Historical Facts about H.P.

1. Izzuddin Khalid Khani translated 1300 books taken into possession by Feroz Shah Tughaq from Jawalamukhi temple, into Persian and named after the sultan & called ‘Dalail-i-Firozshahi’.

2. 6th Guru Hargovind established the town of Kirtapur.

3. 9th Gugu Teg Bahadur established the town Anandpur.

4. Sikhs were organised into 12 groups popularly known as misals.

5. Jasa Singh Ramgarhia first sikh chief to invade hill territory in 1770 AD. Kangra, Kullu and Chamba were made tributary to the Ramgarhia.

6. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was defeated in 1775AD by Jai Singh Kanhaiya and assumed the sovereignty of the Kangra group of states.

7. An alliance formed in 1783 between Maha Singh Sukerchakia and Raja Sansar Chand assisted by Jassa Singh Ramgarhia defeated Jai Singh Kanhaiya.

8. Raja Sansar Chand got the possession of Kangra fort in 1786.

9. Raja Mahan Chand invited Amar Singh Thapa to defeat Sansar Chand.

10. Kullu Dashehra: - The famous idol of Lord Raghunath was brought from Ayodhya in July
1651 by Damodar Dass and was installed in Kullu by Raja Jagat Singh.

11. Lavi : - the most ancient trade fair held in early November every year at Rampur Bushahr.

12. The idea of ‘Nalwari fair” was by W. Goldstein.

13. Suhi fair of Chamba, only woman and children can take part in the fair. Suhi fair is celebrated in the memory of Rani Naina Devi who sacrificed herself and was instrumental in bringing water to Chamba town.

14. Over 30 distinct dialects have been counted to be in existence in H.P.

15. The dialect spoken in the Rampur Bushahr, Kumarsain and Kotgarh regions and in the nearby parts of the Satluj valley is called Kochi.

16. The kinnauri dialect, called ‘Homskad’ is the mother tongue of nearly 75% of the population of Kinnaur.

17. The ‘Tankari’ is a modified form of the Sharda script.

18. Panj-Patra and ‘Devku’ are the popular songs of Mandi whereas Gangi and Mohana are the popular songs of Bilaspur.

19. Dharam Chand Natak was written in 1562 AD by Manik Chand.

20. Koti, Theog, Madhan, Ghund and Ratesh were tributaries of Keonthal.

21. Khaneti and Deilath were tributaries of Bushahr.

22. Rawin and Dhadi were tributaries of Jubbal.