Jahangir seated on the throne in 1605 A.D. Trilok Chand became the Raja of Kangra after the death of this father Raja Bidhi Chand in 1605 A.D. In 1615 A.D., Jahangir sent his allies Raja Surajmal of Nurpur (Dhameri) and Sheikh Farid Murtaza Khan to capture Kangra, but some controversy broke out between the two. The plan to capture Kangra was postponed after the death of Farid Murtaza Khan. Again in the year 1617 A.D., Jahangir sent his allies Raja Surajmal of Nurpur (present day Dhameri) and Shah Quli Khan Muhammad Taki to capture Kangra. Same story was repeated again as some controversy broke out between Surajmal and Shan Quli Khan and as a result Shan Quli Khan was asked by Jahangir to retreat back. Raja Surajmal broke out into the rebellion against Mughals.
Jahangir sent his very efficient men Raja Roy Vikramjeet and Abdul Aziz to suppress the rebellion. Raja Surajmal fled away to Chamba and took asylum in the fort of Mankot and Taragarh. Raja Pratap Verman of Chamba gave him an idea to surrender but he died in 1619 A.D. before he could make himself surrender to Jahangir. Kangra fort came under the Mughals in 1620 A.D. Raja Jagat Singh younger brother of Raja Surajmal helped the Mughals to capture Kangra fort. Kangra fort was captured by Mughals under the leadership of Nawab Ali Khan and ruled till 1783 A.D. Jahangir visited Dhameri (present day Nurpur) in 1622 A.D. and renamed Dhameri as Nurpur before the name of his wife ‘Nur-jahan’. Jahangir constructed a Mosque inside Kangra fort and named one of the doors of Kangra fort as ‘Jahangiri Darwaza’. During the reign of Jahangir, the ‘battle of Dhalog’ was fought between Raja Janardhan of Chamba and Raja Jagat Singh in which Jagat Singh emerged victorious. Chamba was ruled by Raja Jagat Singh for two decades (1623 A.D to 1643 A.D). Raja Budhi Prakash of Sirmaur was the contemporary of Jahangir. The first Mughal Kiledaar of Kangra fort was Nawab Ali Khan.
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