Mandi State

Mandi State
मण्डी रियासत
Mandi State मण्डी रियासत
1290–1948
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	Princely States of the Shimla Hills, Mandi in the south (1911)
History
• Established	1290
• Acceded to the Indian Union	1948
Area
1941	2,950 km2 (1,140 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	232,598
	Succeeded by
India
Today part of	Himachal Pradesh, India

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Mandi State was a native state within the Punjab, later the Punjab States Agency,^[1] with the town of Mandi as its capital. The state of Mandi (the name means "market" in Hindi), which included two towns and 3,625 villages, was part of the States of the Punjab Hills. It was located in the Himalayan range, bordering to the west, north, and east on the British Punjabi district of Kangra; to the south, on Suket; and to the southwest, on Bilaspur. As of 1941, population of Mandi State was 232,598 and area of the state was 1,139 square kilometres (440 sq mi).^[2]

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mandi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 564.
^ Mandi Princely State (11 gun salute)

[1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mandi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 564.

[2] Mandi Princely State (11 gun salute)

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