An Overview of Himachal Pradesh district Kangra Part - V

 An Overview of Himachal Pradesh district Kangra Part - V

Brief History of Kangra Part V continued :-

View of Palace in Lambagraaon district Kangra 

Lambagraaon  Jagir :- 

The downfall of Kangra 

Raja Sansar Chand II was  very powerful and was having the  desire to establish Trigarta in its old Glory. 

The Jawalamukhi Treaty in 1809 was an unfortunate time for Raja Sansar Chand II, when he lost most of his possessions and was allocated a small Jagir in Lambagraaon for maintenance .

How it happened  , Raja Sansar Chand II  became Raja Kangra in 1775AD when he was of only 10 years . 

When he grown up he started to  to execute his plans and dried to dislodge Mughals and to achieve possession on  adjoining hill states to achieve old glori of Trigarta Empire .

Raja Sansar Chand II had assumed the title of Naresh and Chhatrapati .

View near Lambagraaon district Kangra.

View of Jaisinhpur near Lambagraaon district Kangra.

Period Between 1775 AD to 1823A

View of Beas river near Lambagraaon , Jaisinhpur.

On this uncontrolled movement of Raja Sansar Chand , all hill chiefs joined hands and invited Amar Singh Thapa Gurkhas ruler to fight against Raja Sansar Chand . The combined Army of Hill Chiefs and Gurkhas fought the battle at Mehal Morian in Hamirpur .But Raja Sansar Chand gave a crushing defeat to the combined Army and compelled them to go back to the left bank of Satluj . This was the first battle of Mehal Morian .

In the meantime a General Gulam Mohammad of 

 Sansar Chand advised him to replace the existing army with Rohillas on some economic grounds and it was implemented . This weakend the strength of Raja Sansar Chand 's forces . When the combined forces of Hill Chiefs and Gurkhas came to know about the weakness of Katoach dynasty 's forces ,they again planned a second battle of Mehal Morian .

Then combined forces attacked the forces of Raja Sansar Chand at Mehal Morian and in 1806 A .D.Raja Sansar Chand was badly defeated and he along with his family took shelter in Kangra Fort and had to loose Hamirpur .

The Gurkha forces also took Kangra Fort in their possession and looted the forts at Kangra and Mehal Morian and destroyed the villages . This continued for three years till 1809 A.D. Raja Ishwari Sen was made free from Nadaun Jail .

In 1809 A .D. Raja Sansar Chand requested Maharaja Ranjit Singh to help him and on his request , Maharaja Ranjit Singh lodged a war against Gurkhas and in 1809 he defeated Gurkhas but Raja Sansar Chand had paid a heavy price for it . He lost Kangra Fort and other 66 villages and Sikh empire took possession of Kangra Fort and other 66 villages thus succeeded in setting up their sovereignty over Kangra and Hamirpur till 1846. 

View of Lambagraaon Palace.

On 20 July 1809 a treaty was signed between Maharaja  Sansar Chand and Maharaja Ranjit Singh  . As per  this Treaty Raja Sansar Chand was allocated a small Jagir at Lambagraaon for maintenance .

View of Kangra Fort 

In the Anglo Sikh war the British Army defeated the Sikh empire in 1846 and brought Kangra under British Empire.

Raja Sansar Chand died and his grandson Raja Pramodh Chand with the help of Sikhs and other rulers tried to dislodge British but couldn't succeeded . 

British Empire made Kangra with Hamirpur , Kullu and Lahaul Spiti as it's parts , Nadaun was made Tehsil headquarters later this settlement was revised in 1868 and tehsil headquarter was shifted to Hamirpur . 

During 1888 Palampur was made a Tehsil by merging some parts of Hamirpur and Kangra  Tehsils . Thus Hamirpur , Una and Kangra remained the part of Punjab till the reorganization of Punjab on 1st November 1966 when hilly areas of Punjab were merged in Himachal Pradesh . 

After Raja Sangar Chand in in December 1823  on the death of Raja Sansar Chand II his son Aniruddh Chand II became Raja of Lambagraaon . He was annexed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore . Raja Anirudh Chand died in 1833 .

In 1833 Raja Ranbir Chand became Raja of Lambagraaon and also received Jagir of Mehal Morian worth Rs 50,000/- value . He died in 1847 . 

In 1847 Raja Pramodh Chand son is Raja Anirudh Chand  became Raja of Lambagraaon in 1847 and remained Jagirdar till 1851 . He opposed the authorities thus deported to Almora . He was the official Freedom Fighter . He died in 1851 .

In 1851 the adopted son of Rani of Raja Parmodh Chand , Raja Partap Chand III became Raja of Lambagraaon, he remained Raja till 1864AD  Raja Raja Pratap Chand died in 1864 .

View of Lambagraaon Palace 

In 1864 Raja Col. His Highness Shri Sir Jai Chand Katoch became Raja of Lambagraaon  and remained Jagirdar till 1935 . He died in 1935 .

In 1935 Raja Dhruv Dev Chand became Raja of Lambagraaon Kangra . He died in 1988 .

Since 1988 Raja Shri Aditya Dev Chand is Jagirdar of Lambagraaon and Mehal Morian .

The present Raja of Katoch dynasty Jagirdar of Lambagraaon is Raja Aishwarya Chand Katoch.

View of Lambagraaon Palace