Sirmur Kingdom
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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.
Establishment
January 1551: The Baise and Chaubisi Rajya (Nepali petty kingdom) existed since the early XVI Century.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1617: Foundation of the Sirmur Kingdom.
January 1641: The state of Baghal was founded around 1640.
January 1651: The state of Kuthar was founded in the 17th century.
January 1701: Rana Mahindar Singh, the son of Dalel Singh, is the first ruler for which historians have written records. During his reign, in 1790, Baghát regained its independence from Biláspur, to which it appears to have been subjugated to for an unknown period of time.
January 1711: Kirat Parkäsh was the ruler of Sirmur Kingdom in 1710. He defeated the Räja of Garhwal and captured Naraingarh, Morni, Pinjaur, and other territories from the Sikhs.
January 1751: Bhajji state founded at an uncertain date before the 19th century.
January 1751: The state of Keonthal was founded by Rana Raghunath Sen before the 19th century. It was later occupied by Nepal under General Amar Singh Thapa from 1803 to 1814.
January 1771: The Garhwali forces, led by King Pradyuman Shah, defeated the Rohillas, a Pashtun tribe, in 1770. This victory allowed the Garhwal Kingdom to regain control of the Dun region, a strategic territory in present-day Uttarakhand, India.
January 1802: The formal start of the Sikh Empire began with the unification of the Misls (states) by 1801, creating a unified political state.
Disestablishment
January 1807: Nepalese invasion of Sirmur.
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
Hugh, C. (1911): Ranjit Singh, Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 22 (11th ed.), Cambridge (UK), p. 892
Unification of Nepal and pre-unification kingdoms. Historum. 31 July 2019. https://historum.com/t/unification-of-nepal-and-pre-unification-kingdoms.179881/
