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Bilaspur( also known as Kahlur) was capital of State known as Kahlur and founded by Raja Kahal Chand of Chandela rajput dynasty around 697 AD. Another famous king Deep Chand founded Bilaspur town in 1663 AD. But old Bilaspur town was submerged in Govindsagar lake created by making dam on Sutluj river at Bhakhra known as Bhakra Bandh. in 1954.A new modern Bilaspur town is consturcted on up slopes of old. it is now near the reservoir of Govindsagar on the bank of Sutluj. In 1932 it was made part of Punjab State Agency and in 1936 Punjab hill states agency was seperated from Punjab State Agency. After independence in 1947 it remained princely state and on 12 october 1948 HH Raja Anand Chand accepted to acceed it to Govt. of India. and it was  made seperate  Part C State of India under the commissoner and thereafter on 1st July 1954 It was merged in Himachal Pradesh as a district of HP by an act of Indian Parliament. Bilaspur name had its origin in Vyas rishi who is supposed to have meditated on the bank of Sutluj in a gufa(cave) called as Vyas gufa. As the town was built around this Vyas gufa its name was Vyaspur which later become Bilaspur. Bilaspur distirct lies in the outer hills of Himalayas next to Punjab plains and forms part of Sutluj basin which flows meandering across it for about 90 kms. It covers an area of 1167 sq kms. Its boundries touch  Una, Hamirpur, Solan and Mandi distircts. The erstwhile ruling family of Bilaspur claims its descent from Chandervanshi rajputa of Chanderi in  the Bundelkhand region of MP which is  now part of Guna District. It is said seven  ruler of chanderi Harihar Chand had a dream of goddess Jawalamukhi and after handing over kingdom to his younger son Govind proceeded towards  Jawalmukhi with his remaining four sons and estblished themselves at Jinbari and constructed a fort and settled there for sometime, they paid a visit to Nadaun then capital of Kangra where kangra king promised his daughter if someone can win tent pegging competition but in reality peg was a trunk of a tree and Sabir chand a son of Harihar Chand lost his life in this competition and desception practised by Kangra King was discovered and a battle is fought during which Kangra Tikka and Raja Hari Chand were slain, Remaining three princes return to Jawalamuki and goddess appeared and promissed each of them a kingdom. One of three princes was adopted by Rja of Kumaon and Gambhir Chand took possession of Chamba while eldest Bir Chand got at  present tehsil Anandpur Sahib Jindbari in Ropar district of Punnjab, It was Bir chand who consturcteed Naina Devi temple. He extended the jurisdiction of Kahlur during his reign of 33 years and subjugated 15 neighbouring princely states. His ambition to expansion was halted by King of Sirmour with whome he concluded a treaty of peace. Thus he carved out a kingdom of Kahlur for himself. Bir Chand was followed by number of successors  last of them was Kahan Chand who conquered Hindur State(Nalagar) and gave it to his second son Surjeet Chand from whome present ruling family of Nalagarh descends.Capital of ruling dynasaty continued to be located at Kahlur till 1600 AD when  the heir apparent Bir chand fled to Sunahni with his mother right side of Sutluj bank. His father Gyan Chand converted into islam and married to daughter of governer of Sirhind After conversion he returned to kahlur and after him Bir Chand estblished himself as King and ruled from Sunahni. In 1650 when Deep Chand of same dynasty become king of Kahlur he decided to shift his captal and sought for a place and settled around left side of sutluj near Vyas gufa and built palace Dholar and founded a town on the river bank which was named after vyas gufa as Vyaspur which was later on called as Bilaspur.

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