HISTORY
Kangra ancient History
- A famous as trigarta – whose establishment considered before mahabharat
- Founded by Bhumi chand – whose capital is multan
- 234th king of this dynasty susharma made him capital as fort of kangra
- Trigarta means – spread between three rivers –ravi , beas, satluj
- Jallandhar derived from –demon name jallandhar according to padampuran and cunningham
- Capital –Nagarkot , bhimkot , Susharmapur
- Utbi court poet named bhimnagar in its book
- Farishta named Bhimkot
- Alberuni named nagarkot
Description in his books
- The name trigarta is found in mahabharata , Puranas , rajatarangini
- Ashtydhyaayi of panini
- Trigarta –Ayudhjivi sangh
- Mahabharat – susharma took side of Kaurvas – attacked king virat Of matsya country
- Kangra means – garh Of the ear Lord shiva killed demon Jallandhar which his ears fell – time was called Kangra
- European travellers
- Thomas Coryat -1615
- Thevnot 1666Ad
- Foster in 1783
- William morecraft -1832 travelled Kangra
- According to Rajtarangini in 470 Ad ,
- Superior Army in520Ad The pravar Sena Invaded And Conquered trigarta
- In 635 – king prithviChand Of Kangra Fought aginst Shankaravarman Of kashmir
History-
- Hriday chandra
- Married his daughter Lakshana with king Lakshman chandra of keergram
- Inscription of baijnath which is in Sharda Script is inscribed by Shaka Samvat 1126
- Tughlaq dyansty in Kangra
- Prithvi Chand – 1337- Mohd Bin Tughlaq
- Rupchand – 1365 – Feroz Shah Tughlaq
- Rupchand –found in Manikchand play Dharam chandra Natak
- Took 1300 books –converted into persian Script -1562
- Book – Dalil-e- Firozshahi by khalidkhani
- Nasiruddin fled in 1389Ad –refuge in Nagarkot Hills when King of Sagarchand in1375 AD
- King Rupchand Invaded Delhi in 1360 AD
- Taimur lang
- In 1398 – meghchand ruler of kangra
- Looted hills of shivalik
- 1399 dhameri looted by taimur lang in return
- Taimur lang was helped by King Alamchand of Handur
History
- Harichand I and KaramChand
- Went to hadsar for huntingwhere they fell into well separated from their soldiers and did not meet several days
- Considered dead and his brother karamchamd was made king
- Harichand got news of his brother becoming king
- Established guler by building fort and capital haripur
- Guler gets priority in every Festival of kangra
- Sansar Chand –son of karamchand -1430AD
- Dharamchand
- Contemprory of shersuri and humayun
- During reign of dharamchand –Manikchand wrote a play called Dharamchand in which description of King Rupchand Of kangra and Sultan Ferozshah OF delhi was described
History
- Mughal Dynasty
- Dharamchand , Manikchand , Jaichand and Vidhichand were contemprory kings Of akbar
- King jaichand was imprisoned By Akbar with help Of Ramchand
- The king of Guler , King jayachand ‘s son vidhichand revolted against akbar in 1572
- Akbar sent HussainquliKhan to capture Kangra and gave it to king birbal
- According to tabaqat I Akbari , khan jahan captured Kangra Fort in 1572 but had to leave in due to Punjab invasion of hussain mirza and Masood mirza
- Akbar sent Todarmal to measure Mountaineous Region
- In 1589 – Vidhi chand rebelled against hill Kings
- Keep his son trilokchand as his hostage in mughal court
History
- Trilokchand –king of kangra -1605
- Same year jahagir also sat on throne
- Contemprory on jahagir
- Trilokchand and harichand II –
- kings of kangra –contemprory of jahagir
- Raja surajmal revolted at harichand ii and refuge chamba
- With help of jagat singh and rai rayan vikramjit – kangra fort captured by nawab ali Khan in 1620
- Nawab ali was the first fortress of kangra Fort
- Jahagir came to kangra with his wife nurjahan as sibba guler
- Built mosque
- Went back via nurpur and pathankot
History
- Chanderbhan Singh
- Arrested by aurangzeb
- Mughals established separated place giving fiefdom as rajgir
- Vijayram chand
- Laid foundation of bijapur –made capital
- Alam chand – alampur -1697
- Hamir chand – built fort at hamirpur
- Nawab saif ali khan as last mughal fortress of kangra fort
- Capital – bijapur from 1660 to 1697
- Alampur from 1697 -1748
- Sujanpur – 1761-1824
- Kangra shifted dharamshala as capital in 1855 By britishers
Modern History of Kangra
- Abhay chand –established the fort tihra by thakurs and in 1748
- Ghamand chand –
- laid foundation of sujanpur city
- Ahmad shah durrani made jallandhar nowab
- Died in 1774
- Sansar Chand II-Jassa singh ramghariya –
- First sikh to invade hills of Kangra , chamba , Nurpur
- Defeated by jai singh Kanhiya in 1775
- Called jai singh kanhaiya to capture kangra fort in 1781
- After death saifAli Khan , jai singh kanhiya captured kangra fort in 1783
- He handed over Kangra Fort To sansar chand In 1787 – took Plains in return
History
- Sansar chand invasion-
- Defeated king of Chamba at nerti shahpur for the sake of Rihalu
- Imprisoned king ishwarisen of mandi in nadaun for 12years – rescued by Amar singh Thapa
- Sansar chand invaded bilaspur in 1794
- Mahan chand invited gorkhas to attack on sansar chand
- During sansar chand George forester , William moorecraft and George Treeback came to Kangra
- Sansar fell in love with nokhu gaddan , Fall of sansar chand
- Amarsingh thapa – sansar chand war – mahamoriyan
- Took refuge in kangra fort
- Sansar chand with naurang wazir left kangra fort and signed jawalamukhi treaty with Ranjit singh
- Ranjit singh defeeted gorkhas
- Mharaja ranjit singh made desa singh majithia the nizam
- Anirudh sat on throne –paying one lakh to ranjit singh
Anirudh chand
- Maharaja ranjit singh asked Anirudh chand for hand of one of his sister for heera singh , Son of his prime minister RajaDhyan Singh
- Anirudh chand postponed his sisters to king Tehri Garhwal
- Anirudh chand himself reached adinanagar with british
- Fateh chand uncle of Anirudh Chand , married his grand daughter Hira singh , son of ranjit singh
- Jodhveer Chand . Son oF sansar chand mistress married his two sisters to Ranjit singh
- In 1833 after the death of anirudh chand , ranjit singh jettisioned his sons in Mahamoriyo
- 1846 kangra came under full British domination
- Anirudh chand , ranbir chand , pramod chand , pratap chand became kings of kangra
- Raja jaichand – mayor in britsih army -1888
- Dhruvdevchand last king
History
- After the death of king pramodchand in 1850-51
- Paratapchand the nobleman of lambagram –head of katoch dynasty
- King jayachand –title maharaja
- The british shifted head quarters of kangra – dharamshala
