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Name: Nahan State

Type: Polity

Start: 1096 AD

End: 1616 AD

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Was an independent kingdom in India, founded in 1616, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It was a predecessor of the Sirmaur State.

Establishment


  • January 1096: Nahan, the predecessor state of Sirmur, was founded by Soba Rawal in 1095 AD who assumed the name Raja Subans Prakash. The new capital was founded in 1621 by Raja Karam Prakash, and the state was renamed to Sirmur.
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    1. Mongol invasions and conquests


    Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

    1.1.Invasions of India

    The Mongol Empire launched several invasions into the Indian subcontinent from 1221 to 1327.

  • November 1299: In late 1299, Chagatai Khan Duwa sent his son Qutlugh Khwaja to conquer Delhi.
  • December 1299: The Mongols retreated from India afteri being defeated at Kili. Their leader Qutlugh Khwaja was seriously wounded, and died during the return journey.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1501: The founder of the state and ruling family of Baghat is recorded variously as Basant Pál or Hari Chand Pál from Dharánágri in the Deccan region. According to legend, Basant captured a small place in the hills of the Keonthan pargana of Patiála, which he subsequently named Basantpur, and which later came to be called Bassi.

  • January 1551: The Baise and Chaubisi Rajya (Nepali petty kingdom) existed since the early XVI Century.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1617: Foundation of the Sirmur Kingdom.
  • Selected Sources


  • European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, p. 78. retrieved 26 March 2024 on http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ebhr/pdf/EBHR_50-51.pdf
  • Unification of Nepal and pre-unification kingdoms. Historum. 31 July 2019. https://historum.com/t/unification-of-nepal-and-pre-unification-kingdoms.179881/
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