Himachal G.K. Quiz: Day 85

ANSWER – D

• Under the sanads, the hill chiefs were put under certain obligations in return for the protection.
• They were to allow free passage to the British merchants and their goods, they had to furnish a certain number of begar labourers and also had to construct twelve feet wide roads in their territories. The bigger states were bound to join the British army with their armed retainers and hill-porters when called upon to do so at the time of war. The chiefs were also required to promote the welfare of their people, to improve the condition of their countries and cultivation, to redress grievances and to keep the public roads safe.

ANSWER – C

Bushahr, was the only state from which was exacted a tribute of Rs. 15,000 annually by the British government, after the restoration of the states to their respective chiefs.

ANSWER – A

At the time of confirming the ancestral possessions of Raja Ram Saran Singh of Hindur (Nalagarh), the British retained the ” fort of Malaun and the six villages surrounding it for use as a military post. In exchange the Raja was granted the Thakurai of Bharauli in the neighbourhood of Balsan and Kotkhai.

ANSWER – D

• The territory of Keonthal was dismembered by the British after the conquest and a portion comprising nine parganas, estimated to yield a revenue of Rs. 21,000, was sold to the Raja of Patiala for one lakh and fifty thousand rupees.
• In 1830, twelve villages were acquired by the British government for creating the hill station of Shimla, and in exchange Rawin Pargana was granted to the Rana of Keonthal.

ANSWER – A

During the Nepalese war, Rana Mohinder Singh of Baghat was unfriendly in his attitude towards the British. Consequently on the conclusion of the war, five parganas yielding a revenue of Rs. 14,000 were taken from him and sold to the Raja of Patiala for one lakh and thirty thousand rupees.

ANSWER – C

• The first news of the revolt of 1857 reached Shimla on 12th May 1857.
• The Commander-in-Chief of Shimla hills at the time of revolt was General Anson and the Deputy Commissioner was Lord William Hay .
• The Raja of Keonthal, Koti and Balsan helped European inhabitants during the revolt

ANSWER – D

ANSWER – D

ANSWER – D

• When the Delhi Durbar was held in 1877 during the viceroyalty of Lord Lytton, some of the hill rulers like Raja Sham Singh of Chamba, Raja Bajai Sen of Mandi and Raja Hira Chand of Bilaspur were invited to grace the occasion
• The hill chiefs were also invited to attend the CORONATION DURBAR OF DELHI, in December 1911, when Delhi was made capital in place of Calcutta. The prominent among those who attended the imperial Durbar, were
• Raja Amar Prakash of Sirmaur,
• Raja Amar Chand of Bilaspur,
• Raja Biljai Sen of Keonthal,
• Raja Bhim Sen of Suket,
• Raja Bhuri Singh of Chamba,
• Rana Bagat Chand of Jubbal and
• Raja Dip Singh of Baghat.

ANSWER – A

ANSWER – A

• The rulers of Shimla Hill States formed an executive council with Raja of Baghat as its Chairman.
• Among the Shimla Hill States Mandi was the first state to enact the Panchayati Raj Act .

ANSWER – A

ANSWER – C

ANSWER – A

• Rawin had originally been a fief of Garhwal, but its eastern portion had been overrun by the Bashahris, some time previous to the Gurkha invasion.
• This tract, along with Rawingarh fort on the left bank of Pabar river, was retained for some years as a British possession, and then transferred to Keonthal in exchange for the land on which the hill station of Shimla was built.

ANSWER – D

• Under a Sanad, the British government conferred on Raja of Sirmaur and his heirs in perpetuity his ancient possessions with the following exceptions.
• The fort, and the pargana of Morni were given to the Mir of Kotaha to whom these originally belonged. The Kiarda Dun was restored by a sanad in 1833 A.D. on payment of nazrana of Rs. 50,000.
• A tract of hill country to the north of the river Giri was made over to the Rana of Keonthal, and the parganas of Jaunsar and Bawar (now in Dehra Dun district) were annexed to the British domination.