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The earliest known inhabitants of
the region were tribal called dasas. Later Aryans came and they
assimilated in the tribes, In the later Centuries ,the hill chieftains
accepted the suzerainty of mauryan empire the kushans,the guptas
and kanaus rulers.During the Mughal Period the Raja's of the Hill state
made some mutually agreed agreements which governed their relations. In the 19th century ,Ranjit singh subjugated many of the
states, When the
British Came they defeated the gorkhas and entered in to treaties
with some rajahs and annexed the kingdoms of others.The Situation more
or less remain unchanged till 1947,After independence 30 Princely states
of the area were united and the present Himachal Pradesh was
formed on April15,1948 On Jan 25,1971 Himachal Pradesh was made a full fledged
state.
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