1540:- Sher Shah Suri ordered his able General Khawas Khan to bring Nagarkot and other Hill areas under his subjugation. Khawas Khan succeeded in his mission. After sacking the temple at Bhawan, he carried at away the idol, alongwith a copper umbrella suspended over it.
1538:- Raja Dharam Prakash of Sirmaur shifted his residence to Kalsi.
1550:- Siba state was founded It was an offshoot of Guler state. it was founded by one Sibaran Chand; Later on Datarpur state was also founded by Datar Chand
1556:- Bakht Mal, the Raja of Nurpur, had allied himself with Sikander Shah and after Maukot surrender, he was taken to Lahore and excuted by Bairam Khan
1611:- European traveller William Finch made a reference to Kangra in his memoirs whitout visiting Kangra
1615:- Thomas Coryat was perhaps the first European to visit Kangra
1620:- Kangra fort wan sieged by Mughal army. The siege lasted for one year, two months and a few days, and the garrison were reduced to such straits for want of food stuff that they stripped the bark from the trees and boiled it for food
1621:- The seat of the government of Sirmaur Was changed from Kalsi to Nahan during the reign of Raja Karam Prakash
1622:- Jahangir visited Kangra accompanied by Begum Nur jahan. It was during this visit that Nur Jahan was fascinated by the beauty of Kangra valley, particularly that of Nurpur, Jagat Singh, the ruler of Dhameri changed the name of his state in honour of the visit of Emperor Jahangir and his Begum. He named Drameri as Nurpur
1623:- Raja Janardhan of Chamba was treacherously murdered. After the murder of the raja of Chamba, Jagat Singh of Nurpur ruled it for over 20 years
1627:- Shah Jahan defeated Jagat Singh and his son Raj Rup and won Makout, Mau and Taragarh Fort
1634:- Nizabat Khan, Governor of Kangra also annexed Sirmour state to Mughal Empire
1640:- Raja Jagat Singh Pathania of Nurpur was appointed the Faujdar of Kangra by Shah Jahan
1643:- Raja Kalyan Chand of Bilaspur gifted some area to Guru Hargobind Singh
1648:- The idol of Madho Rai, the presiding deity of Mandi and the incarnation of Lord Vishnu is said to be made by goldsmith Bhima, in 1648
1651:- The famous idol of Raghunathji was brought from Ayodhya by one Demodor Dass and installed in Kullu by Raja Jagat. It is associated with the celebration of Dussehra.
1654:- The captal of Bilaspur state was traneferred from Kot-Kehlur to Bilaspur
1664:- Guru Teg Bahadur started living in Mukhowal after purchasing some land from the raja of Kehlur
1666:- Thevnot, a European visited Kangra
1682:- Guru Gobind Singh, was residing in Kahlur State. A conflict arose between him Bhim Chand (Kahlur ruler) in which the latter was defeated.
1686:- Raja Brim Chand Of Bilaspur leagued with the rulers of Guler, Kangra and other states and agian attacked the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Battle occurred at Bhagani (place 6 miles from Paonta Sahib) but Hill Chiefs were again defeated. In this batte, the raja of Hindur Hari Chand was killed by an arrow shot by Guru Gobind Singh
1687:-Guru Gobind Singh helped the rulers of hill areas and became instrument in defeating the Mughals in Nadaun war
1697:- Alam Chand founded Alampur oppositie Sujanpur-Tihra on the bank of river Beas
1699:- Sikh Panth was formed: The army of Guru started looting and plundering Kutlehar and Bilaspur
1700:- Raja Bhim Chand and Alam Chand or Kangra jointly attacked the Sikhs but were defeated
1701:- Guru Gobind Singh concluded peace treaty with Bhim Chand
1703:- Anandpur Sahib was garrisoned by hill chiefs soldiers with the help of Mughal army. As a result Guru Gobind Singh w forced to leave Anandpur Sahib in 1704
1745:- Adina Beg, Punjab Mughal Governor, targeted hill chiefs. He defeated the rulers Guler, Jaswan, Maukot, Nurpur, Kutlehr, Bangahal and destroyed Jai-Singhpur and Bilaspur. Raja Shamsher Sen of Mandi accepted the supremacy of Adina Beg without fighting. But Adina Beg could not capture Kangra Fort
1752:- On the decline of the Mughal power and the transfer of Punjab to the Afghans in 1752, the hill states came under the supremacy of Ahmad Shah Durani.
1758:- Raja Ghamand Chand was appointed Governor of the Jalandhar Doab under the Afghans. To maintain his power, he raised a force of 4,000 men.composed of Rohillas, Afghans and Rajputs. He acquired supremacy over all hill chiefs.
1762:- River Satluj was blocked in Bhaiji state for 42 days by a large landslide and some parts of Bilaspur were flooded
1770:- Jassa Singh Ramgarhia made several hill chiefs, including Nurpur, his tributaries.
1775:- The supremacy of hill chiefs passed over to Jai Singh Kaniheya. He defeated Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and captured the Kangra group of states including Dataarpur, Nurpur and Siba.
1782:- Kangra Fort was besieged by the Sikhs under Jai Singh Kaniheya and Sansar Chand of Kangra; But Jai Singh Kaniheya refused to hand over the Kangra Fort to Sansar Chand. Old and sick Mughal Governor Nawab Shaif Ali Khan failed in his mission and surrendered Kangra Fort. This was the end of dominance of the Mughals.
1783:- Foster visited Kangra and passed through Bilaspur state.
1786:- Jai Singh Kaniheya could not retain Kangra Fort for long due to the defeat of Sikh Misal in Punjab. The Kangra Fort went to its bonafide heir, raja Sansar Chand after a gap of 166 years; Sansar Chand shifted his capital to Nadaun and started his expansion policy after subjugating Mandi Suket, Kullu, Bilaspur and Chamba.
1796:- Sansar Chand invaded Bilaspur state Bilaspur Rani sought the help of Dharam Prakash, raja of Sirmour. Sirmour army came in response but was defeated along with Bilaspur army. Dharam Prakash was killed in this war.
1803-04:- Sansar Chand invaded the plains of Hoshiarpur and Bajwara but he defeated by Ranjit Singh.
1804:-The rulers of Bilaspur, Chamba, Mandi and other small states of Kangra invited the Gurkhas' Chief, Amar Singh Thapa to attack Kangra; On the other hand, raja Karam Parkash also sought the help of Gurkhas Amar Singh Thapa despatched 700 men under Bhakti Thapa but he could not the challenge of opposing forces. Amar Singh Thapa himself succeeded in his mission.
1805:- Sansar Chand attacked and annexed some territories of Kehlur (Bilaspur); Mahan Chand, raja of Bilaspur asked Gurkha for help;The Gurkhas crossed the Satluj along with an army of 40,000 in 1805-1806 and ddfeated Sansar Chand's forces at Mehal Mori; Gurkhas laid the siege of the Kangra
fort, which lasted for 4 years.
1809:- Maharaja Ranjit Singh came Jawalamukhi and met Sansar.Chand. It was through this meeting thata treaty, was drawn up under which Kangra fort was to handed over to Ranjit Singh if it is liberated from Gurkhas' siege. On 24th Auqust 1809, Ranjit Singh took over the possession of Kangra Fort. After this, all the states of Kangra group came under Ranjit Singhs control: Ranjit Singh compelled Gurkhas to retire across Satluj;Desa Singh Majithia was appointed Nazim of the fort. After the defeat of the Gurkha forces in Kangra, they put their pressure on raja of Sirmaur, Karam Prakash
and defeated him
1810:- Amar Singh Thapa subjugated Nalagarh, Jubbal, Punder and Dhami.
1811:- Amar Singh Thapa after defeating Bushahr army took over the possession of Theog, Balson, Kotgarh, Jubbal and Rampur
1813:-Amar Singh Thapa, Gurkha chief returned to Arki and handed over the administration of Rampur state to minor yuvraj, Mohinder Singh at the annual premium of Rs. 12,000.
1538:- Raja Dharam Prakash of Sirmaur shifted his residence to Kalsi.
1550:- Siba state was founded It was an offshoot of Guler state. it was founded by one Sibaran Chand; Later on Datarpur state was also founded by Datar Chand
1556:- Bakht Mal, the Raja of Nurpur, had allied himself with Sikander Shah and after Maukot surrender, he was taken to Lahore and excuted by Bairam Khan
1611:- European traveller William Finch made a reference to Kangra in his memoirs whitout visiting Kangra
1615:- Thomas Coryat was perhaps the first European to visit Kangra
1620:- Kangra fort wan sieged by Mughal army. The siege lasted for one year, two months and a few days, and the garrison were reduced to such straits for want of food stuff that they stripped the bark from the trees and boiled it for food
1621:- The seat of the government of Sirmaur Was changed from Kalsi to Nahan during the reign of Raja Karam Prakash
1622:- Jahangir visited Kangra accompanied by Begum Nur jahan. It was during this visit that Nur Jahan was fascinated by the beauty of Kangra valley, particularly that of Nurpur, Jagat Singh, the ruler of Dhameri changed the name of his state in honour of the visit of Emperor Jahangir and his Begum. He named Drameri as Nurpur
1623:- Raja Janardhan of Chamba was treacherously murdered. After the murder of the raja of Chamba, Jagat Singh of Nurpur ruled it for over 20 years
1627:- Shah Jahan defeated Jagat Singh and his son Raj Rup and won Makout, Mau and Taragarh Fort
1634:- Nizabat Khan, Governor of Kangra also annexed Sirmour state to Mughal Empire
1640:- Raja Jagat Singh Pathania of Nurpur was appointed the Faujdar of Kangra by Shah Jahan
1643:- Raja Kalyan Chand of Bilaspur gifted some area to Guru Hargobind Singh
1648:- The idol of Madho Rai, the presiding deity of Mandi and the incarnation of Lord Vishnu is said to be made by goldsmith Bhima, in 1648
1651:- The famous idol of Raghunathji was brought from Ayodhya by one Demodor Dass and installed in Kullu by Raja Jagat. It is associated with the celebration of Dussehra.
1654:- The captal of Bilaspur state was traneferred from Kot-Kehlur to Bilaspur
1664:- Guru Teg Bahadur started living in Mukhowal after purchasing some land from the raja of Kehlur
1666:- Thevnot, a European visited Kangra
1682:- Guru Gobind Singh, was residing in Kahlur State. A conflict arose between him Bhim Chand (Kahlur ruler) in which the latter was defeated.
1686:- Raja Brim Chand Of Bilaspur leagued with the rulers of Guler, Kangra and other states and agian attacked the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Battle occurred at Bhagani (place 6 miles from Paonta Sahib) but Hill Chiefs were again defeated. In this batte, the raja of Hindur Hari Chand was killed by an arrow shot by Guru Gobind Singh
1687:-Guru Gobind Singh helped the rulers of hill areas and became instrument in defeating the Mughals in Nadaun war
1697:- Alam Chand founded Alampur oppositie Sujanpur-Tihra on the bank of river Beas
1699:- Sikh Panth was formed: The army of Guru started looting and plundering Kutlehar and Bilaspur
1700:- Raja Bhim Chand and Alam Chand or Kangra jointly attacked the Sikhs but were defeated
1701:- Guru Gobind Singh concluded peace treaty with Bhim Chand
1703:- Anandpur Sahib was garrisoned by hill chiefs soldiers with the help of Mughal army. As a result Guru Gobind Singh w forced to leave Anandpur Sahib in 1704
1745:- Adina Beg, Punjab Mughal Governor, targeted hill chiefs. He defeated the rulers Guler, Jaswan, Maukot, Nurpur, Kutlehr, Bangahal and destroyed Jai-Singhpur and Bilaspur. Raja Shamsher Sen of Mandi accepted the supremacy of Adina Beg without fighting. But Adina Beg could not capture Kangra Fort
1752:- On the decline of the Mughal power and the transfer of Punjab to the Afghans in 1752, the hill states came under the supremacy of Ahmad Shah Durani.
1758:- Raja Ghamand Chand was appointed Governor of the Jalandhar Doab under the Afghans. To maintain his power, he raised a force of 4,000 men.composed of Rohillas, Afghans and Rajputs. He acquired supremacy over all hill chiefs.
1762:- River Satluj was blocked in Bhaiji state for 42 days by a large landslide and some parts of Bilaspur were flooded
1770:- Jassa Singh Ramgarhia made several hill chiefs, including Nurpur, his tributaries.
1775:- The supremacy of hill chiefs passed over to Jai Singh Kaniheya. He defeated Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and captured the Kangra group of states including Dataarpur, Nurpur and Siba.
1782:- Kangra Fort was besieged by the Sikhs under Jai Singh Kaniheya and Sansar Chand of Kangra; But Jai Singh Kaniheya refused to hand over the Kangra Fort to Sansar Chand. Old and sick Mughal Governor Nawab Shaif Ali Khan failed in his mission and surrendered Kangra Fort. This was the end of dominance of the Mughals.
1783:- Foster visited Kangra and passed through Bilaspur state.
1786:- Jai Singh Kaniheya could not retain Kangra Fort for long due to the defeat of Sikh Misal in Punjab. The Kangra Fort went to its bonafide heir, raja Sansar Chand after a gap of 166 years; Sansar Chand shifted his capital to Nadaun and started his expansion policy after subjugating Mandi Suket, Kullu, Bilaspur and Chamba.
1796:- Sansar Chand invaded Bilaspur state Bilaspur Rani sought the help of Dharam Prakash, raja of Sirmour. Sirmour army came in response but was defeated along with Bilaspur army. Dharam Prakash was killed in this war.
1803-04:- Sansar Chand invaded the plains of Hoshiarpur and Bajwara but he defeated by Ranjit Singh.
1804:-The rulers of Bilaspur, Chamba, Mandi and other small states of Kangra invited the Gurkhas' Chief, Amar Singh Thapa to attack Kangra; On the other hand, raja Karam Parkash also sought the help of Gurkhas Amar Singh Thapa despatched 700 men under Bhakti Thapa but he could not the challenge of opposing forces. Amar Singh Thapa himself succeeded in his mission.
1805:- Sansar Chand attacked and annexed some territories of Kehlur (Bilaspur); Mahan Chand, raja of Bilaspur asked Gurkha for help;The Gurkhas crossed the Satluj along with an army of 40,000 in 1805-1806 and ddfeated Sansar Chand's forces at Mehal Mori; Gurkhas laid the siege of the Kangra
fort, which lasted for 4 years.
1809:- Maharaja Ranjit Singh came Jawalamukhi and met Sansar.Chand. It was through this meeting thata treaty, was drawn up under which Kangra fort was to handed over to Ranjit Singh if it is liberated from Gurkhas' siege. On 24th Auqust 1809, Ranjit Singh took over the possession of Kangra Fort. After this, all the states of Kangra group came under Ranjit Singhs control: Ranjit Singh compelled Gurkhas to retire across Satluj;Desa Singh Majithia was appointed Nazim of the fort. After the defeat of the Gurkha forces in Kangra, they put their pressure on raja of Sirmaur, Karam Prakash
and defeated him
1810:- Amar Singh Thapa subjugated Nalagarh, Jubbal, Punder and Dhami.
1811:- Amar Singh Thapa after defeating Bushahr army took over the possession of Theog, Balson, Kotgarh, Jubbal and Rampur
1813:-Amar Singh Thapa, Gurkha chief returned to Arki and handed over the administration of Rampur state to minor yuvraj, Mohinder Singh at the annual premium of Rs. 12,000.
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