• Look up Kangra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kangra may refer to: Kangra district, a district of Himachal Pradesh, India Kangra, Himachal Pradesh...
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    Kangra district is the most populous district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the district....
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    Kangra painting (Hindi: कांगड़ा चित्रकारी) is the pictorial art of Kangra, named after the Kangra State, a former princely state of Himachal Pradesh,...
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    had ruled the former Kangra State. Kangra is credited with being the oldest and largest state in the Punjab Hills. In 1846 Kangra was annexed to British...
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    Kangra-Gaggal Airport (IATA: DHM, ICAO: VIGG), officially known as Kangra Airport, is a domestic airport serving areas of Kangra including Dharamshala...
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    Kangra tea is a tea from the Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, India. Both black tea and green tea have been produced in the Kangra Valley since the...
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    Kangra is a city and a municipal council in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as Nagarkot. Kangri word in Ladakh/Lahaul...
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    32.088083°N 76.25778°E / 32.088083; 76.25778 The Kangra Fort is a historic fort located in the Kangra district of the Himachal Pradesh state in India....
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    Kangra Valley is a river valley situated in the Western Himalayas. It lies in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India, and is a popular tourist destination...
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    Purkhu (redirect from Purkhu of Kangra)
    Purkhoo or Parkhu, and also known as Purkhu of Kangra, was a Pahari painter who specialized in the Kangra-style. He painted both courtly and religious themes...
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    Singh Thapa, the Nepali army laid siege to Kangra. They managed to defeat Sansar Chand Katoch, the ruler of Kangra, in 1806 with the help of many provincial...
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    Bengaluru Bhopal Bhubaneswar Chennai Daman Delhi Gandhinagar Hyderabad Jodhpur Kangra Kannur Kolkata Mumbai Raebareli Panchkula Patna Srinagar Shillong National...
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    McLeod Ganj (category Cities and towns in Kangra district)
    McLeodganj (pronounced /məˈklaʊd ˌɡʌndʒ/) is a suburb of Dharamshala in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is known as "Little Lhasa" or "Dhasa"...
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    Dharamshala (category Cities and towns in Kangra district)
    winter capital of the state and the administrative headquarters of the Kangra district since 1855. The town also hosts the Tibetan Government-in-exile...
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    Kangra, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India and is 3 km away from both the railway stations of Kangra Mandir and Kangra of Kangra City. Kangra Airport...
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    The Kangra Valley Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railway that runs from Pathankot, Punjab to Jogindernagar in Himachal Pradesh. It runs through...
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    the Battle of Kangra, the Katoch kings successfully retreated the Tughlaq forces of Firuz Shah Tughlaq. The Kangra rulers built the Kangra Fort, which is...
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  • Palampur is a hill station and a municipal corporation situated in the Kangra District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The term Palampur is formed...
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  • Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. Kangra Lok Sabha...
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  • The 1905 Kangra earthquake occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra region of the Punjab Province (modern day Himachal Pradesh) in India on 4 April...
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    The Bagalamukhi Temple, bankhandi is located on Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is dedicated to the goddess Bagalamukhi, a devi of the Hindu...
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  • and the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Traditionally resided in Kangra Fort, Trigarta Kingdom, Jalandhar, Multan. Katoch Rajputs have four sub-clans...
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  • Baijnath is a very small village in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is about 50 kilometers from district headquarters, Dharamshala....
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    Raja Purab Chand, a cadet of the Katoch lineage, ancient royal family of Kangra. Its capital was Rajpura. Jaswan was a narrow state that was approximately...
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    erstwhile Kangra State in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Sansar Chand was a scion of the Katoch dynasty, which ruled Kangra for centuries...
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    Dhauladhar (category Geography of Kangra district)
    Kangra and Mandi. Dharamsala, the headquarters of Kangra district and the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, lies on its southern spur in the Kangra...
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    Singh Thapa. In 1807, Kangra Fort, on the west bank of the Sutlej, was put under siege. By early 1809, most of the land of Kangra jagir had been incorporated...
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    Railway Station. Pathankot is also served by the narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway (a.k.a. Kangra Toy Train) built by the British, which crawls 128 km through...
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    the Mewar Campaign, Balchand, c. 1635 Krishna Fluting to the Milkmaids, Kangra painting, 1775–1785 Much of Indian architecture, including the Taj Mahal...
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    the 1905 Kangra earthquake, which killed close to 19,800 people, injured thousands in the Kangra area, and destroyed most buildings in Kangra, Mcleod Ganj...
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