Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh

Hamirpur district is one of the twelve districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The headquarters of the district is in the Hamirpur town. The district occupies an area of 1118km². It is the smallest district of Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as “Martyr's Land” (Veer Bhumi).It is the most educated district of Himachal and has the highest density of roads amongst all districts in India.HistoryCarved out from Kangra District in 1972, Hamirpur District is closely associated with the Katoch dynasty. It was the part of old Jalandhar-Trigarta empire. Panin referred to the people of this kingdom as great warriors and fighters. Even today Army is the largest employer for Hamirpuris, who form large bulks of Dogra Regiment, Jammu and Kashmir Riflespunjab regiment, the grenadiers, Rajput regiment regiment as well as Hodson's Horse and Scinde Horse. infact hamirpuris are also in large no of paramiltary forces. In addition to their repute for being brave and professional soldiers they are well known for the hardiness characteristic of hill people thus earning the name VeerBhumi for Hamirpur as rest of Himachal calls itself Dev Bhumi. Even in the modren days there are many well educated youth seeking jobs in the Indian Army Due to the high attitude of Hamirpuris and integrity since immemorial, the Armed Forces prefer this location.The Katoch dynasty predominated during the period of Raja Hamir Chand who ruled from 1700 to 1740. It was Raja Hamir Chand who built the fort at Hamirpur and the present town derived its name from this ruler.hamirpur is very lovely city.here people are very simple and honest.