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Kahlur Fort
Bilaspur State or Kahlur State, sometimes Kahloor Riyasat, was a kingdom (697–1849) and later princely state (1849–1948) in the Punjab Province ruled by a separate branch of Chandravanshi Chandel rajput dynasty. Raja Bir Chand 697–730 was the founder of the state but it was named Kahlur only after the Construction of Kahlur Fort by Raja Kahal Chand around 890–930CE and Raja Anand Chand the 44th Raja was the last ruler. The state was earlier known as Kahlur Riyasat and was later renamed Bilaspur. It covered an area of , on the name of Sage Bias (from Biaspur later became Bilaspur) and had a population of 100,994 according to the 1931 Census of India. The last ruler of Bilaspur State acceded to the Indian Union on 12 October 1948. Bilaspur State remained Bilaspur Province in independent India until 1950 when the province was briefly renamed "Bilaspur State" before it was merged with Himachal Pradesh state as a district in 1954. In the pre-partitioned Punjab, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Indian Empire
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or direct rule in India. * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, which were collectively called ''Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India'', and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British British paramountcy, paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab
Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. Pakistan's major cities in Punjab are Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Sialkot, and Bahawalpur, while India’s are Ludhiana, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mohali, and Bathinda. Punjab grew out of the settlements along the five rivers, which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to , followed by migrations of the Indo-Aryan peoples. Agriculture has been the chief economic feature of the Punjab and formed the foundation of Punjabi culture. The Punjab emerged as an important agricultural region, especially following the Green Revolution during the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, and has been described as the " breadbask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayal Of Bijarwal
Dayal is a name and given name. Notable people with the name include: * * Benny Dayal (born 1984), a UAE born Indian playback singer * Bhagwat Dayal Sharma or B. D. Sharma (1918–1993), first Chief Minister of Haryana of Independent India * Bhawani Dayal Arya College, formerly known as Bhawani Dayal High School, a school established in Fiji in 1972 * Dadu Dayal (1544–1603), ''saint'' from Gujarat, India * Data Dayal Maharishi or Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal, born in Bhadohi District of Uttar Pradesh state in India in 1860 * Dau Dayal Joshi, former member of Lok Sabha from Kota * Dayal Ji or Advaitanand Ji (1846–1919), son of Tulsi Das Ji, born in Pukh, Nakshatra in the province of Bihar, India * Dayal Padmanabhan (born 1970), Indian film director and producer *Dayal Thakur (born 1952), Indian classical singer in the North Indian Hindustani music tradition * Deen Dayal Upadhyaya or Deendayal Upadhyaya (1916–1968), leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, now the Bharatiya Janata Party *Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Kangra is a city and a municipal council in Kangra district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as ''Nagarkot''. Meaning of Kangra Kangri word in Ladakh/Lahaul means snow on top of mountain. Since snow capped mountains are visible from the city of Kangra, therefore it is named Kangra (town of snow laden peaks). History Historically known as Kiraj and Trigarta,Blankinship, Khalid Y, "The End of Jihad State ", pp132 the town of Kangra was founded by Katoch Kshatriya Rajputs of Chandervanshi Lineage. The Katoch Rajas had a stronghold here, with a fort and lavish temples. Another ancient name of the city is Bhimagar and it was supposedly founded by Raja Bhim, younger brother of Kuru Emperor Yudhishthira of Indraprastha (now Delhi). The temple of Devi Vajreshwari was one of the oldest and wealthiest in northern India. It was destroyed, together with the fort and the town, by 1905 Kangra earthquake on 4 April 1905, when 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mughals
The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.. Quote: "The realm so defined and governed was a vast territory of some , ranging from the frontier with Central Asia in northern Afghanistan to the northern uplands of the Deccan plateau, and from the Indus basin on the west to the Assamese highlands in the east." The Mughal Empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur, a chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan, who employed aid from the neighboring Safavid and Ottoman Empires Quote: "Babur then adroitly gave the Ottomans his promise not to attack them in return for their military aid, which he received in the form of the newest of battlefield inventions, the matchloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Nadaun
The Battle of Nadaun, alternatively known as the Hussaini Yudh'','' was fought at Nadaun, between Raja Bhim Chand of Bilaspur (Kahlur) and the Mughals under Alif Khan. Bhim Chand was supported by Guru Gobind Singh (the tenth Sikh Guru) and the Mughals were supported by other hill chieftains, notably Kirpal Chand from Kangra and Dayal Chand from Bijharwal. Bhim Chand and some hill chieftains, after the conclusion of the Battle of Bhangani, had refused to pay tribute to the Mughal emperor which led to the battle at Nadaun. The battle resulted in the victory of Bilaspur State and Sikh alliance. '' Bichitra Natak'', considered to be the autobiography of Guru Gobind Singh, is one of the major sources of information about the battle. However, its authorship is disputed by some scholars. Dating Different authors give the date of the battle variously as 1687, 1689, 1690, 20 March 1691, and 4 April 1691. Cause The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's Deccan campaigns against Bijapur and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhim Chand (Kahlur)
Bhim Chand (born 1651) was the Rajput King of Bilaspur state (reigned 1665 – 1692) and Anandpur Sahib fell under his territorial area. He launched his first expedition against Guru Gobind Singh in 1682. In 1686 he conflicted with the armies of Guru Gobind Singh and his disciples in Battle of Bhangani. In 1692, Bhim Chand fought Battle of Nadaun against Mughals and came out victorious. Biography His family claimed descent from Chandel Rajputs of the Bundelkhand region. Prior to his accession to the throne of Bilaspur state (alternatively known as Kahlur state), there had been friendly ties between the polity and the Sikh gurus. Bhim Chand succeeded to the '' gaddi'' (throne) of Bilaspur on 27 April 1665. Hostilities between Kahlur and the Sikhs under the leadership of Guru Gobind Singh has been attributed to Bhim Chand feeling jealous over the growing influence of the Sikh guru and the regal mannerisms he practiced. Reasons for animosity has also been traced to Guru Gobind S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandel Dynasty Of Kahlur
Chandel may refer to: Places * Chandel, a town in Manipur, India * Chandel district, a district in Manipur, India * Chandel, Pernem, a village in the sub-district or ''taluka'' of Pernem, North Goa People * Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel, Indian politician * Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Indian politician * Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel, Indian politician * Suresh Chandel, Indian politician Other * Chandel (Rajput clan), a Rajput clan in India See also * Chanderi (other) * Chandelas of Jejakabhukti The Chandelas of Jejakabhukti was an Indian dynasty in Central India. The Chandelas ruled much of the Bundelkhand region (then called ''Jejakabhukti'') between the 9th and the 13th centuries. They belonged to the Chandel (Rajput clan), Chandel c ..., a dynasty that ruled Bundelkhand (Jejakabhukti) central India * Chandelas of Kalanjara, a dynasty ruling from Kalinjar in northern India * Chandelas of Kumaun, a medieval Indian dynasty of Kumaon, India * Chandelier (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandravansha
The Lunar dynasty (IAST: Candravaṃśa) is a legendary principal house of the Kshatriyas varna, or warrior–ruling varna (Social Class) mentioned in the ancient Indian texts. This legendary dynasty was said to be descended from moon-related deities ('' Soma'' or ''Chandra''). According to the ''Shatapatha Brahmana'', Pururavas was the son of Budha (himself often described as the son of Soma) and the gender-switching deity Ila (born as the daughter of Manu). Pururavas's great-grandson was Yayati, who had five sons named Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, Anu, and Puru. These seem to be the names of five Vedic tribes as described in the Vedas. According to the ''Mahabharata'', Lunar dynasty's progenitor Ila ruled from Prayaga, and had a son Shashabindu who ruled in the country of Bahli. The son of Ila and Budha was Pururavas, who became the first Chandravamsha, emperor of all of the earth. Ila's descendants were also known as the Ailas. In Mahabharata In Hindu texts, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
