Sirmur State

Sirmaur State
Sirmoor State
Nahan State
Princely State of British India
1095–1948
Coat of arms of Sirmur
Coat of arms

Sirmur State in a 1911 map of Punjab
CapitalNahan
Area 
4,039 km2 (1,559 sq mi)
Population 
135,626
History 
• Established
1095
1948
Succeeded by
India
Today part ofHimachal Pradesh, India
Gazetteer of the Sirmur State. New Delhi: Indus Publishing. 1996. ISBN 978-81-7387-056-9. OCLC 41357468.
Portrait of Maharaja Kirat Prakash of Sirmur. Late 18th century.
The Fort of Nahan, the capital of princely-state of Sirmur
Stamp of Sirmour in 1800s

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]