Q. In Which Year Sher Jung surrender to the Ambala Police?
1930
Description: After failed train robbery, Sher Jung sought refuge in the Shivalik jungles and dodged his British pursuers until a reward of Rs. 30,000 was declared on his head. Sher Jung then said to have surrendered for the sake of the reward money that would be used for furthering the cause of the revolutionary struggle. Sher Jung’s surrender to the Ambala Police in March 1930. Sher Jung was tried and sentenced to death in 1930 but the sentence was later commuted to life sentence.
Q. Hamta Pass is located in which district?
Kullu
Description: Hamta Pass lies at an altitude of 4270 m (14039 ft) on the Pir Panjal range in the Himalayas. It is a small corridor between Lahaul’s Chandra Valley and Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Hamta pass is frequently used by shepherds of the lower Himalayan region, seeking high altitude grasslands in the summer, when the dry cold desert of Lahaul is barren.
Q. Who was the last ruler of Bhagat state?
Raja Durga Singh
Description: Baghat was a princely state in Solan district. The first capital of the state was Jaunaji. It was shifted in 1875 to Solan.
The founder of the Bhagat state is recorded as Basant Pal or Hari Chand Pal from Dharánágri in the Deccan region. It’s believed that Basant Pal had captured a small place in the hills of the Keonthan pargana of Patiala, which he subsequently named Basantpur, and which later came to be called Bassi. This settlement was inherited by his son Bakhsh Pál, who later annexed the parganas of Básál, Bhocháli and Bharauli from Patiála. The 8th rana, Bhawáni Pál, annexed the Bachhráng pargana and the territory of the Rana of Kasauli.
After the Gurkha- British war, British annexed considerable part of Bhagat estate and in 1839 state was lapsed into British territory as its ruler Rana Mahinder Singh died without issue.
However, in 1842, upon the request of Ummed Singh, a grandson of the late rana Dalel Singh, Lord Ellingham restored the state of Baghát to Bije Singh, the younger brother of the late rana. However, in 1849, he too died without leaving a direct heir, and the state again was deemed lapsed and was annexed according to the doctrine.
Ummed Singh then established a claim to the throne for himself, and pleaded his case before the Court of Directors. It was initially rejected, but eventually in 1861, upon the recommendation of Lord Canning, the claim was recognised by the court.
The last ruler of Baghát was Durga Singh, who succeeded his father in 1911 as a minor. In June 1928, he was accorded the hereditary title of Raja. Raja Durga Singh acceded his state to the Union of India on 15 April 1948.
Q. In which district is the famous Kandaghat Railway Station, one of the oldest in India, located?
Answer: Solan.
Q. Indrahar Pass connects Kangra with which district?
Chamba
Indrahar Pass connects Kangra with Chamba district. Quick facts about Indrahar Pass: