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| '''Pathania''' is the name of a branch of the ] ] of ] ]s, who claim a mythological descent from ], the hero of the '']''.{{cn|date=July 2013}} They mostly live in and around ], in ]. They established the kingdom of ] in Himachal Pradesh during the 11th century and ruled there until 1849.<ref>The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh V. 1 by Mark Brentnall, Indus Publishing, p. 352</ref> | '''Pathania''' is the name of a branch of the ] ] of ] ]s, who claim a mythological descent from ], the hero of the '']''.{{cn|date=July 2013}} They mostly live in and around ], in ]. They established the kingdom of ] in Himachal Pradesh during the 11th century and ruled there until 1849.<ref>The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh V. 1 by Mark Brentnall, Indus Publishing, p. 352</ref> | ||
| ==Brief history== | |||
| ] Jethpal (1100?), the younger brother of King ] of ], sought to conquer Jallandhar ] (]).<ref>Wooden Temples of Himachal Pradesh By Mian Goverdhan Singh, Indus Publishing, p. 39</ref> After crossing the ], he captured the fort of Bhet, and for this reason became known as Rana Bhet. Later, he came upon the city of ] (possibly ancient Pratisthana), and following the tradition of Rajputs, in which the king almost always took his name from the name of the country where he exercised his dominion, he came to be known as a Pathania Rajput, instead of a ].{{cn|date=June 2013}} | |||
| The kingdom of Nurpur had its capital at Pathankot, now a district of ], ]. The kingdom included a large tract on the plains of the ]; also the whole of the present Nurpur Tahsil of ] of ], with the addition of Shahpurkandi, now in ], and also a small tract to the west of the Ravi, called Lakhanpur, now in ] State. The kingdom was bounded on the north by Kangra and ], on the south by the Punjab plains, and on the west by the Ravi river. The capital was at Pathankot, which was known as Paithan in the medieval times.{{cn|date=July 2013}} All through their history the Pathania clan rebelled against the foreign invaders, both Muslims and the British. Although sometimes the Pathania kings held the high offices of Generals known as ] (Army Commander, reserved for Hindu and Muslim princes of note) in the Mughal military and captured many a kingdom for the Mughal emperor in Hindustan and beyond the ] up till ] yet repeatedly they rebelled against the forces of the Mughals and other foreign invaders. The most popular uprising was by Wazir Ram Singh Pathania who led a rebellion against British Raj and was subsequently defeated by British after a hard fought battle . He was deported to ] where he died in the imprisonment. Local still sing ballads in his memory and a statue commemorating him exists on the Pathankot-Dalhousie road.<ref>The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh V. 1 By Mark Brentnall, Indus Publishing, p. 351</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Pathania is the name of a branch of the Tomara gotra of Chandravanshi Rajputs, who claim a mythological descent from Arjuna, the hero of the Mahabharata. They mostly live in and around Himachal Pradesh, in North India. They established the kingdom of Nurpur in Himachal Pradesh during the 11th century and ruled there until 1849.
References
- The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh V. 1 by Mark Brentnall, Indus Publishing, p. 352