Longitude -76 degree 25 to 76 degree 55E 

Borders 

• North –Hamirpur and Mandi 
• South –Solan 
• West –Punjab 
• East –Mandi 
• Una –Northwest 

Rivers 

Satluj -

• Enters bilaspur from kasol
• Leaves neila and  enters punjab 
• Ali ,Gambhar ,Seer khad –major tributaries 

Seer khad –

• largest tributary satluj –enters bilaspur from hatwar and joins satluj near Seri

Sukar khad –

• found near balghar in seer khad 

Gambhar khad –

• leaves shimla and enters bilaspur from neri and satluj near dangran   

Ali khad –

• leaves from Arki of Solan 
• Enters bilaspur from kothi harar 
• Ali khad joins satluj near Beri ghat

Tank /toba 

•  Locally tank is called toba 
• Jagatkhana and swarghat –Raja heera Chand -1874 
• Swarghat –Raja Heerachand -1874 
• Sangwana –built by Raja bijaichand 
• Tank kasol ,Tank Jamthal,Tank Nainadevi are located in Bilaspur 

Water heat /Springs

• Bassi and Dadrana 

Lake – 

•  Govindsagar –largest lake 
• Formed from water satluj river 
• Bhakra dam –river Satluj –Pt jawaharlal-1955-dam 1963

Valleys –

Major valleys 

• Satluj valley 
• Chaunto valley 
• Davin valley 

Temples 

Naina devi temples 

• Located bilaspur 
• Built by bir chand chandel 

Gopalji 

• By Raja Anand Chand -1938 

Murali manohar 

• King abhay chand 

Devbhuti – 

•  Brahmpukhar by king Deepchand 

Baba balaknath –

• shahtalai –bilaspur 

Gugga –

• gugga bhater 

Lakhdata –

• pir piano 

Nahar temple –

• Dholra

Fairs and festivals 

Nalwari fair 

• Bilaspur 
• 1889 –Amar chand 
• By-Wgoldstein 
•  Lhunu ground 
• Animal fair 

Naina devi fair 

• Bilaspur 
• August 

Gugga fair 

•  Gehdvin 

Baishaki fair –

• Hatwar Gugga naumi 
• nagraon

Economy 

• Largest fish breeding farm -1962-deoli 
• Cement factory –barmana 
• Animal disease control room located –Swarghat 
• Bank of bilaspur -1944 
• First branch -1956
•  Animal breeding center –kothipur 
• Biroja factory –ragunathpura 
• Navodya school –barthi 
• Bilaspur bridge –salappar bridge -1960-64AD 
• Gamrola bridge –gaghas bridg

Dhar 

• Naina devi hill –naina devi ,kotkahlur and fatehpur fort situated on hill 
• Kotpahari /dhar –bachhretufort –kotdhar 
• Jhanjhiar dhar – seer khad -2parts ,guga gehdevi and goddess bhadoli 
• Tiun dhar –tiun fort ,peer bhyanutemple,siun fort and naurangarh fort 
• Bandala dhar -17km long 
• Ratanpur dhar –treaty of sagauli 
• Baharandur dhar-highest place -1980m –bahadur fort –king bijai chand 

Demography 

• Areas -1167Ad 
• Population density -327 
• Sex ratio-981 
• Literacy rate -84

Administrative setup

• Sub Division-4(.Bilaspur ,Ghumarwin,Jhandutta,Shri Naina Devi Ji) 
• Tehsil/Sub Tehsil-4+3 (Bilaspur,Ghumarwin,Jhandutta,Swarghat a
• Subtehsils- Sri Naina Bharari,Namhol,Kalol) 
• Assembly constituency -  1  (Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency) 
• Vidhan sabha seats - 4.(Jhanduta,Ghumarwin,Bilaspur,Sri Naina Deviji)