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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National Institute of Fashion Technology (redirect from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kangra)
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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Rajputs in Himachal Pradesh (section Kangra)
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, Himachal Pradesh (redirect from Palampur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh)
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, Himachal Pradesh (redirect from Baijnath, Kangra)
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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Jaswan (section Tributary under Kangra State)
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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Sansar Chand (redirect from Sansar Chand of Kangra)
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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