Kangra State

Kangra-Lambagraon was a princely state state in British India. The state has also been known as Trigarth and Jallandhra.

History

C. 4300 BC

• Rajanaka Bhumi Chand founded the Katoch Dynasty

C. 3000 BC

• The Rajas of Kangra fought against the Hindu deity lord Rama
• Harappa and Mohan Jodaro civilizations (c. 2500 BC)

C. 1500 BC

• (234th) Raja Susarma Chandra fought against the Pandavs in the Mahabharata
• Built the fort of Kangra
• The Battle of Mahabharata

C. 900 BC

• The Katoch kings fought the Persian and Assyrian attacks Punjab under the Queen of Assyria

C. 500 BC to C. O BC

• Rajanaka Parmanand Chandra fought Alexander the Great (better known as Raja Porus)
• The Katoch Rajas fought Ashoka the Great and lost their lands in Multan
• Alexander's invasion of Punjab (c. 326 BC)

• Ashoka the Great (c. 275 BC)
• Vikram Aditya (c. 56 BC)

C. 100 AD

• The Rajas of Kangra fought numerous battles against the Rajas of Kanouj
• Reign of Kanishka

C. 470 AD

• The Rajas of Kangras fought the Rajas of Kashmir for the supermacy in the hills
• Gupta Dynasty

C. 643 AD

• Huien Tsang visited the Kingdom of Kangra (Jallandhra)
• Muslim settlements in the North West of India (c. 750 AD)

C. 853 AD

• Rajanaka Prithvi Chandras Reign

C. 903 AD

• Rajanaka Jai Chandra-I built Temple of Masroor and Baijnath
• Coinage of Kangra from this period can be seen in the Himachal Museums

C.1009 AD

• Mahmud Gazni invades Kangra (captures a large booty)
• India is a collection of powerful feudal states

C. 1170 AD

• Kingdom of Kangra is divided into two parts, Kangra and Jaswan
• The Katoch armies fight against Mohammad Gori (the lands of Jalandhar were lost in C. 1220 AD)
• Mohammad Gori is invited by Raja Jai Chand of Kanouj to invade Delhi against Prithvi Raj Chauhan (c. 1193 AD)

C. 1341 AD

• Rajanaka Rup Chandras looting expeditions take him till the gates of Delhi
• The Katoch kings fight Taimur
• Tuglaks grant the title of Mian to the Katoch Royal Family
• Reign of Feroze Shah Tughlak
• Taimurs invasion of India

C.1405 AD

• Further division of the Kangra State
• State of Guler is founded
• Humayun (son of Taimur) is expelled from India

C.1556 AD

• Sikandar Shah and the Rajas of Kangra combine their forces against Akbar but are defeated
• The Raja of Kangra renders his alliance to Emperor Akbar and in return in given the title of Maharaja
• Later the Mughals attack the fort of Kangra 52 times but fail to defeat it
• Babur first Emperor of India
• Akbar the Great is Emperor from c.A.D. 1542 to 1606

C. 1620 AD

• Mughals occupy the fort of Kangra
• First European travelers to the court of Kangra
• The Taj is built (c. 1650 AD)

C. 1700 AD

• Maharaja Bhim Chandra units with Guru Gobind Singh against Aurangzeb
• He receives the title of Dharam Rakshak from the Guru
• The Mughals Empire starts to fall

C. 1750 AD

• Maharaja Ghamand Chandra is made the (first ever Rajput) Nizam of Jalandhar by the Duranis
• Ahmad Shah Durani Master of Punjab

C. 1775 AD to C. 1820 AD

• The golden age of Kangra under Maharaja Sansar Chandra
• Kangra miniature painting flourishes under him

C. 1820 AD

• Decline of the Kangra empire
• Kangra fort occupied by the Sikhs after the Gorkha War
• Sikhs rise under Maharaja Ranjit Singh

1846 AD

• British annex Kangra from the Sikhs
• The Katoch kings fight for their independence against the British Maharaja Parmod Chandra loses the battle and is taken prisoner to Almore – he dies there
• The Indian Mutiny

1924 AD

• Maharaja Jai Chandra of Lamba Graon Kangra is given the title of Maharaja as a hereditary distinction along with a personal honour of 11 gun salutes and is also returned the fort of Kangra (in ruins after the 1905 earthquake)

1947 AD

• Lambagraon Kangra under Maharaja Dhruv Dev Chandra (last ruler of Kangra) merges his state with the Union of India, H.H. the Dalai Lama arrives in Dharamsala Kangra (c. 1957 AD)
• India gains Independence

1972 AD

• The Princely Order is abolished in India and the Rajas of Kangra become ordinary citizens
• The district of Kangra is merged with the newly founded state of Himachal Pradesh.

Titles attained by the Kangra family

• Rajanaka (Supreme King)
• Katoch (best in swordmanship)
• Bada Raja (bigger king)
• Mian (equal in status to the Sultan)
• Maharaja (great king)
• Dharam Rakshak (protector of the Hindu faith)
• Nizam I-Jaladhra (Governor of Jalandhar)
• Chattarpati Naresh (god like king)
• Bhadur
• KCIE (Knight Commander of the Indian Empire)
• FRSA (Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts)
• CSI
• Dharam Rattan
• Dev (god like)
• Alha Malik
• Himachal Ratan

See also

• Kangra
• List of Indian Princely States

External link

• Kangra-Lambagraon Royal Family
• Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Kangra