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 The territory of the ...

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 of the

British Raj 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 ...

, located in modern-day

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

. It was one of the several states of the

Punjab States Agency The Punjab States Agency was an agency of the British Raj. 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 Prov ...

. 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

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References

*http://rulers.org/indstat2.html 17th-century establishments in India Agencies of British India Princely states of Himachal Pradesh Historical Indian regions {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub

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See also

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