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	Himalayan Hill Stations, Pilgrimages, Activities and Travel and Tour packages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kangra is steeped in history and its ruined fort - Nagarkot, stands as testimony to its glorious past.
		The remains of the fort of the rulers of Kangra are located on a strategic height, overlooking the Ban Ganga and Manjhi rivers.
		This border district of Himachal Pradesh is also rich in flora and fauna and its culture and languages is different from other parts of the state.
	himalayanhills.net /Kangra.htm (900 words)

	Himachal Pradesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Bilaspur district is situated in Satluj valley in the outer hills and covers area of 1,167 sq.
		Chamba is bounded on north-west by Jammu and Kashmir, on the north-east and east by Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state and Lahaul and Bara-Bangal area of Himachal Pradesh, on the south-east and south by the District Kangra of Himachal Pradesh and Gurdaspur District of the Punjab.
		Kangra district derives its name from Kangra town which was called Nagarkot in the ancient times Kangra proper originally was a part of the ancient Trigartha (Jullundur) which comprises of the area lying between the river "SHatadroo" (probably Sutlej) and Ravi.
	indiafocus.indiainfo.com /regional/states/himachal (605 words)

	Dharamsala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dharamsala or Dharmsāla, (literally; "Rest House") is a town and a municipal council in Kangra district in the North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
		It became the capital of the Kangra District in 1852.
		Dharamsala eventually became the administrative capital of Kangra District in 1852.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dharamsala (628 words)

	Kangra Hill Stations, Kangra Tours, Hill Station of North India, Tourist Places in Kangra, Kangra India
		Close to Kangra is Nagarkot a beautiful area with the fort perched on top of a ridge overlooking the confluence of Manjhi and Baner rivers.
		At an altitude of 8,00m and 15-kms to the south of Kangra, is the town of Masrur.
		Close to the district border of Kangra, is the fort of Sujanpur.
	find-india.com /destinations-india/hill-stations-north-india/kangra.htm (1092 words)

	Kangra The Land of Temples
		Kangra district is having a topography that some of the parts like Milwan at 400 m altitude, while area of Bara Bhangal are at the altitude of 5500 m.
		In district Kangra during 1997, there were 1,85,657 operational land holdings under which 2,09,712 hectares area was cultivated with average size of 1.13 ha.
		District Kangra, which comprises of area within three agro-ecological zones has further been divided into 6 agro-ecological situations on the bases of variations in altitude, topography, precipitation (rainfall and snow), thermal regime, soil type, irrigation facilities and land use.
	www.manage.gov.in /ATMAKANGRA/kangra.htm (526 words)

	Kangra Fort, Kangra Fort Tourism, Kangra Fort Himachal Pradesh
		One of the main attractions of Kangra is majestic Kangra Fort, stands tall on a steep rock, overlooking the valley.
		The ancient fort of Kangra was constructed by Raja Bhumi Chand, founder of Katoch Dynasty.
		Kangra fort is easily accessible from Kangra (6 km), Dharamsala (17 km), McLeodganj (27 km) and other cities of Himachal Pradesh via road.
	www.surfindia.com /travel/himachal-pradesh/kangra-fort.html (672 words)

	Kangra in Himachal, district Kangra info, discussion forum, hotels, famous places, Maharana Pratap Sagar Lake, Chamunda ...
		Kangra town is situated at the confluence of the Baner and Majhi streams, overlooking the Banganga torrent is famous for temples, forts and now a speedily emerging as a business centre.
		It is bounded on the South-West by Una district, on the North-West by district Gurdaspur of Punjab, on the North by Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba districts, on the East by Kullu and Mandi districts, and on the South it touches Hamirpur district.
		Kangra fort is located on the bank of the river Banganga at the height of 350 feet.
	www.himachalpradesh.us /kangra/index.php (1226 words)

	Himachal Pradesh complete Guide, Himachal Travel lnformation, Himachal Tourism information, Shimla, Manali, Kullu India
		Kangra : Kangra town is 18 km from Dharamsala.
		Sirmaur : The district of Sirmaur is in the south
		Solan is the district headquarters of Mashru, another city established by the British, is named after the Goddess, Soloni Devi, whose temple is located in the southern end of the town.
	www.himachalonline.net (1800 words)

	Tourism in district Kangra
		The historic fort of kangra was built by BhumaChand the founder of the Katoch Dynasty.
		In 1009 Muhammad Gazni Looted the Kangra Fort.
		In 1337 Muhammad Tughlaq and in 1357 Feroze Shah captured the Kangra Fort.
	www.hpkangra.nic.in /Tourism.htm (2256 words)

	Welcome to kangrapilgrimage.com \| Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kangra valley is the most beautiful valley of Himachal Pradesh with varying climate, flora and fauna.
		Kangra valley located in the Northern part of Himachal Pradesh under the shadow of mighty Dhauladhar range of mountains, Dharamshala town over looks the Kangra valley.
		Seen from the Kangra town, the Dhauladhar rises abruptly from the valley reaching 4800 mts.
	www.kangrapilgrimage.com /geo.html (279 words)

	tribuneindia... Himachal
		KANGRA, Jan 3 — Since its inception in the year 1952, Kangra district Red Cross Society has been rendering a yeoman's service towards providing succour to the poor, needy and deserving sections of society.
		The society is serving the people of one of the largest districts of the state with a missionary zeal and has earned a prestigious place for itself in the field of social work.
		The district police and civil officers rushed to the spot and supervised the rescue operations.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jan04/himachal.htm (1445 words)

	Kangra Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Kangra school of paintings is an integral part of art literature; they are miniature paintings made with vegetable dyes worthily based on love themes of Radha and Krishna.
		Nagar knot is a city situated upon a mountain with a fort called Kangra Maha Mai, which is considered as one of the works of the divinity and in pilgrims come to this great place from distances and get their wishes fulfilled.
		Nearest railhead is Pathankot at a distance of 103 km and narrow guage railway at Kangra.
	www.indyahills.com /hp/kangra.html (1138 words)

	Himachal Pradesh History Area physical Features.123himachal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1960, the Border chini tehsil of Mahasu district was carved out as a separate administrative unit and district Kinnaur was formed raising the total number of districts to rise.
		On 1st November, 1966 the then Pubjab State was reorganized with the formation of Haryana as a separate State and Kullu, Kangra, Shimla and some hilly areas of Hoshiarpur district and Dalhousie of Gurdaspur district merged into HP and four new districts formed viz.
		Nurpur areas of district Kangra and; Sub-humid tropical zone sirmaur and Indora area of district Kangra.
	123himachal.com /himachal/info.htm (722 words)

	History of Himachal Pradesh Police
		In 1972 Districts of Kangra and Mahasu were reorganized.
		District Kangra was trifurcated and Una and Hamirpur Tehsils were made into separate Districts.
		The Recruit Training Center, which was functioning at Chamba since the beginning was shifted in 1974 to Junga in District Shimla and on 25th July 1995 it was shifted to Drongarh in district Kangra, after it attained the status of full fledged police training college.
	hppolice.nic.in /hist.htm (952 words)

	Online Hotel Reservation for Kangra Hotels, Hotels in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
		This district of Himachal Pradesh lies on the western side of the state.
		Kangra district has always been on the forefront of Himachal paradise history.
		It was from this side, that the Mughal and the British invaded Kangra fort.
	www.himachalhotels.in /Kangra.htm (277 words)

	Himachal Tourism - Kangra District
		KANGRA TOWN: At the confluence of the Bener and Majhi streams, over looking the Ban Ganga torrent, Kangra town is famous for its temples.Notable is the shrine dedicated to goddess Brijeshwari.
		KANGRA FORT: The remains of the fort of the rulers of Kangra are located on a strategic height, overlooking the Ban Ganga and Manjhi rivers.
		from Palampur, Baijnath is a pilgrimage centres of the Hindus in Kangra Distt.
	himachaltourism.nic.in /kang.htm (1854 words)

	KANGRA - Online Information article about KANGRA
		Ghazni took the fort in 1009 and from one of the temples carried off a vast treasure.
		In 136o Kangra was again plundered, by Feroz Shah.
		Tea cultivation was introduced into Kangra about r85o.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KANGRA.html (363 words)

	The Hindu : Other States / Himachal Pradesh News : More to `Winter Capital' than meets the eye
		SHIMLA: The issue of discrimination against Kangra raised by some prominent Congressmen and also by a divided BJP might have helped them politically a little but the people of Kangra find themselves lucky enough to witness the first ever session of State Assembly in their district.
		Kangra has 16 Assembly seats where as Shimla has just 8 segments and it is still not properly represented in the State Government.
		The biggest district was left with just two Ministers in the Cabinet although it had sent the largest chunk of 12 Congress MLAs to the State Assembly.
	www.hindu.com /2005/12/05/stories/2005120514500500.htm (514 words)

	setup of hp from princely states to districts : him vikas
		Shimla district, in early British period was one of the seven district of Delhi division.
		The district included 42,945 persons living in Shimla district according to 1851 census and 5,02,853 in all the Shimla Hill states, The district consisted Shimla, Jatogh, Sanawar, Subathu, Kalka, Kasauli, Dagshai, Bharauli and Solan.
		The Solan district of Mahasu was formed in 1972 bifurcating Mahasu district to with four tehsils Solan, Kandaghat, Arki and Nalagarh.
	www.himvikas.org /jan2004/dist.htm (1525 words)

	Silk Cocons by ATMA Kangra
		Generally farmers of the district are adopting agriculture and sericulture simultaneously for their income.
		Thus the total economic activity was generated by FIGs (Sericulture) in the district to the tune of Rs.
		Presently, some 1250 rural families spread in 260 villages are practicing sericulture in the district that is producing approximately 30,000 Kg silk cocoons from two crops in a year.
	www.manage.gov.in /ATMAKANGRA/silkcoco.htm (1758 words)

	Nowrojee.com: Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dharamsala is a small town in northern India at the foothills of the Himalayas, situated in the Kangra district of the state called Himachal Pradesh.
		Kangra is in the western part of Himachal Pradesh.
		The Kangra district is surrounded by other districts, namely Chamba, Lahaul and Spiti, Kullu, Mandi, Hamirpur and Una.
	www.nowrojee.com /geography.html (454 words)

	Himachal Pradesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		To the north of Kangra is Chamba while to the north- east of Kullu is Lahaul and Spiti valleys.
		Lying to the east of Kullu and to the north east of Shimla, is the district of Kinnaur which borders the rugged mountains of Tibet.
		To the south of Shimla is the Sirmaur district, a gateway to the mountains of Garhwal in Uttar Pradesh, Una district lies to the south west of Hamirpur.
	www.indyahills.com /hp (1689 words)

	Judge's Court, A WelcomHeritage Hotel, Pragpur, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
		Reflecting the ambience of the Anglo-Indian traditions, this country manor was built by Justice Sir Jai Lal at the turn of the century.
		Kangra, one of the most panoramic areas in Himachal Pradesh, is replete with history and is the home to the famous Kandgra School of paintings.
		Pragpur with its small population is located at an elevation of about 1800 ft in the Kangra Valley.
	www.travelmasti.com /judges_court_kangra.htm (300 words)

	Kangra BJP chief’s election put off : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A hint to this effect was provided in a decision to postpone election of Kangra district BJP chief that was scheduled for October 1.
		Rajya Sabha MP and Kangra district election officer Suresh Bhardwaj said he received a fax message on Monday night at Hamirpur from state election officer Randheer Sharma that election of Kangra district BJP chief had been postponed.
		All the hopes of the Dhumal-led camp to install their candidate as Kangra BJP chief were dashed after the elections to Nurpur and Pragpur constituencies were declared invalid.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/May/24/5922_397613,0015002000000027.htm (518 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Himachal Pradesh
		Although both factions claim that there is no groupism in the party and all this is the imagination of the media, the recent developments are a sufficient indication that discontent has been growing in both camps.
		The Dhumal faction boycotted the function in which a sitting MLA and Shanta loyalist, Mr Des Raj, was presented a car by his supporters in Kangra district recently.
		In a statement here yesterday, Mr Kewal Singh Pathania, president of the state unit of the NSUI, said since the government was committed for the welfare of the families of the Kargil martyrs, reservation should be done for their wards.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000702/himachal.htm (2951 words)

	Report on meeting instigated by the Kangra District Magistrate in their Head Office in Dharamsala
		The District magistrate herself gave the order to intercept their journey at the small village of Samelha at the Kangra border.
		The District Magistrate, seeing that the Shugden delegates had many elderly people, some over eighty years old, and some women in their group, said that she could see that they had no intention to cause problems.
		The Shugden group stayed behind with the District Magistrate as she was interested to hear more of their side of the debate.
	www.tibet-internal.com /ReportOnMeeting.htm (1217 words)

	Himachal Tourism - Hamirpur District
		Hamirpur town is the Headquarter of this District, which lies on Shimla Dharamshala road.
		It is situated on the Shimla-Dharamshala road on the bank of Beas River, 20 kms.
		from Hamirpur town and 43 kms from Kangra.
	himachaltourism.nic.in /hamir.htm (484 words)

	The Hindu : Other States / Himachal Pradesh News : Seven killed as rain lashes Himachal Pradesh
		Normal life was disrupted in Palamapur and Dehra areas of Kangra district as continued downpours caused house collapse, road breaches and damage to bridges with rivers in spate.
		An old woman and her son were buried alive in another house collapse at village Bairi Ghatta in Kangra district, they said.
		Nearly 12 people, who were grazing cattle on the banks of river Beas, were marooned as the water level rose suddenly in village Jakota in Kangra district, sources said.
	www.hindu.com /2005/09/18/stories/2005091811690300.htm (299 words)

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