Shri Babaji Maharaj was born as Shri Devi Das Mehta in
Kangra on the 20th of January 1867 at 11:15 p.m. in the night
Kangra is an ancient and importent city in the Indian
state of Himachal Pradesh. Historically it was known as Nagarkot and "Trigarta"
It is famous for the Kangra Devi temple of Shri Bajreshwari Devi.
The town of Kangra was founded by Katoch Kshatriya
Rajputs of Chandervanshi Lineage . The Katoch Rajas had a stronghold here, with
a fort and rich temples. The Kangra Fort is the largest fort in the Himalayas
and probably the oldest dated fort in India. Mahmud of Ghazni took the fort in
1009 and from one of the temples carried off a vast treasure. In 1360 Kangra
was again plundered, by Feroz Shah Tughluq. The temple of Devi Vajreshwari was
one of the oldest and wealthiest in northern India. It was destroyed, together
with the fort and the town, by 1905 Kangra earthquake on the 4 April 1905.
Kangra was also occupied by the Gurkhas and made it a
part of Greater Nepal. Maharaja of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was the conquerer of
Kangra Fort in 1809. It remained in the hands of the Sikhs till 1846 when it
was made over to the British Government, along with the surrounding hills.
Kangra was merged in India in 1948 by the then titled Raja of Kangra-Lambagraon
namely Raja Druv Dev Chand Katoch. It was part of composite Punjab till
November 1966 when it got transferred to Himachal Pradesh.
The British introduced Tea cultivation was introduced
into Kangra valley about 1850. Tea cultivated here is of a particular taste which is different from Assam tea. There is a photograph of a tea garden in Kangra. There is the photograph of the Kangra fort and the Arial photograph of Kangra Valley.
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