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3 unusual facts about Kangra district


Bhim Chand

He came to the throne after the death of his father in 1665, caused by poisoning by agents of the raja of Kangra.

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.

Mosaraf Ali

Ali also operates a charity clinic in the village of Sagoor in Kangra valley.


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.

Arki, India

From 1806 to 1815, the Gurkha General Amar Singh Thapa used Arki as his stronghold to make further advances into Himachal Pradesh as far as Kangra.

Beas River

On meeting the Sivalik Hills in Hoshiarpur, the river sweeps sharply northward forming boundary between that district and Kangra District.

Dip Chand

Dip Chand was Raja of Kahlur from 1653 until his death in 1665, caused by poisoning by agents of the Raja of Kangra.

Mandi State

The state of Mandi (the name means "market" in Hindi), which includes two towns and 3,625 villages, was in the Himalayan range, bordering to the west, north, and east on the British Punjabi district of Kangra; to the south, on Suket; and to the southwest, on Bilaspur.


see also

Kangri

Kangri language, a dialect spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, by the people of Kangra Valley, sometimes known as "phari".