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About Lohaghāt
Lohaghat (Kumaoni: Loghāt) is a town and a nagar palika in Champawat district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Lohaghat is also famous for its various cultural events like Holi Rang Mahotsav, Devidhar Mela etc. The most special thing regarding Lohaghat is the Ramleela of Lohaghat which is one of the oldest Ramleela of the Kumaon division.
From the Wikipedia article Lohaghat (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Lohaghat and its surrounding region were earlier known as Sui, and the town has been a place of prominence since the rule of Katyuri kings. A scion of the Katyuri dynasty had established his principality at Sui in the eighth century. The rulers of Sui were feudatories to the Katyuris until the fragmentation of the Katyuri kingdom at the end of the 10th century, after which they became feudatories of Doti. Brahma Dev Katyuri, the last Katyuri governor of Sui was having trouble managing his areas due to several rebellions by local Khasia chiefs. The Khasia chiefs subsequently unified under a Raut king of Damkot thus increasing problems for Brahmadev, who married off his daughter to prince Somchand, bestowing his principality upon him as dowry.
Som Chand established his capital at Champawat and after defeating the Raut king of Sui with the help of his military officer Kalu Tadagi, bought the entire region under his authority thus laying the foundations of the rule of Chand dynasty in Kumaon. Lohaghat remained under the Kingdom of Kumaon until the fall of Almora at the hand of Gurkhas in 1790. The Banasur fort was built here by the Chand kings in the 12th century.
From the History section of Lohaghat on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Pantnagar Airport (PGH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 73 km away.
- Champawat 8 km south, about 8 min by car
- Pithorāgarh 23 km northeast, about 23 min by car
- Tanakpur 37 km south, about 37 min by car
- Banbasa 46 km south, about 46 min by car
- Almora 47 km northwest, about 47 min by car
- Bhīm Tāl 51 km west, about 51 min by car
- Khatīma 55 km south, about 55 min by car
- Haldwani 58 km west, about 58 min by car
- Naini Tāl 62 km west, about 1 h by car
- Rudrapur 82 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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