Kangra State

Kangra State
Kangra State
Princely state until 1810 ; Estate of Lambagraon ;
11th century–1810
	Flag
	; Detail of the territory of Katoch (Kangra) from a map of the various Hill States of the Punjab Hills region, copied in 1852
History
• Established	11th century
• Annexation by the Sikh Empire	1810
	Succeeded by
Sikh Empire
Today part of	Himachal Pradesh, India

Kangra-Lambagraon was a historical state and later princely estate (jagir) of British India located in the present-day state of Himachal Pradesh.^[1]

The rulers of the estate belonged to the ancient Katoch dynasty^[2] which had ruled the former Kangra State.^[3] Kangra is credited with being the oldest and largest state in the Punjab Hills.^[4]

In 1846 Kangra was annexed to British India as part of the Treaty of Lahore.^[5]

^ Hutchison, John; Vogel, Jean Philippe (1933). History of the Panjab Hill States. Vol. 1. Lahore: Superintendent of Government Printing, Punjab. pp. 99–101. ISBN 978-81-206-0942-6.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kangra" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 652.
^ Hutchison, John; Vogel, Jean Philippe (1933). History of the Panjab Hill States. Vol. 1. Lahore: Superintendent of Government Printing, Punjab. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-81-206-0942-6.
^ Srivastava, R.P. (1983), Punjab Painting, Abhinav Publications, p. 7, ISBN 978-81-7017-174-4, archived from the original on 14 August 2024, retrieved 6 January 2017
^ "Indian Princely States K-Z". Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

[:0-1] Hutchison, John; Vogel, Jean Philippe (1933). History of the Panjab Hill States. Vol. 1. Lahore: Superintendent of Government Printing, Punjab. pp. 99–101. ISBN 978-81-206-0942-6.

[2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kangra" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 652.

[3] Hutchison, John; Vogel, Jean Philippe (1933). History of the Panjab Hill States. Vol. 1. Lahore: Superintendent of Government Printing, Punjab. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-81-206-0942-6.

[4] Srivastava, R.P. (1983), Punjab Painting, Abhinav Publications, p. 7, ISBN 978-81-7017-174-4, archived from the original on 14 August 2024, retrieved 6 January 2017

[:2-5] "Indian Princely States K-Z". Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

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