Nurpur

Nurpur was a Himalayan foothill kingdom between the Ravi and Beas, on the route to the Kangra valley. Originally called Dhameri, it was ruled by the Tanwar dynasty in 1337.

Basu Dev built a great fort during his reign from 1580 to 1613, but Mughal pressure drove out his son Suraj Mal in 1618. In 1620 Jagat Singh renamed Dhameri Nurpur in honour of Emperor Jahangir and his wife Nur Jahan. The state rebelled in 1640–1642 and became independent in 1739, before Ranjit Singh annexed it in 1815.