HP GK Details Of Hamirpur In English
HAMIRPUR
- Geography location
- Rivers
- Passses
- Mountains
- Culture
- Arts
- Demographics
- Fairs and festivals
- Temples
- Miscellaneous facts
- History
Geography Location
- Latitude 31.25° N,to 31.58N
- Longitude 76.18° E to 76 .44
- Located in western part of himachal
- Borders
- North –kangra
- South –bilaspur
- East –mandi
- West –una
Demographics
- Area -1118 sq.km
- Sex ratio-1095
- Literacy -88.15%
- Population density -407
Administrative Setup
- Name of the Organizational Unit Detail of the Organizational Unit
- Sub Divisions 5 [Hamirpur, Barsar, Nadaun, Bhoranj, Sujanpur]
- Tehsils : 8 [Hamirpur, Barsar, Nadaun, Bhoranj, Sujanpur, Bamson at Tauni Devi Dhatwal at Bijhari, Galore]
- Sub-Tehsils : 2 [Kangoo and Bhota]
- Parliamentary Constituency :1 [3 – Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency]
- Assembly Constituencies : 5 [36-Bhoranj (SC), 37-Sujanpur, 38-Hamirpur, 39- Barsar, 40-Nadaun]
- Zila Parishad : 1 [Hamirpur]
- Panchayat Samities : 6 [Hamirpur, Nadaun, Bhoranj, Sujanpur, Bamson, Bijhari]
- Nagar Parishad (Municipal Council) : 2 [Hamirpur, Sujanpur]
- Nagar Panchayats (Notified Area Committee) : 2 [Nadaun, Bhota]
Temples
- Shri Siddh Baba Balak Nath
- Temple, Deotsidh,
- Range in Sivalik Hills.
- Gasoteshwar Mahadev Temple
- Pandavas at Gasota
Mountain ranges
- Three
- Solahsinghi –longest one
- Jakh dhar –enter from nadaun
- Kali dhar
- Chabutra dhar –driest area
Miscellaneous
- Pakkabharo –hpssb
- Bhoranj –dhungari
- Pakapadoh –information broadcasting
- Taal –sheep breeding farm
- Milk chilling plant -1978-jalari
History of una
- Formally a part of the erstwhile Kangra State
- Present Una district which is otherwise popularly known as Jaswan Dun
- Ruled by the Katoch family of Kangra.
- In 1170, founded by en PURAB CHAND.
- Jaswan was the first off shoot from the parent stem(kangra).
- Unsettled times following on the Muhammadan invasions.
- From Purab Chand to Ummed Singh 27 Rajas in all ruled the Jaswan State.
- With the acquisition of Kangra Fort, on the expulsion of the Gurkhas in 1809, JASWAN STATE became subject to Ranjit Singh
- 1815 it was annexed to the Sikh Kingdom.
- It was in the autumn of that year Maharaja Ranjit Singh summoned all his forces, personal and tributary, to assemble at SIALKOT,
The history of Hamirpur is closely associated with the Katoch dynasty
- Ruled the area between the Ravi and Satluj rivers in the olden days.
- Evident from the “Puranas” and Panini‟s “Ashtadhyai” that during the Mahabharta period
- Hamirpur was a part of the old Jallandhar-Trigarta empire.
- Panini referred to the people of this kingdom as great warriors and fighters.
- The rulers of Gupta dynasty had set up their sovereignty over this part of the land. At the time of Hamir Chand, a Katoch ruler, the area was under the control of „Ranas There was no time when these feudal chiefs were not in quarrel against each other.
- It was only the Katoch dynasty which put these Ranas under its control, to ensure an orderly society.
- The Katoch dynasty became predominant during the period of Hamir Chand who ruled from 1700 A.D. to 1740 A.D.
Establishment of hamirpur
The Katoch dynasty became predominant during the period of Hamir Chand
Who ruled from 1700 A.D. to 1740 A.D.
It was this ruler who built the fort at Hamirpur
The present town of Hamirpur derives its name from this ruler
- Establishment of Sujanpur tihra
- In 1748, King Abhay Chand of Kangra built forts and palaces on the hills of Sujanpur, which became famous as tihra
- Sujanpur city was founded by Ghamand Chand and he built Chamunda Devi Temple in 1761
- Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra made Sujanpur Tihra the capital and built the Gauri Shankar Temple in 1793 and the Nurbadeshwar Temple in 1823 and started braj holi festival
- William moorcraft and George trivek visited in 1820
- Only sainik school of himachal located here and largest playground
Nadaun city
- Situated on the bank of river beas
- In 1687, the king of Gurugobind and Bhimchand Bilaspur defeated the mughals at this place
- Sansar chand made amtar as summer capital near nadaun
- He attached Mandi state and made Raja Ishwari Sen a prisoner for 12 years at Nadaun.
- He also obliged the Suket ruler to pay an annual tribute and annexed parts of Bilaspur state on the right bank of Satluj.
- Becoming alarmed by the advancement of Sansar Chand,
- All the Hills Chiefs joined hands and invited the Gurkhas to stop the uncontrolled might of Katoch ruler.
- Become tehsil headquarter in 1846
Mahalmoriyan war
- The combined armies fought against Sansar Chand’s army at Mahal Morian in Hamirpur.
- Raja Sansar Chand’s army gave a crushing defeat to the combined forces and compelled them to retreat on the left banks of river Satluj.
- By that time, Raja Sansar Chand, on the advice of his General Ghulam Mohammed tried to effect the economy in the army by replacing the existing ones with Rohillas.
- On hearing about the weakness of Katoch‟s army, the combined forces again attacked the forces of Kangra at Mahal Morian in the second battle and forced a crushing defeat in 1806 A.D.
- Raja Sansar Chand along with family took shelter in the Kangra fort.
- The Gurkhas sieged the Kangra fort and ruthlessly looted the area between the fort of Kangra and Mahal Morian and virtually destroyed the villages.
Ishwari Sen was liberated by the Gurkhas from Nadaun jail.
- The siege of the fort continued for three years.
- Raja Ranjit Singh on the request of Sansar Chand, waged war against the Gurkhas and defeated them in 1809 A.D.
- But Sansar Chand had to pay a heavy price whereby he had to lose Kangra fort and 66 villages to the Sikhs.
- The Sikhs maintained their sovereignty over Kangra and Hamirpur till 1846 when they were defeated by the British Army in the first Anglo-Sikh war.
- Ever since, the supremacy of the British continued in the area which became a part of the British Empire.
- Sansar Chand died as a most disillusioned man.
- His successor (grandson) Raja Pramodh Chand in alliance with the Sikhs and other rulers tried vainly to dislodge the British.
- Hamirpur remained a part of the Punjab province until 1st November 1966,
- As a result of the re-arrangement of the districts in the merged areas on 1st September 1972,
- Hamirpur was created as a separate district with two tehsils of Hamirpur and Barsa
