Tehri Garhwal is a famous and popular district of the Garhwal division of Uttarakhand state. Situated between the mountains, this place is very beautiful. Every year a large number of tourists come to visit here. The natural beauty of this place attracts a large number of tourists. Due to the confluence of three rivers (Bhagirathi, Bhilangana and Ghrit Ganga) or being surrounded by the river from three ends, this place came to be called Trihari and then as Teeri and Tehri.

Tehri Garhwal is made up of two words, in which the word Tehri is derived from "Trihari", it means a place that works to remove three types of sins (from Manasa, Vachana, Karmana). The same "Garh" means 'Fort', there is a long history behind it. Before 888, the whole of Garhwal was divided into small 'garhs', in which the kings of different states ruled, who were known as 'Rana', 'Rai' or 'Thakur'. It is said that the prince of Malwa, Kanakpal had gone to visit Badrinath Dham, where he met the mighty King Bhanu Pratap. Prince Kanakpal greatly influenced King Bhanu Pratap, due to which Raja Behan Pratap got his only daughter married to Kanakpal and handed over his entire kingdom to Kanakpal. Little by little, Kanakpal and his coming generations continued to increase their kingdom by winning all the strongholds one by one. In this way, the entire Garhwal region came under their control till 1803.

History of Tehri

It is said that the prince of Malwa, Kanakpal had gone to visit Badrinath Dham, where he met the mighty King Bhanu Pratap. Prince Kanakpal greatly influenced King Bhanu Pratap, due to which Raja Behan Pratap got his only daughter married to Kanakpal and handed over his entire kingdom to Kanakpal. By lightning Kanakpal and his coming generations, one by one, winning all the strongholds, their kingdom went on increasing. In this way, the entire Garhwal region came under their control till 1803.
In the same years, there were unsuccessful attacks by Gurkhas (attempts to capture Langur Garhi), but in 1803, the Gurkhas finally won a battle at Dehradun, in which Raja Pradymun Shah was killed. But his prince (Sudarshan Shah) who was younger at that time was saved in the hands of loyalists. Gradually the dominance of Gorkhas increased and they ruled for about 12 years. His kingdom was extended till Kangra, then the Gorkhas were driven out of Kangra by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and on the other hand, Sudarshan Shah snatched his kingdom back from the Gorkhas with the help of East India Company.

The East India Company annexed Kumaon, Dehradun and East (East) Garhwal to the British Empire and gave West Garhwal to Raja Sudarshan Shah, now known as Tehri princely state. King Sudarshan Shah made the city "Tehri or Tehri" as his capital and later his successors Pratap Shah, Kirti Shah and Narendra Shah established the capital of this state Pratap Nagar, Kirti Nagar and Narendra Nagar and all three successors from 1815 to 1949. reigned till The people of this region took a huge part against the Quit India Movement. After independence, there was a desire in the mind of the people to be free from the rule of kings and finally, King Manvendra Shah accepted to be united with India. In this way, in the year 1949, Tehri state was merged into Uttar Pradesh and made a district. Later on 24 February 1960, the Uttar Pradesh government separated one of its tehsils and made another district named Uttarkashi.