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2 unusual facts about Chamba, Himachal Pradesh


Ashta Nayika

The Ashta-Nayika is a central theme in Pahari embroidery used to decorate the Chamba Rumal, especially produced in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.

Raja Jagat Singh

The rebellious and fiercely independent attitude of Suraj Mal was a source of constant annoyance to the Mughals and caused their emperor, Jahangir, to exile him to Chamba and place Jagat Singh on the gaddi'’ (throne).


1948 in India

15 April 1948 - Mandi District was formed by amalgamation of the erstwhile princely states of Mandi and Suket on the formation of Himachal Pradesh.

1998 Chamba massacre

The suspected Pakistan-trained militants massacred 35 Hindus, mostly labourers, and injured 11 in the Chamba district bordering Doda in Jammu on early hours of that day.

Amar Singh Thapa

He also engaged in defending the western fronts of Nahan, Chamba, Almora, Kangra, Saharanpur, Dehradun against his British counterpart, General David Ochterlony.

Amen Edore Oyakhire

In Taraba State, Oyakhire had to deal with hostilities between the Kuteb and Chamba and Jukun ethnic groups.

Amtar Ground

Paddal Ground or Shaheed Krishan Chand Memorial Stadium is a cricket stadium in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Andy Mulligan

Andrew (Andy) Armstrong Mulligan, (4 February 1936, Kasauli, a small cantonment town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh – 24 February 2001) was a rugby union international who captained Ireland and the British & Irish Lions, playing at scrum-half.

Arora

In post-independence and post-partition India, Aroras mainly reside in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat.

Chail Military School

The King George’s School Nowgong was relocated to its current location in Chail in Himachal Pradesh on July 1, 1960.

Chamba people

The Chamba in Cameroon are divided into several subsets: Bali Nyonga, Bali Kumbat, Bali-Gham, Bali-Gangsin, and Bali-Gasho.

Hill Top School Dalhousie

HillTop School Dalhousie is a co-educational residential school in Upper Bakrota hills in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Himalayan wolf

They were captured in the wild and are now being preserved in the trans-Himalayan region of India, at the Darjeeling Zoo in Shiwalik Hills on the lower range of the Himalaya in West Bengal, and in the Kufri Zoo with Kufri Himalayan National Park located in Himachal Pradesh province.

ICFAI University, Tripura

The Government of Orissa passed The Icfai University Act and the State Governments of Assam, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab issued letters of intent to the institute for the establishment of universities.

Indian special forces training school

Indian army's special forces training school is the premium training institution for special forces of India such as Para Commandos (India) which is located at Nahan in Himachal Pradesh.

Indian states ranking by fertility rate

All the four South Indian states Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka as well as Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Sikkim, and Tripura, and the union territories of Delhi, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar and Chandigarh, registered a low fertility rate below the crucial 2.1.

Jonang

The Dalai Lama donated buildings in Himachal Pradesh state in Shimla, India for use as a Jonang monastery (now known as the Main Takten Phuntsok Choeling Monastery) and has visited during one of his recent teaching tours.

Kamal Nath

Kamal Nath was again embroiled in controversy in March 2002 when the Supreme Court, applying the polluter pays principle, imposed a fine of Rs10,00,000 (US$25,000) on Kamal Nath for damaging the environment by building a motel on the bank of Beas river near Kulu-Manali in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Kangra painting

Kangra painting is the pictorial art of Kangra, named after Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, a former princely state, which patronized the art.

Kirpa Ram

In 2002 Kirpa's GC was among the contents of a trunk stolen from his widow's house at Bhupral, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.

Lalotra

The Lalotra are a Rajput clan found mainly in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Madhopur, Punjab

It was a part of the Nurpur Princely state ruled by the Pathania Rajputs prior to 1849 A.D. Now it is known as "Gateway of Punjab" a meeting point of the three northern states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Major rivers of India

Most of the rivers pour their waters into the Bay of Bengal; however, some of the rivers whose courses take them through the western part of the country and towards the east of the state of Himachal Pradesh empty into the Arabian Sea.

Mandarava

Mandarava, born a princess in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India in the 8th Century CE, renounced her royal birthright in order to practice the Dharma, and became a fully realized spiritual adept and great teacher.

Marala Headworks

Chenab is a 1,086 km (675 mi) long river which originates in the Kulu and Kangra Districts of Himachal Pradesh in India and is fed by the tributaries Chandra and Bagha as it enters Jammu & Kashmir near Kishtwar.

North Indian cuisine

North Indian cuisine (Hindi: उत्तर भारतीय व्यंजन, Uttar Bharatiya Vyanjan, Urdu: شمالی بھارتی کھانا Shumali Bharti Khana), part of Indian cuisine, is a term used to refer to the cuisines found in Northern India which includes the Indian states: Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand (Kumaon) and West-Central Uttar Pradesh (Awadh and Braj).

Pidilite Industries

The company has manufacturing facilities at various locations in India, including Mahad (Maharastra), Vapi (Gujarat) Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) and Kala Amb (Himachal Pradesh).

Postage stamps and postal history of the postal convention states of India

Chamba issued a total of 120 stamps and 86 official stamps from 1885 till 15 April 1948 when it became part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Quarryhill Botanical Garden

Annual Quarryhill expeditions have collected seeds and herbarium specimens from the following Asian regions to date: China - Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan; India - Himachal Pradesh; Japan - Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Yakushima; and Nepal.

Raja Jagat Singh

He ruthlessly pursued the interests of Dhameri and as a result was on bad terms with the neighbouring states of Chamba, Basoli, Guler, Mandi and Suket.

Rupin Pass

It lies on a traditional shepherd and hiking route which starts from Dhaula in Uttarakhand and ends in Sangla in Himachal Pradesh.

Sandhole

Sandhole is a town and the Tehsil (Earlier Sub-Tehsil, officially converted to tehsil on 30 June 2011 by then Chief Minister of State, Professor Prem Kumar Dhumal) of district Mandi in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh.

Suraj Mal of Nurpur

Suraj Mal (reign:1613-1618) was a Rajput ruler of Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh in India.

Timeline of Rambhadracharya

:Won the Tulsi Award 2011 from Morari Bapu and the Dev Bhumi Award from the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.

Tufail Niazi

Tufail Niazi (1916 – September 21, 1990) was a Pakistani folk singer whose songs include "Sada Chiryan da Chamba," "Akhiyaan Lagiyaan Jawaab Na," "Layee Beqadran Naal Yaari," and "Mein Nai Jana Kheriyan de Nal." He gave many performances on PTV and Radio Pakistan.

Withania somnifera

Leaf spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata is the most prevalent disease, which is most severe in the plains of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.


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