Datarpur is a village situated in Mukerian Tehsil, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab (India). Datarpur State was a small precolonial

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n hill state in the Lower

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. The state was founded around 1550 and was annexed by the British in 1849. Nearest city to the village is Talwara, famous for a hydro power project owned by BBMB. From ancient times Datarpur has been the center of business and education in the area. Datarpur is famous for its spiritual centers, ancient Dushera Festival and market.

Spiritual places

Datarpur has spiritual centers including: *1) Darbar Shri Bawa Lal Dyal ji (one of 22 ancient gaddis of bawa lal ji) *2) Mandir Shri Sesh Nag ji (4 km from datarpur in Bindraban Village ) *3 ) Prachin Sankatmochan Hanuman ji Mandir . *4) Darbar Baba Dayalu Ji Maharaj (6 km from datarpur in Fatehpur Village ) *5) Baba Ishwar Das ji (3 km from Datarpur in Repur Village) & more

History

Datarpur State was founded in the middle of the sixteenth century by Raja Datar Chand, a scion of the princely families of Siba and Guler who named the state after himself. From 1786 the state was a feudatory of

Kangra State Kangra-Lambagraon was a historical princely estate (''jagir'') of British India located in the present-day state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1947, the estate comprised 437 villages, encompassing an area of 324 km2. It had with a Privy Purse of ...

until Raja Govind Chand made an alliance with the

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invaders from

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in 1806, securing his complete independence. Govind Chand was succeeded by his son Jagat Chand when Datarpur was conquered by Ranjit Singh of

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in 1818 and annexed to the

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of Pañjab (Punjab), although a

jagir A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, start ...

was granted to Jagat Chand as compensation. But in 1848 Jagat Chand joined a rebellion against the British and was deposed, dispossessed and exiled to

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. The territory of Datarpur was added to Siba State and annexed by the

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in 1849 as Dada-Siba. The descendants of Jagat Chand were given no jagir, but the royal house still exists.Mark Brentnall, ed. ''The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh'' pg. 301

Rulers

They bore the title '

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'. Rajas *ca. 1550 – ... Datar Chand * ... – ... Ganesh Chand * ... – ... Chatar Chand * ... – ... Udai Chand * ... – ... Prithi Chand * ... – ... Jai Chand * ... – ... Dalel Chand * ... – ... Ugar Chand * ... –1806 Nand Chand *1806–1818 Govind Chand *1818–1848 Jagat Chand - in rebellion (died 1877)

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Spiritual places

History

Rulers

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