IMPORTANT FACTS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH (very helpful for exams)

IMPORTANT FACTS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

(A)Founder of Himachal Princely State and their Founding year –

S. No.	State/ Princely states	Founder	Founding Year
1	Sibba state	Shivram Chandra	1450 AD
2	Dada Sibba	Sivaran Chandra	1550 AD
3	Guler State	Harichand	1405 AD
4	Mahalog Princely state	Veer Chand	–
5	Trigarta State	Susharma	13th century
6	Kuthar Princely state	Surat Chand	–
7	Modern Kullu	Ratanbhadra	–
8	Kunihar Princely state	Abojdev	1154 AD
9	Kahlur Princely state	Veerchandra Chandel	900 AD
10	Bhagat Princely state	Ajaydev	–
11	Nalagarh (Hondur) State	Ajaychand	1100 AD
12	Sirmaur Princely state	Subhansh Prakash	1195 AD
13	Chamba Princely state	Maruvarman	550 AD
14	Ratesh Princely state	Ramsingh	–
15	Jaswan state	Puravchand	1170 AD
16	Keonthal state	GiriSen	1211 AD
17	Sujanpur Princely state	Ghamand Chand	–
18	Ancient Kullu	Vihangam Manipal	–
19	Datarpur state	Datarchand	1550 AD
20	Saari state	Moolchand	–
21	Nurpur state	Jhetpaal	1000 AD
22	Jubbal state	KaranChand	–
23	Mandi Princely state	Baan Sen	1300 AD
24	Theog Princely state	Jaychand	1667 AD
25	Suket state	Veer Sen	1288 AD
26	Delath Princely state	Prithvi Singh	–
27	Balsan Princely state	Alok Singh	12th Century
28	Bhajji Princely state	Charu Raja	–
29	Kumar Sen Princely state	Kiratchand	11th Century
30	Darkoti Princely state	Durga Singh	–

(B)Historical City-

S.No.	City	Founder	Establishment year (AD)	District
1	Bilaspur	Deepchand	1654	Bilaspur
2	Hamirpur	Hamirchand	1700	Hamirpur
3	Sujanpur	Abhaychand	1748	Hamirpur
4	Dagshai	British	19th century	Solan
5	Supathu	British	1816	Solan
6	Kasauli	British	1841	Solan
7	Bijapur City	Vijayram Chand	–	Kangra
8	Alampur	Alamchand	1697	Kangra
9	Sunder Nagar	Garud Sen	1712	Mandi
10	Jubbal	Rana Tegchand	16th century	Shimla
11	Rampur	Rajaram Singh	–	Shimla
12	Mandi	Ajbar Sen	1526	Mandi
13	Nahan	Karm Prakash	1621	Sirmaur
14	Shimla	Major Kennedy	1822	Shimla
15	Chamba	Sahil Varman	920	Chamba
16	Dalhousie	Lord Dalhousie	1854	Chamba
17	Kullu	Vihang Manipal	1500 B.C.	Kullu
18	Kangra	Susharma Chand	–	Kangra

(C) Ancient Name –

S. No.	Current Name	Ancient Name	District
1	Sunder Nagar	Baneed (Barred)	Mandi
2	Baijnath	Kir Gram	Kangra
3	Bilaspur Princely state(city)	Kahlur (Beaspur)	Bilaspur
4	Sarahan	Sonitpur	Shimla
5	Una	Jaswan	Una
6	Nurpur	Dhamri (Bhamin)	Kangra
7	Bharmour	Brahmapur	Chamba
8	Kangra (Kangra City)	Trigart (Nagarkot)	Kangra
9	Kullu	Kullut	Kullu
10	Nalagarh	Handoor	Solan
11	Kinnaur	Chini	Kinnaur

(D) Historical Buildings and Articles –

S. No.	Buildings and Articles	Constructor	Location
1	Kangra Fort	Susharma Chand	Kangra
2	Jaitak Durg	Ranjore Singh	Nahan
3	Nahan Durg	Karm Prakash	Nahan
4	Sheeshmahal and Motimahal	Fateh Chand Prakash	Nahan
5	Ranital Bagh	Shamsher Singh	Nahan
6	Rabingarh Durg	Veer Prakash	Rabingarh
7	“Rani Ka Kot” Durg	Sevant Sen	Suket Princely State
8	Sarkhpur Durg	Sidh Sen	Mandi Princely State
9	Damdama Mahal	Suraj sen	Mandi
10	Kamlagarh Durg	Suraj Sen	Mandi Princely State
11	Shahpur Fort	Bhaktmal	Shahpur (Kangra)
12	Makout Kurg	Salim Shah Sur	Nurpur (Kangra)
13	Nagarkot Fort	Susharma	Nagarkot (Kangra)
14	Jagatkhana and Swarghat	Heera chand	Bilaspur
15	Tank Sanghvana	Vijay Chand	Bilaspur
16	Rang Mahal	Vijay Chand	Bilaspur
17	Chatipur Fort	Sansar Chand	Jhanjhar Dhar (Bilaspur)
18	Rajghosna Written on stone	Ashok	Kalsi (Uttarakhand)
19	Handoor Fort	Kalyan Chand	Nalagarh
20	Chamba Rangmahal	Umaid Singh	Chamba
21	Nada Mahal	Umaid Singh	Rajnagar
22	Taragarh Fort	Jagat Singh	Tara Garh (Chamba)
23	Divari Kothi and Saichunala Stone Article	Lalit Varman	Pangi (Chamba)
24	Iron Thikri stone Article	Jasata Varman	Churah (Chamba)