The ancient Capital of Chamba state was
Brahampur (Bharmour).
Verman dynasty ruled Chamba state.
It is said that Maru Verman was the founder
of Chamba state in 550.
Aditya Verman, Bala Verman, Dowakar Verman,
Ajay Verman ,Suwaran Verman, Laxmi
Verman were the famous rulers of Chamba state during the period of 550-920
In 920 Sahil Verman shifted his capital
from Brahampur to Chamba and he laid the foundation of Chamba town.
Chamba has been named after the princess of
Chamba Champavati, who was the daughter of Sahil Verman.
Queen Naina Devi who was the wife of Sahil
Verman has sacrificed herself to please the gods.
Nathu was the famous Wazir of Raja Jeet
sing of chamba
Raja sansar chand of Kangra defeated raja
Raj Singh of chamba in 1974 in the war of Nerti near Shahpur.
Mr. Vigne was the first European who visited
Chamba in 1839.
Lord Mayo, governor general of India visited
Chamba on 13th Nov. 1871.
Viceory Lord Curzon and Lady Curzon visited
Chamba in the first week of September 1900
Bhuri singh ruled chamba from 1904 to 1919
and he founded bhuri singh Museum in 1908.
Katoch dynasty ruled Kangra.
The ancient name of Kangra was Trigarta.
Bhumi Chander Katoch was the first ruler of
Kangra who built Kangra fort.
Susharam Chander Katoch ofj trigarta took
part in Mahabharata war on behalf of Kauravas.
Mahamood Ghaznavi plundered Naharkot (Kangra)
in 1009.
Nagarkot was the old name of Kangra.
Raja Sansar chand Katoch ruled Kangra from
1775 to 1823.
Hieun tsng of China visited trigarta in 7th
Century.
Sher
shah Suri invaded Kangra in 1540.
Feroze Shah tughlaq invaded Kangra in 1365 and
he visited Jawalamukhi temple in 1365. He took a number of religious books form
Jwalamukhi along with him.
The old name of Nurpur was Dhameri, Nurpur
was named after the queen of Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
Jahangir and Nurjahan visited Kangra in
1622.
Raja Ghamand Chand of Kangra was appointed the governor of Jallandhar
and Doab by Ahmad Shah Durrani.
Raja Hari Chand established Guler State.
Hamir Chand was the founder of Hamirpur
State.
Nawab Saif Ali Khan was the last Muslim
Foundar of Kangra Fort.
Raja Ghamand Chand had built Sujanpur tira
fort.
Nurpur state was founded by Jhetpai.
Sikh general Jai Singh Kanaihya snatched Kangra Fort from
the Mughals in 1783.
Raja Sansar Chand invaded Kangra Fort in
1786.
Dada sibba state was founded by Siberan
Chand.
Dattar chand founded Dattarpur state.
Sansar Chand of Kangra handed over Kangra
fort to Maharaja- Ranjit Singh in 1809.
Desa Singh Majithai was appointed the first
governor or Nazim of Kangra hills by Maharaja Ranjit singh.
Raja Sansar chand had made his Capital at
Sujanpur.
Jallandhar was the ancient Capital of
Kangra and in 1170 this capital was shifted to Nagar Kot.
Kirgram was the ancient name of Baijnath.
Rabinder Namth tagore had spent a few months
at Dalhousie.
Lord Dalhousie founded Dalhousie town in
1852
Lord Elgin the viceroy of india had died on
20th Nov. 1863 and was buried
at Dharmshala Church. He was the only Lord who died and was buried in India.
Jaswan state was established by Purab
chand.
Roop chand of Kangra invaded Delhi in 1360.
A treaty was signed at Jwalamukhi in 1809
between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Raja
Sansar chand.
Sonitpur was the old name of Sarahan and
was the Capital of Banasur.
Anciently, Kinnaur was called Kamru and
Pardyuman was the first ruler of Kamru. It was the capital of Bushahar State.
Ancientgly, Jubbal was called deora.
Lord William Hay was appointed Deputy
Commissioner of Shimla and the agent for the the Hill States in 1857.
Rana durga Singh of baghat was the Chairman
of Solan Conference held on 26,27,28, January 1948.
In 1921
Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi
visited Shimla.
Lord Amherst was the first Viceroy to visit
Shimla in 1827.
Lord Lawrence visted Shimla in 1864 and
Shimla became the Summer Capital of british Empire.
Lord Dalhousie spent three summers at
Shimla in the year of 1849, 1850, 1851.
Bushism was introduced in Lahaul-Spiti
during 8th century.
Padmasambhan, a bushiest Missionary visited
Lahaul-Spiti form Tibet. He introduced Budhism
in Lahaul-Spiti.
Zorawar Singh who was a Sikh general, burnt down Buddhist Literature
and dismantled Buddhist monasteries in Lahaul-Spiti.
Ras bihari bose, a patriot had spent eight
months at Lahaul & Spiti in 1913.
Bir Chand was a chandel Rajput. Rajputs
migrated to Himachal form chanderi(bundle Khand). Bir Chand was the founder of
Bilaspur.
Anciently Nalagarh was called Hindur.
Guru Gobind Singh visited Bilaspur in 16t82
A. D. during the reign of Raja bhim chand.
Raja Sansar chand was defeated by gorkah
forces at Mehal Mori (Hamirpur) in 1805).
Kharak chand ruled Bilaspur form 1824 to
1839 . His period of reign has been counted the darkest chapter in the history
of Bilaspur..
The old Capital of Sirmaur was rajban, raja
Udit Prakash shifted his capital form Kalsi to Nahan.
Laxmi singh and Vaid surat singh were the leaders
of Pajhota Movement launched in Sirmaur in 1942.
Bihangmani
Pal was the founder of Kullu state and he made his capital at Naggar.
According
to Sir cunningham the ancient name of Kullu was Kuluta. In 1820 Moorcraft
visited Kulu,
Chinese traveler Hieun tsang named Kullu as Kiu-lu-ta.
Raja Jagar singh made his Capital at
Sultanpur in place of Naggar in 1660.
The founder of Mandi State was Ban Sen.
Ajbar Sen founded Mandi town in 1527.
Guru Gobind singh proclaimed this slogan
regarding Mandi – Mandi ko jab Lootenge Asmani gole Chhotenge.
Lord Mayo visited Mandi in Oct. 1871.
Raja Shamsher singh of Bushahar strongly
opposed the british during the great Mutiny of 1857.
British govt. hanged to death raja Pratap
singh of Kullu of taking part in revolt of 1857.
Mian Jawahar Singh was the founder of Gadar
Party at Mandi. Hirda Ram who was the active worker of Gadar Party was put to
death by the british govt.
Himachal Pradesh Came onto being on 15th
April 1948.
Mahatma Gandhi , Madan Mohan Malviya and
Lala Lajpat rai visited Shimla on 11th May, 1921.
Gandhi-irwin Pact was signed at Shimla on 5th
March 1931.
Subhash Chander bose stayed at Kieness bungalow
for five months in 1937.
Himalayan Hill States Regional council was
constituted in Jan 1946.
Amrit Kaur led the movement of Quit India
1942 at Shimla.
Bilaspur was the state which was not
willing to merge with indian Union in 1947.
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