Kangarh is a village in the tehsil/mandal of Nurpur Bedi in the Rupnagar district of Punjab. Its a beautiful place situated near Hills of Shivalik. It is around 3 km from Nurpur Bedi. It is under the Lok Sabha constituency of Anandpur Sahib, as well as under the Vidhan sabha constituency of Ropar. It is located on Nurpur Bedi- Ropar road. This village is dominated by Chauhan gurjars.
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History
After 17 battles between chauhan king prithviraj and Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori, ghori managed to win with false tactics.Afterwards, Delhi was destroyed and plundered. So many people from nearby villages migrated to other places. One major group of Chauhan's shifted to places near Rupnagar and settled there. They established village kalar in the suburb of balachor however the land was not fertile so some of them shifted near nurpur bedi and build villages - kangarh, tedewal and jhandian khurd. One of them is Kangarh. Kangarh was thus constructed by chauhans and they managed to make it prospeous in short span. The elder of that village was Chaudhary Hanuman Singh Chauhan at that time. Kangarh is approximately 300 years old.
Prominant people
Kangarh is known for village of late Chaudhary Dhani Ram Chauhan and late Chaudhary Lalchand Chauhan. Both of them managed to make this village far better place with extreme efforts. CH. Dhani ram was known as hauldar whereas CH. Lalchand remained village sarpanch for many years. Along with them, Gurdass chaudhary coined the name of kangarh in Rupnagar after passing Indian services and thus was appointed in INDIAN FOREST SERVICES in Himachal Pradesh. Ex-inspector Radhkrishan chauhan is also one of prominent image of kangarh along with Ch. Nisha ram chechi (retired-ASI). Sons of Ch. Dhani ram - Engineer Roop lal chauhan and Architect Mohinder pal chauhan have also embraced the name of this village along with their cousin DSP BSF Satpal singh chechi(son of nisha ram chechi). Many prominent business men also reside in kangar - Ch. Manohar lal chauhan(Ex-sarpanch, akali dal leader, block samiti member)who owns chauhan sweet shop in nurpur bedi and runs it along with his brothers, CH. Mohinder pal chauhan (owner of chauhan filing station) s/o Prithi chauhan, Dhiman brothers, Durga das kohli. Many other prominent people are - Late Ch. Tek chand, Gopal chauhan, Retired captain Balram moudgil, Gurmail chaudhary, Jagatram chauhan. French nationalist turn Sikh 'darshansingh rudel'doing organic farming also reside in the vicinity of kangarh.
Environment
The foothills of the Shiwalik Range are forested. Some areas are protected. There are areas of public (village council) and private ownership. Local fauna includes: sambar, muntjacs (barking deer), woodpeckers, peacocks, parrots and forest pigs.
Climate
Kangarh has a humid subtropical climate characterized by a seasonal rhythm with very hot summers, mild winters, unreliable rainfall and great variation in temperature (-1 °C to 41.2 °C). The average annual rainfall is 1110.7 mm. Spring temperatures vary between a maximum of 16 °C to 25 °C and minimums 9 °C to 18 °C and the climate is pleasant. Summer is from mid-May to mid-June. Rarely there are very hot days to 45 °C. Temperatures generally remain between 35 °C to 40 °C (94 - 101F). The monsoon season lasts from mid-June to mid-September. Kartarpur receives moderate to heavy rainfall and sometimes heavy to very heavy rainfall (generally during the month of August or September). Usually, the rain bearing monsoon winds blow from south-west / south-east. The maximum amount of rain received by Kartarpur in a single day was 200.5 mm in a single day. Autumn is from mid-March to April. The temperature may rise to a maximum of 36 °C. Temperatures usually remain between 16° to 27°. The minimum temperature is around 11 °C. Winters last from November to mid-March. The temperature is mild but can get chilly. Average temperatures in the winter are (max) 7 °C to 15 °C and (min) -3 °C to 5 °C. Rain comes from the west and usually a lasts for 2–3 days, sometimes with hail.
Famous and Sacred Places
Kangarh village has many sacred places like Lakh Data peer mandir, Shah Meer mandir, Kutia bhuriwale and under construction Lord Shiva mandir. It has one of the best and biggest government senior secondary school in the area. Along with this, Famous jungle resort Kikar Lodge is also in the suburb of this village. Plus this village has one of the finest Gym, Playground, volleyball ground, Football and cricket ground, etc.