HP GK Mughal Period 1526-1857AD Of Himachal
Babur
- Established his post Malout near kangra in 1525 AD
- 1526-Battle of panipat and established mughal dynasty
Akbar –
- To capture Sikander Shah in 1556AD as king bhaktmal of Nurpur-friendship with sikander shah
- Akbar kept his kings or relatives as hostages in court to accept their subjgation
- Akbar took King jaichand of kangar hostage
- Bidhchand rebelled against Akbar in collaboration with Takhmal of nurpur
- Akbar sent birbal along with hussain quli khan
- Akbar appointed Todarmal in 1572-royal zamindari-66villages and rihlu ,chamba
- After death of jaichand _son bidhichand become King-kept trilokchand as hostage in akbar
- Pratap varman chamba-contemprory of akbar
- Dharam prakash of sirmaur –contemprory of akbar
Jahangir
- Throne -1605
- Trilokchand sat on throne
- Jahagir sent raja Surajmal and Shaikh farid Murtaza khan in Nurpur –to kangra in 1615
- Jahagir sent army for kangra victory under leadership of Surajmal
- And shah quli Khan .
- Surajmal Rebelled against mughals
- Jahagir sent raja rai vikramjeet and abdul aziz to pressurize
- Surajmal refuge in maankot and taragarh fort
- King Pratap varman –suggested surajmal surrender
- Kangra fort -1620
- In conquering kangra fort –king surajmal younger brother –jagat singh helped mughals
Under the leadership of Nawab ali khan –captured kangra fort –till 1783
- Came to dhameri -1622
- Noorjahan name as nurpur
- Door of Kangra Fort –jahagiri Darwaja and mosque
- Battle oF dhalog –king Jannardhan and jagat Singh of Chamba
- Chamba was under jagat singh from 1623 to 2decades
- Sirmaur budha prakash was contemprory of jahagir
Shahjahan
- Nawab asadullah khan and Koch quli Khan –Mughal Fortress of kangra fort
- Koch Quli khan -17 years
- Buried near banganga river.
- Kingh Madhanta prakash – Sirmaur of shahjahan –Helped in garhwal
AurangZeb and hill states
- Chamba- chattar singh
- In 1678 –ordered demolish of all temples of chamba
- But chattar singh ordered to decorate temples
- Together with kings of Guler,jammu,Basauli –formed association and defeated mughal viceroy mirza riyaz baig of punjab
- Bushahar – kehri singh
- Title to chattarpati
Sirmaur –
- Subhag prakash / budha prakash /Medni prakash
- Sirmaur –soverignity over Mughal period
- Subhag parakash –assist jagat singh’s son rajrup
- Presented various gifts
- Budha prakash and medini prakash was also awarded
Hill states in northern mughals
- Nadir shah
- Decline of mughal Era
- Invaded india 1739
- Adina baig 1745
- Become the governor of punjab
- Defeated rulers of guler –dalip singh
- Ajit singh of bajwa
- Devdutt of nurpur
- Yadupal of Kutlehr
- Mandi accepted his subordination
Ahmedshah abdali and ghamand chand –
- Attacked 10 times between 1748 and 1788
- Ghamand chand took the advantage of his opportunity to capture areas of kangra and doab in 1752
- Kangra fort was still under Mughals
- Saif ali khan was last fortress of fort
- Made ghamand chand –nizam of jallandhar doab –satlej to ravi
Mughal impact Influence of architecture
- Before mughals – pahari
- After – mughal architecture
- Pillers and tek in mughals building in fort of nurpur
- Embossed panel on kardar kothi in chamba Impact on painting Mughals paintings supporters
- Raja raj singh
- Umed singh
- ghamad chand
- Devichand of bilaspur Impact on costume Wear clotthes of mughal Language –urdu as court language
