Kutlehar State

This article is about the specific polity Kutlehar State and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a polity located in the Punjab region.

Establishment

January 751: According to tradition Kutlehar state was founded around 750 AD by an ancestral king named Raja Gopal.

Chronology

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1. Wars of conquest of Muktapida

In the VIII century Muktapida, an Indian king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, created a short-lived empire covering most of India.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1802: The formal start of the Sikh Empire began with the unification of the Misls (states) by 1801, creating a unified political state.

January 1810: Between 1805 and 1809, Kutlehar State was occupied by Nepal until the Gorkha occupants, led by the famous military leader Amar Singh Thapa, were driven out by the British East India Company forces.

Disestablishment

January 1826: Kutlehar State was extinguished in 1825 when it was briefly annexed to Pañjab (Punjab). The same year, after the British established their domination in the area, the Raja of Kutlehar was granted a Jagir to the value of 10,000Rs.