Baragaon is a village in

Kumarsain Kumarsain (; ), also known as Kumharsain, is a town in Shimla District in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly under the British Raj, it was the capital of princely state of Kumharsain, which was one of ...

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Shimla district Shimla district, known as Simla district until 1972, is one of the twelve districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital of Shimla. Neighbouring districts are Mandi and Kullu in the north, ...

in the

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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 ...

. Formerly under the

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, it was the capital of Sangri princely state, which was one of the several states of the

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History

Sangri originally was part of

Bushahr Bushahr, also spelt as 'Bashahr' and 'Bussahir' or 'Bushair' was a Rajput princely state in India during the British Raj. It was located in the hilly western Himalaya promontory bordering Tibet. Bushahar was eighty four miles long, sixty two ...

, but was seized by Raja Man Singh of

Kullu Kullu () is a municipal council town that serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about north of the airport ...

in about 1703. It was taken back by

in 1719 but in 1803 it was seized by the

Gurkhas The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with the endonym Gorkhali ( Nepali: गोर्खाली ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of North India. The Gurkha units consist of Nepali and ...

of Nepal and restored in 1815 to Raja Bikram Singh of

after

left. After Kullu was annexed by British in 1846 after

First Anglo-Sikh War The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in 1845 and 1846 around the Firozpur district of Punjab. It resulted in the defeat and partial subjugation of the Sikh empire and cession of Jammu ...

, Sangri became princely state under Shimla Hill states. Sangri signed merger treaty with the Indian Union on 15 April 1948

Accessibility

Baragaon is 91 km from Shimla city and lies 8 km beside National Highway 5 from Kingal village on Kingal - Basantpur road. Nearest Airport and Railway station are at Shimla city and there are regular Bus services from Shimla to Baragaon.

Government

It is Gram Panchayat under Narkanda Block. In

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla, the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, al ...

it is represented under

Theog Assembly constituency Theog Assembly constituency also known as Theog-Kumarsain Assembly constituency (after 2008 delimitation of assembly constituencies, Kumarsain Assembly constituency was merged with Theog Assembly constituency), is one of the 68 constituencie ...

. In

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it is represented under Shimla loksabha seat. On 16 August 2022, Himachal CM declared Baragaon to be new Sub Tehsil under Kumarsain. On 21 December 2022, Himachal CM denotified all sub tehsil including Baragaon created by previous government.

Education

* Government Senior Secondary school (Established in 1922 by rulers of Sangri and upgraded later. Renamed after Kargil War Martyr Shaheed Satish Kumar from Baragaon)

References

Villages in Shimla district {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub