HP GK Details Of Kinnaur In English
Kinnaur
- Geography location
- Rivers
- Passses
- Mountains
- Culture
- Arts
- Demographics
- Fairs and festivals
- Temples
- Miscellaneous facts
- History of Kinnaur
Geography
- Location
- Latitude - 31.6510° N,
- Longitude -78.4752° E
- Major Rivers-Satluj
- Vedic name –shatdru
- Emerge from Rakas tal ,near mansarovar lake
- Enters shipkila pass to kinnaur first
- From kinnaur its enter shimla from chaura
- Divide satluj river in kinnaur into two parts
- In Tibet satluj is known by jungati and muksung
- Ropa meets satluj near shiyashu
- Kasang ,tainti,yula ,mulgan ,spitiand baspa are
- the tributaries of satluj in kinnaur
Demographics
- Area -6401 sq.km
- Sex ratio -819
- Block division -3
- Literacy -80.0%
- Population density -13
- Three administrative areas – pooh kalpa, and nichar
Books
- Kinner desh –rahul sanskrityan
- Kinner in the himalayan –S.C vajpayee
- Kinner lok sahitya –vanshiram sharma
- The music of kinnaur –E.A Chauhan
Borders Distt
- North –lahaul spiti
- South –uttrakhand
- West –kullu
- East-tibet
- North west –lahaul spiti
- South west –shimla
Lakes
- Nako lake
- Kinnaur
- Footprint like impressionas prescribed by padamsambhava
- Also known as playground for iceskating
Sorang Lake –
- Located in Nichar tehsil
Passes
- Shinka pass –kinnaur gharwal -4575 m Burua pass –kinnaur gharwal -4578 m Rupin ghati –kinnaur gharwal -4625 m Nalgaon pass –kinnaur gharwal -5030m
- Kamilaga pass-kinnaur gharwal-5151 m Lamkhanga pass-kinnaur gharwal -5284m Chalang pass –kinnaur gharwal-5266m Borsa pass-kinnaur gharwal -5360m
Valleys –
- Sangla valley – Located on left bank of baspa river and
- extends from confluence of baspa with satluj river
- Chitkul is the highest village in this area
- Bhojpatra is distinctively found in sangla and its bark used for writing
- Hangrang valley
- Riyo prygil is famous attraction in this valley
- Situated on spiti river and meet satluj at khaab village
- Rupa valley - Centre for sherdukpen people occupy this area
- TidongValley –formed Tidong river
- Bhabha valley - Centre for sherdukpen people occupy this area
Poo
- Called Spuwa
- Small Town In Kinnaur
- A.H Frannke arrived in july 1910, Language wasTibetan
- Shakyamuni –ancient temple, prebudhist Deity Dabla
Mountain ranges
- Raldang -5499m
- Gushu -5607
- Pishu-5671
- Phwarang -6349
- Jorkaden -6473m
- Kinner kailash -6500m
- Shipki-6608 m
- Riwo phargyul -6791m , known as Leo Pargial and Leo Pargil
- southern end of the Zanskar Range in the Western Himalaya.
- the border between Himachal Pradesh, India and Tibet
- Shilla -7025 m Shilla is highest peak of himachal
Temples
- Mindal devi temple
- Located in devikothi
- Built by raja umed singh in 1754 AD
- Jangi monastery
- Located in recang peo
- Constructed in 10-11 century
- Lippa monastery
- Taiti
- Founded by lama devarama
- Has three temples
Art &Culture
Folk dances
- Namagen
- Celebrate the autumnal in month of sept
- Dancers themselves sing and musicians play instruments
- Drums play important role
- Kayang
- Men and women perform in circle
- Naga kayang –copies movement of snake
- Herki kayang –faster in tempo and romantic song
- Shuna kayang –combination of both slow and fast movements
- Bakayang –mostly performed by women
- Bangyanchu –performed by men
- Jatru and japru dance –both by women and men at fairs and festivals
Food
- Wheat –rejat,jod,tho,and auja
- Barley –tag ,cha,chak, nan
- Maize –chaha
- Kaoni –satled barfi
- Breakfast –khaao
- Lunch –shil
- Dinner-khaao
- Liquor –chaang and ghaati from barley
Dress
- Chammu –kurti for men
- Thepang –himachali cap
- Chaanli –shawl
Fairs and festivals
- Phulech festival
- Known as festival of flowers
- Festival starts with animal sacrifices
- Mainly celebrated to owner dead relatives
- pray for peace of soul
- Whole villagers gather at hilltop
- and look for beautiful ladra flower
Miscellaneous
Economy
- Navodya school –recangpeo
- First primary school -1890-chinni tehsil
- Second primary school- 1899-pooh
- Sheep breeding farm –karcham
- Water projects
- Sanjay vidyut –bhabha –underground
- Baspa project
- Nathpa jhakri
Famous places
- Chinni -1895 kinnaur headquarter
- Favorite place of lord dalhousie
- Made H-T road
- Kalpa –head quarter of kinnaur before recangpeo
- Chitkul –last village of baspa valley
Ancient history
- Part of the ancient princely state of Bushehr
- The primitive caste - originated from Devik Leela
- Kinnar caste is described in the book Amarkosh
- Kinnaur people were called Ashwamukhi in the Hindu religion
- Tibetean called kinnaur people as khunu
- In ancient times the residents of Kinnaur were called khas
- Pandvas spent 12 years of exile in kinnaur
Establishment of princely state-
- Chandravanshi King Pradyuman of Benares -The capital of Bushehr
- By establishing the capital at Kamru History
Medieval history.
- One of the three powers of the Shimla Hills States
- along with the Bushahr princely state of Bilaspur and Sirmaur
- Raja chattar singh was one tenth ruler of bushahar
- Chattar singh shifted his capital from kamru to sarahan
- Raja chattar singh ‘s son kehri singh was great ruler and called as Ajanabahu and Mughal emperor Aurangjeb gave him Chatrapati title
- Raja kehri supported tibeteans in tibetean ladakhi war against Mughals and tibeteans presented hangrang valley and started business with borders
Modern history
- The Gorkhas captured the invasion of the Bushehr
- princely state from 1803 to 1815
- King Mahendar made his camp on Kamru
- Wazir Tikka Ram and Badri Prasad lead against Gorkhas
- Break bridge of wangtu to stop the war of gorkhas Raja Ram Singh -Changed the capital from Sarahan to Rampur And laid the foundation of Rampur
- 1857 revolt- Raja Shamsher Singh -did not assist the British in the Revolt of 1857 was complained of by William Hay, DC of Shimla
Raja shamsher singh
- In 1859AD -a rebellion -state of Bushehr in protest of Raja Shamsher Singh's Wazir Munshilal in 1854AD
- In 1887AD, Raja Shamsher Singh was forced to leave the throne in favor of his son Tikka Raghunath Singh
- Tikka Raghunath Singh -foundation of the Chini Tehsil in 1895AD
Raja padam singh -
- Considered king by the British in 1914 and he was the last ruler
- In 1948 AD bushahar merge with himachal
- The present Kinnaur district is known as Chini Tehsil of Mahasu district in 1960
- On 21 April 1960, the Chinese Tehsil separated from Mahasu and became the Sixth District of Himachal, called Kinnaur
