Sirmaur State Sirmoor State Nahan State | |||||||
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Princely State of British India | |||||||
1095–1948 | |||||||
Sirmur State in a 1911 map of Punjab | |||||||
Capital | Nahan | ||||||
Area | |||||||
4,039 km2 (1,559 sq mi) | |||||||
Population | |||||||
135,626 | |||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1095 | ||||||
1948 | |||||||
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Today part of | Himachal Pradesh, India | ||||||
Gazetteer of the Sirmur State. New Delhi: Indus Publishing. 1996. ISBN 978-81-7387-056-9. OCLC 41357468. |
Sirmur (also spelled as Sirmor, Sirmaur, Sirmour, or Sirmoor) was an independent kingdom in India, founded in 1616, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The state was also known as Nahan, after its main city, Nahan. The state ranked predominant amongst the Punjab hill States. It had an area of 4,039 km2 and a revenue of 300,000 rupees in 1891.[citation needed]