Kangra Fort, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

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These Are Some pictures of English Commemorative Board and old Kangra Fort Built by Royal Rajput Family of Kangra located at Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India.

It is written on The commemorative board of The Kangra Fort, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India:

Kangra Fort

'Kangra, the ancient trigarata, Occupying the lower valley of Beas, and its tributaries was from The renote times one of the leading hire, states of The Punjab during Pre-Mohammodan period it made part of the kingdom of Jalandhara. When the plains of The Punjab were Subjugated by The Mohammodans, the Kings of that principality, reduced to their territories in The hills. Retained in the Kangra Fort a strong hold which more then once baffled the attempts of Muslim Invaders.

The fort of Kangra is famous and renowned for its strength stability , strong fortification and impregnability. If occupies a long narrow strip of land in the fort between The Majhi and Ban Ganga Rivers. It's walls are upwards of 4K.M. In circuit, but its length doesn't we in its work, but in The precipitous cliffs over hanging. The two rivers , which on The side of The Ban Ganga rise to the height of 300 feet. The only accessible paint on The land side towards the town; but few hundred feet , across when a deep Ditch has been lawn at The fort of The walls.

The fort entered through a small courtyard enclosed between two gates which are known as Phatak and only date from Sikh period. As appears from an inscription over The entrance. From here a long and narrow passage leads up to The top of the fort. Through the Ahani and Amiri Darwaja, both attributed to Nawab Saif Ali Khan, the First Mughal Governor of Kangra. Some 500 feet from The outer gate the passage turns round at a very sharp angle and passes through The Jahangiri Darwaja.

The Darshini Darwaja which was flanked by deface statues of River Goddesses Ganga and Yamuna gave assess to a courtyard, along the South side of which, facing North, stood the shrines Lakshmi Narayana Sitla and Ambika Devi, between The two of last maintained buildings a star-casted up to The Palace.

The fort of Kangra was taken by The irresistible Mohmud of Ghazni in A.D 1009 in 1337 it was captured by Muhammad Tughluq  and again in 1351 by his successor Firoj Shah. But it didn't fall into The Mohammodan Power permanently until 1622. When after The siege of fourteen months it was conquered by Jahangir who garrisoned it with his troops and appointed a Mughal Governor to keep turbulent chiefs in check. The surrounding District however with The exception of imperial demesne remained in The hands of Katoch Rajas, who claim descent from the ancient rulers of  Trigarth.

When in The second half of the 18th century the Mughal power rapidly declined, Raja Sansar Chand II, succeeded in recovering the ancient fortress of his ancestors. But by carrying his Ambitious designs too far,, he came into conflict. First with the neighbouring hill chiefs, then with The Ghurkhas and finally with Ranjeet Singh to who was compelled to surrender the Kangra fort in 1809. It remained in The hands of Sikhs till 1846 when it was made over to The British Government along with The hills country as for as the Ravi up to 1905 it was garrisoned by British Troops.'


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