Hamirpur District - Himachal Pradesh GK Questions - Part 1

1.       “The Jakh Dhar” which runs in continuation of the Kali Dhar range in Kangra enters  Hamirpur near – Nadaun 2.       Hamirpur is bounded by this river from the north and it separates the district from Kangra – Beas 3.       Hamirpur and Mandi are separated from the east by – Seer Khad 4.       Bekar Khad, Pung Khad, Sundran Khad, Kunah Khad, Hathali Khad and Maan Khad streams  flowing in Hamirpur District drain into Beas except two streams which drain into Seer Khad ( ultimately drain into river Satluj ). Name the two streams – Sukar Khad and Mundkhar Khad 5.       Average elevation from sea level in Hamirpur ranges from – 400 m to 1100 m   6.       From “Puranas” and Panini’s “Ashtadhyai”, it is deciphered that Hamirpur was a part of – Jalandhar-Trigarta Empire 7.       Hamirpur derives its name from the ruler – Hamir Chand (ruled from 1700 A.D. to 1747 A.D.) 8.       Sujanpur Tira was made the capital of Hamirpur by – Sansar Chand -ll 9.       Raja Sansar Chand attacked Mandi and made Raja Ishwar Sen a prisoner for 12 years at – Nadaun 10.   Sansar Chand’s forces and the combined armies (of other hill states & the Gurkhas) fought against each other at – Mahal Morian (near Kharwar in Bhoranj tehsil) 11.   Sansar Chand was defeated in the second battle between his forces and the Gurkhas in – 1806 A.D 12.   Raja Sansar Chand who took shelter in the Kangra Fort after the loss of the battle requested ______ to wage war against the Gurkhas of Nepal – Raja Ranjit Singh 13.   Raja Ranjit Singh defeated the Gurkhas in – 1809 A.D. 14.   The Sikhs maintained their sovereignty over Kangra and Hamirpur till they were defeated in the first Anglo-Sikh war by the British in – 1846 15.    Raja Pramudh Chand was Sansar Chand’s – Grandson 16.   The tehsil headquarters were shifted from Nadaun to Hamirpur in – 1868 17.   By merging part of areas of Kangra and Hamirpur, Palampur tehsil was created in – 1888 A.D. 18.   Nadaun which is currently part of Hamirpur district was earlier a part of – Kangra Princely State 19.   Bulleh Shah in his literary works mentions Nadaun as – City of Innocence 20.   The Jagir of Nadaun was granted to the son of Sansar Chand –ll – Raja Sir Jodhbir Chand by the British in – 1823 21.   ______ succeeded  Raja Sir Jodhbir Chand in 1873 – Raja Amar Singh 22.   Raja of Nadaun, who was the successor of Raja Amar Singh and was conferred C.S.I in 1907 by Viceroy Minto – Raja Narendra Chand (ruled in Nadaun from 1890 – 1924 ) 23.   Hamirpur was created as a separate districton on – 1st September, 1972 24.   Number of Tehsils when Hamirpur was carved out as a separate district were – two 25.   In 1980, three more Tehsils were created in Hamirpur district – Tira Sujanpur, Nadaun and Bhoranj