The Panwar dynasty ( ) ruled the

Garhwal Kingdom Garhwal Kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in the current north-western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India, founded in 688 CE by Kanak Pal, the progenitor of the Panwar dynasty that ruled over the kingdom uninterrupted until ...

(present day

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). The dynasty independently ruled Garhwal from the ninth to nineteenth century until the

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attacked the

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in 1791 and

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in 1804. With the help of the

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, Garhwal and Kumaon gained independence from

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. Unable to pay the

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cost of British-ruled India, the then-Garhwali king gave part of his territory to the Raj and ruled until 1949. The last king of Garhwal, Manabendra Shah, decided to join India after it became independent. Garhwal and Kumaon became part of India as the then-state of

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, which is now

. Pt. Harikrishna Raturi king Bhanu Pratap was the first ruler of Panwar dynasty in Garhwal who founded Chandpur-Garhi as his capital. This was is strongest Garh for the fifty-two Garhs of Garhwal.

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*https://theexampillar.com/history-of-panwar-dynasty-in-uttarakhand/ *https://wegarhwali.com/history-of-panwar-parmar-dynasty-of-uttarakhand-in-hindi/ *https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr-Meharban-Gusain/publication/322698599_history_of_uttrakhand/links/5a69da314585154d15450b50/history-of-uttrakhand.pdf *https://www.uou.ac.in/sites/default/files/slm/BTTM-601.pdf *https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/pivot-of-states-history%E2%80%94tehri-garhwal-196215 Rajput clans Rajput clans of Uttarakhand Garhwali Rajputs Kumaoni Rajputs Rajputs Panwar dynasty

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