History Review of Kumaon Chieftains, Sirmaur Chieftains contemporary of Garhwal King Balbhadra Shah

History of Garhwal including Haridwar (1223- 1804 AD) –part -99      

                                            

 History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -345 

                       By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student)

                  Kumaon Rulers the contemporary of Garhwal King Balbhadra Shah

          Akbarnama and Aiene –e-Mulk state the names of Kumaon Chieftains as Ramshah, Mukutsen and Karan. After analysis of history literature, Dr Dabral states that at the time of Garhwal King Balbhadra Shah, Rudra Chand was Chand King in Kumaon and Deep Prakash was ruling in Sirmaur (Himachal).

 The name Ram Shah mentioned in Akbarnama etc is perhaps Balbhadra Shah or Balram Shah.

 There were small sovereign chieftains (Thakurai) in Kumaon other than Chand Kings. A couple of Katyuri Chieftain Rulers in a couple of territories were not under Chand dynasty rule in Kumaon at the time of Balbhadra Shah. Doti was ruled by Katyuri till 1790.  It is definite that Rup Chandra of Kumaon and Balbhadra Shah of Garhwal territories had rule over Bhabhar of their respective territories.

                  Rup Chand Meeting Akbar

          The local commanders of Akbar used to attack on Bhabhar of Kumaon. Kumaon King met Akbar in Lahore and got assurance from Akbar. Kumaon King fought Nagaur Battle along with Akbar army from the side of Akbar.

   Pleased by the bravery of Kumaon army and King, Akbar gifted back the Bhabhar –Tarai regions to Kumaon King.

 Now, Kumaon King attacked on Seera the Katyuri chieftains with the help of Pursu Pant. Rudra Chand captured Katyuri territory Seera under Chand Kingdom and later on captured Katyuri territories of Askot, Darma and Johar too.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com21/5/2014

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -346

                                                              

                                      References

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(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

History of Garhwal from 1223-1804 to be continued in next chapter          

Notes on South Asian Medieval History of Garhwal;  SouthAsian Medieval History of Pauri Garhwal;  Medieval History of Chamoli Garhwal;  South Asian Medieval History of Rudraprayag Garhwal;  South Asian Medieval History of Tehri Garhwal;  Medieval History of Uttarkashi Garhwal;  South Asian Medieval History of Dehradun, Garhwal;  Medieval History of Haridwar ;  South Asian Medieval History of Manglaur, Haridwar;  South Asian Medieval History of Rurkee Haridwar ;  South Asian Medieval History of Bahadarpur Haridwar ; South Asian History of Haridwar district to be continued

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