The Shimla Himachal Pradesh, Brief Of the Past

The Shimla Himachal 

Pradesh Brief Of the 

Past  :-

Shimla district share its boundaries with district Mandi and Kullu in the North , Kinnaur in the East , State of Uttarakhand in the South and Sirmour in the West .

The elevation of Shimla district varies from 300 metres to 6000 metres from mean sea level, it's topology is rugged and tough in winter many parts of the Shimla district experience heavy snowfall .

Shimla as a district came into existence in 1972 during reorganization of districts.

In 1815 after the defeat of Gurkhas , they were forced to execute " Treaty of Sanjiuli" in which British retained the strategic forts of Kotgarh , Ramgarh ,Sandoch and Sabathu fort.

Gurkhas Fort Sabathu Himachal Pradesh 

District Shimla comprises of erstwhile 19 hill states namely:- Balson , Bushahr , Bhaji , Koti , Darkoti , Tharoch , Dhadi, Kumarsain , Khaneti , Delath , Dhami , Jubbal , Keonthal Rawingarh , Ratesh and Sungri. Bushahr was one of  the oldest state after Kashmir in western Himalayas.

According to a legend the Bushahr dynasty was founded by Praduman the son of Lord krishna. Praduman  killed the Banasur in an encounter  who was the king of Sonitpur now called Sarahan and married the daughter of Banasur and Praduman became king of Sonitpur.

The total area of Shimla district is 5131 square kilometres and district has  tehsils  to facilitate administration namely Shimla urban, Theog , Shimla Rural , Rampur ,Rohru ,Chrgaon , Kumarsain ,Kotkhai , Jubbal , Nerua , Seoni ,Chaupal ,Nankhari , Cheta , Tikar , Junga and Dodra Kwar .