Sirmur State

For the district in Himachal Pradesh, see Sirmaur district.

Sirmaur State Sirmoor State Nahan State
Princely State of British India
1095–1948
Coat of arms
Map of Sirmur State, Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1934
Sirmur State in a 1911 map of Punjab
Capital	Nahan
Area
• 1901 Census of India	4,039 km2 (1,559 sq mi)
Population
• 1901 Census of India	135,626
History
• Established	1095
• Independence of India	1948
Succeeded by India
Today part of	Himachal Pradesh, India
Gazetteer of the Sirmur State. New Delhi: Indus Publishing. 1996. ISBN 978-81-7387-056-9. OCLC 41357468.

Portrait of Maharaja Kirat Prakash of Sirmur. Late 18th century.

The Fort of Nahan, the capital of princely-state of Sirmur

Stamp of Sirmour in 1800s

Sirmur (also spelled as Sirmor, Sirmaur, Sirmour, or Sirmoor) was a princely state of India, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The state was also known as Nahan, after its main city, Nahan. The state ranked predominant amongst the Punjab Hill States. It had an area of 4,039 km² and a revenue of 300,000 rupees in 1891.