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Shamsher Prakash
Shamsher Prakash was Raja of Sirmur, a princely state in the Himalayan foothills of present-day Himachal Pradesh, from 1856 to 1898. A loyal ally of the British, he modernised his small state from its capital Nahan, founding the Nahan Foundry, building roads, schools and public buildings, and reforming the land revenue. He was succeeded by his son Surendra Bikram Prakash.
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