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Dhami

Dhami State
धामी
Princely State
1815–1948

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History
 •  Established 1815
 •  Independence of India 1948
Area
 •  1941 73 km2(28 sq mi)
Population
 •  1941 5,114 
Density 70.1 /km2  (181.4 /sq mi)
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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Dhami was a Princely State situated 26 kilometres (16 mi) west of Shimla, India. Its capital was Halog and the state formed a part of the region known as the Punjab Hill States Agency during the British Raj period. In 1941 it had an area of 73 square kilometres (28 sq mi) and a population of 5,114 people. In 1948 Dhami was made a part of Himachal Pradesh.

They were the only Chauhan rulers in the region and had settled there after being forced from Delhi by the invasion of Muhammad Ghori in the twelfth century AD. They were feudatories of the princely state of Bilaspur until 1815, when the English East India Company formally recognised the state as an independent entity with the issue of a sanad (deed). The recognition was granted as a consequence of the support offered by the rulers to the British in their successful attempt to remove Gurkha influence from the Shimla Hills in 1803–1815 when Dhami was occupied by Nepal. The Dhami ruler who had formulated this policy was Rana Govardhan Singh, who maintained his support through the Indian rebellion of 1857 and until his death in 1867. The tribute exacted from the state was halved after 1857 in recognition of this, with the privilege being granted for his lifetime.


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