Bilaspur State (princely state)
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Bilaspur State or Kahlur State, sometimes Kahloor Riyasat, was a kingdom (697–1849) and later princely state (1849–1948) in the Punjab Province ruled by a separate branch of Chandravanshi Chandel rajput dynasty. Raja Bir Chand 697–730 was the founder of the state but it was named Kahlur only after the Construction of Kahlur Fort by Raja Kahal Chand around 890–930CE and Raja Anand Chand the 44th Raja was the last ruler.
Bilaspur State Kahlur Riyasat Kahlur (कहलूर) | |||||||
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697CE (approx)–1948 | |||||||
Status | Princely state of Hills. | ||||||
Capital | Bilaspur, Sunhani[1] | ||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 697CE (approx) | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||
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Today part of | Himachal Pradesh, India |
The state was earlier known as Kahlur Riyasat and was later renamed Bilaspur.[2] It covered an area of 1,173 km2 (453 sq mi), on the name of Sage Bias (from Biaspur later became Bilaspur) and had a population of 100,994 according to the 1931 Census of India. The last ruler of Bilaspur State acceded to the Indian Union on 12 October 1948.
Bilaspur State remained Bilaspur Province in independent India until 1950 when the province was briefly renamed "Bilaspur State" before it was merged with Himachal Pradesh state as a district in 1954.[3]
In the pre-partitioned Punjab, the Raja of Kahlur (Bilaspur) elevated the Kolis to the status of Kshatriya and he wanted them to serve in his army and Raja did so.[4]