Kuthar, formerly Krishangarh, is located in the
Solan district
Solan district is one of the twelve districts of the Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Solan is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of 1936 km2.
History
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of Himachal Pradesh. Krishangarh (Kuthar) is situated on the MDR-75 i.e. Shalaghat-Arki-Kunihar-Kuthar-Patta-Brotiwala (previously known as State Highway-9) adjoining Sabathu, Kasauli area. Krishangarh is an administrative division of Solan district having sub-tehsil status.
History
Kuthar was a
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...
of the
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi language, Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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or Direct rule in India,
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, located in modern-day
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peak ...
. It was one of the several states of the
Punjab States Agency
The Punjab States Agency was an agency of the Indian Empire. The agency was created in 1921, on the model of the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency, and dealt with forty princely states in northwest India formerly dealt with by the Pr ...
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The state of Kuthar was founded in the 17th century. It was occupied by Nepali forces during drive of Himalayas from 1803 to 1815.
Rulers
The rulers bore the title of
''rana''.
* 1803 - Gopal Singh
* 1815 - 1858 Bhup Singh
* 1858 - 1896 Jai Chand
* 1896 - 1930 Jagjit Chand
* 1930 - 15 August 1947 Krishna Chand (born 1905)
Gallery
File:A view 0f palace of Kuthar Princely State,Himachal Prades,India.jpg, A view of the palace
File:Wall painting ,Kuthar palace,Himachal Prades,India.jpg, Wall painting, Kuthar palace
File:Architect of and art work of palace of Kuthar Princely State,Himachal Prades,India.jpg, Architecture and art work of the palace of Kuthar
File:Art work on enterence of palace of Kuthar Princely State,Himachal Prades,India.jpg, Art work on the entrance of the palace of Kuthar
File:Art work on outer walls of palace of Kuthar Princely State,Himachal Prades,India.jpg, Art work on the outer walls of the palace of Kuthar
File:Interior wall paintings on palace of Kuthar Princely State,Himachal Prades,India.jpg, Interior wall paintings on the palace of Kuthar
File:Interior art work on roof of Kuthar palace, Himachal Prades, India.jpg, Interior art work on the roof of Kuthar palace
See also
# http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html
# https://masalamug.com/kuthar-hideout-in-himachal/
References
*http://rulers.org/indstat2.html
17th-century establishments in India
Agencies of British India
Princely states of Himachal Pradesh
Historical Indian regions
Princely states of India
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