Sirmaur district

Sirmaur is the most south-eastern district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is largely mountainous and rural, with 90% of its population living in villages. The area is popular with tourists, particularly those on pilgrimages. It includes the towns of Nahan (its capital), Leu-nana,Sarahan and Paonta Sahib, as well as the Shivalik Fossil Park at Suketi, where fossils of over 85 million years old have been found. This district has a common border with Uttarakhand and Haryana.There are six Tehsils in this district namely Nahan, Paonta Sahib, Shilai, Rajgharh, Pachhad and Renuka. Sirmour is well known for its famous tourist place Renuka. Agriculture is the backbone of economy here. Farmers of Sirmour produce maximum potato and ginger in Asia. Tomato is also becoming choice for farmers these days. Village Lana-cheta is known for its fertile land and farmers here grow grains as first option.

Sirmur (also spelled as Sirmor, Sirmaur, Sirmour,or Sirmoor) was an independent kingdom in India, founded in 1616. It became a part of Greater Nepal, before becoming a princely state in British India, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The state was also known as Nahan, after its main city, Nahan. Sirmur was ruled by the chiefs of Rajput lineage, who used the title "Raja".

History

Nahan, the predecessor state of Sirmur, was founded by Soba Rawal, who assumed the name Raja Subans Prakash.cite web
url = http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/s/sirmur.html
title = Sirmur (Princely State)
accessdate = 2007-11-21] The new capital was founded in 1621 by Raja Karam Prakash, and the state was renamed to Sirmur.

Sirmur was surrounded by the hill states of Balsan and Jubbal in the North, the British district of Dehradun in the East, Ambala district in the South West, and the states of Patiala and Keonthal in the North-West.

The population of Sirmur was 6256 according to the 1901 census. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sirmur Sirmur] . Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition]

Rulers

References

Further reading

* cite book
title = Gazetteer of the Sirmur State
publisher = Indus Publishing
location = New Delhi
year = 1996
isbn = 978-8173870569
oclc = 41357468

ee also

* List of Indian Princely States
* The Sirmoor Rifles

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