Garhwal Kingdom

Kingdom of Garhwal
823–1949
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Tehri Garhwal State in The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Status	Sovereign state (823–1816 ) Indian princely state (1816–1949)
Capital	Chandpur Garhi (888–1512 CE) Devalgarh (1512–1517 CE) Srinagar (1517–1804 CE) Tehri (1816–1862 CE) Pratapnagar (1862–1890 CE) Kirtinagar (1890–1925 CE) Narendranagar (1925–1947 CE)
Common languages	Garhwali, Sanskrit
Religion	Hinduism
Demonym(s)	Garhwali
Government	Monarchy
Maharaja
• 823	Kanak Pal (first)
• 1684–1716 (peak)	Fateh Shah
• 1946–1949	Manabendra Shah (last)
History
• Established	823
• Conquered by the Gorkhas and merged with the Kingdom of Nepal	1804
• Restored as a Princely state of British India following the Treaty of Sugauli	1816
• Acceded to India and joined the Union of India	1949
Preceded by Succeeded by Kuninda kingdom Dominion of India
Today part of	Garhwal division, Uttarakhand, India

Garhwal kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in the current north-western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India, founded in 823 CE by Kanak Pal the progenitor of the Panwar dynasty that ruled over the kingdom uninterrupted until 1803 CE.^[1][2]

The kingdom was divided into two parts during the British Raj, namely: the princely state of Garhwal and the Garhwal District of British India. During this period, the princely state of Garhwal was one of the States of the Punjab Hills which became part of the Punjab Hill States Agency although it was not under the Punjab Province administration. The princely state of Garhwal or Independent Garhwal consisted of the present day Tehri Garhwal district and most of the Uttarkashi district. This former state acceded to the Union of India in August 1949 CE.