Tanwar

The Tanwar, better known as the Tomar, were a Rajput clan whose chiefs once ruled Delhi and built the fort of Lal Kot. In 1064 a branch led by Jhetpal, younger brother of the Tomar raja Anangpal II, founded the hill state of Dhameri between the Ravi and Beas rivers; after garrisoning Pathankot the family took the name Pathania.

In 1337 its rajas still held this principality, the later Nurpur kingdom. The state reached its height under Raja Basu Dev between 1580 and 1613 and was then drawn into the Mughal orbit.

In 1620 Raja Jagat Singh renamed Dhameri as Nurpur to honour Jahangir and Nur Jahan. The kingdom shook off Mughal suzerainty during Nader Shah's invasion of 1739, but in 1815 Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire annexed it.