Garhwal Kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in the current north-western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India, founded in 688 CE by Kanak Pal, the progenitor of the Panwar dynasty that ruled over the kingdom uninterrupted until 1803 CE.
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Garhwal Kingdom was founded in 823 AD, when Kanak Pal, the prince of Malwa, on his visit to the Badrinath Temple, met Raja Bhanu Pratap, the ruler of Chandpur Garhi, one of the 52 Garhs of Garhwal.
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Garhwal Kingdom had not yet recovered from the famine when a devastating earthquake struck the region.
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Garhwal Kingdom kings went into exile in British territory as the Gorkhas began their twelve-year rule over Garhwal Kingdom region.
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Garhwal Kingdom established Hulak system through a relay of porters up to Yamuna river in Garhwal.
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Sudarshan Shah, son and heir of the defeated ruler of the Kingdom of Garhwal who was in exile in British territory, saw his chance and entered into an alliance with the British in 1812.
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At the war's end on 21 April 1815, as a result of the Treaty of Sugauli, the British annexed half of the Kingdom of Garhwal and converted the other half into a subsidiary princely state.
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Sudarshan Shah, the heir to the Kingdom of Garhwal received approximately half his ancestral territories, limited to western Garhwal region and received recognition as Raja of a new princely state of Garhwal.
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Flag of Garhwal Kingdom was known as Badrinathji Ki Pataka or Garuda Dhwaj.
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Mola Ram the 18th century painter, poet, historian and diplomat of Garhwal Kingdom wrote the historical work Garhrajvansh Ka Itihas which is the only source of information about several Garhwal Kingdom rulers.
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Garhwal Kingdom succeeded to the throne when his father Narendra Shah abdicated throne on 26 May 1946.
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Garhwal Kingdom represented Tehri Garhwal constituency eight times in the Lok Sabha.
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