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| image_caption = '''Clockwise from top:''' <br /> View of Baragaon Village; Brahmeshwar Mahadev temple; Main Bus Stand and Shops in Baragaon; View of Apple Orchards from Sangri Fort; Baragaon Diwali Fair
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'''Baragaon''' is a village in [[Kumarsain]] [[Subdivision (India)|subdivision]] of [[Shimla district]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]].

Formerly under the [[British Raj]], it was the capital of Sangri [[princely state]], which was one of the several states of the [[Punjab States Agency]].

== History ==
Sangri originally was part of [[Bushahr]], but was seized by Raja Man Singh of [[Kullu State|Kullu]] in about 1703. It was taken back by [[Bushahr]] in 1719 but in 1803 it was seized by the [[Gurkhas]] of Nepal and restored in 1815 to Raja Bikram Singh of [[Kullu State|Kullu]] after [[Gurkhas]] left. After Kullu was annexed by British in 1846 after [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], Sangri became [[princely state]] under [[Simla Hill States|Shimla Hill states]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathore |first=Abhinay |title=Sangri (Princely State) |url=https://www.indianrajputs.com/view/sangri |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Rajput Provinces of India |date=19 December 1810 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Verma 1995">{{Cite book |last=Verma |first=V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QpWloqN5LTAC&q=order+of+precedence+in+shimla+hill+states&pg=PA53 |title=The Emergence of Himachal Pradesh: A Survey of Constitutional Developments |date=1995 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-035-4 |language=en}}</ref>

Sangri signed merger treaty with the Indian Union on 15 April 1948<ref name="Verma 1995"/>

== Accessibility ==
Baragaon is 91 km from Shimla city and lies 8 km beside [[National Highway 5 (India)|National Highway 5]] from Kingal village on Kingal - Basantpur road. Nearest Airport and Railway station are at Shimla city and there are regular Bus services from Shimla to Baragaon.

== Government ==
It is [[Gram panchayat|Gram Panchayat]] under Narkanda Block.

In [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] it is represented under [[Theog (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Theog Assembly constituency]] .

In [[Lok Sabha|Loksabha]] it is represented under [[Shimla Lok Sabha constituency|Shimla loksabha]] seat.

On 16 August 2022, Himachal CM declared Baragaon to be new Sub Tehsil under Kumarsain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Himachal Pradesh Government |url=http://himachalpr.gov.in/OnePressRelease.aspx?Language=1&ID=26314 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=himachalpr.gov.in}}</ref>

On 21 December 2022, Himachal CM denotified all sub tehsil including Baragaon created by previous government.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.himachalheadlines.com/news/306-institution-announced-by-bjp-before-election-denotify/ | title=306 institution announced by BJP before Election denotify - HIMACHAL HEADLINES | date=21 December 2022 }}</ref>

== Education ==

* Government Senior Secondary school (Established in 1922 by rulers of Sangri and upgraded later. Renamed after Kargil War Martyr Shaheed Satish Kumar from Baragaon) <ref>{{Cite web |title=SANGRI DARPAN |url=http://gsssbaragaon.himdhara.in/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=gsssbaragaon.himdhara.in |archive-date=24 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224100703/http://gsssbaragaon.himdhara.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Shimla district]]

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Baragaon, Himachal - Revision history

Hakeem Nafeesurrahman Thanvi at 06:47, 2 January 2026