Baghat

A small Simla Hill State with its capital at Solan, named after the goddess Shoolini Devi. Baghat was annexed by the British under the doctrine of lapse in 1850 and restored to Rana Durga Singh in 1862 — one of the few hill states to have been taken and given back.

The Baghat Praja Mandal, formed in 1938, was among the earliest and most organised in the hills.