HP GK Princely States And Their Founders

HP GK Princely States And Their Founders 

Kehlur 

• Founder –Bir chand 
• Bilaspur past ,present, bilaspur gazetter and ganesh singh book chandervansh vilas and shashi vansh vinod confirm –foundation of kehlur –Bir chand -697Ad 
• Hutichson and vogel -900 Ad 
• Birchand – from bundelkhand –was chandel rajput 
• Father harihar chand -5 sons 
• Crossed satluj and defeated Ruhand thakurs 
• Established the fort kot kehlur 
• Established naina devi Temple 
• Last ruler –Anand Chand 
• Opposed to merger Bilaspur 
• Made C – Category –on 9October –become First Commisioner of bilaspur -12 october 
• Sri chand chabbara -2 nd commissioner 
• 1 july 1954

Chamba 

• Founder-Suryavanshi King -550AD-King Maru –Ayodhya 
• Came from Ayodhya 
• Meru Varman -become Powerful king of bharmaur 
• Expanded kingdom-Chamba City 
• Defeated –Dateshwar palof Kullu made temples –bharmaur ,lakshana temple ,Ganesh temple ,Narsimha temple ,Shakti temple –gugga was an artist Aditya  Verman -first ruler who add Varman as suffix 
• Mushan varman - banned to kill rats 
• Ganesh Varman -First to add singh as Suffix
• Last Ruler –laxman singh –last king in 1935

Datarpur- 

• Founder –Dattar chand-1550 –dadwal is surname 
• Location 
• South jaswan 
• West –Sibba 
• North –guler 
• Govind chand helped gurkhas against sansar chand in1806 
• Raja jagat singh of dattarpur revolted against British in1848 –impronsed and sent to jail almora 
• Princely state is presently dasuh tehsil 

Guler 

• Old name –gwalior 
• Founder –harichand –capital haripur –fort haripur fort 
• Bhup singh –last king 
• Desa singh majitha capture guler and kotla fort 
• Shamsher singh got liberated sikh 
• Jai singh , baldev singh , raghunath singh become rulers

Sibba 

• Founder –sibram chand 
• Offshoot guler 
• Jahagir came to sibba -1622 
• Sibba was annexed by sansar chand -1806 
• Bhupchand of guler -1806 
• Maharaja ranjit singh -1809 -30 
• Sibba known as dada sibba 
• Maharaja Ranjit returned –dadasibba to govind chand –request dhyan singh 
• Sibba divided in two cousins –ram singh &vijay singh 
• Ram singh -last -throne of sibba -1845-died childless -1874 
• Vijay singh ascended throne 
• Last traditional ruler –was sham singh

Nurpur 

• Founder –Jhetpal -1000AD –Tomar rajput of chandervanshi of delhi 
• Ancient name –Dhameri 
• Old –capital –pathankot 
• During akbar time –shifted nurpur From capital Pathankot –dhameri 
• Baktmal –salimshasur –built makot fort -Sikandersha –refuge incollaboration with bhaktmal 
• Found in akbar nama 
• Takhtmal –thought changing from his capital pathankot to dhameri 
• Baas dev –shifted dhameri –good relations with jahagir 
• Veer singh –last ruler –refused to take jaagir –sentto govingarh fort of amritsar 
• British captured 1846 ,wazir singh pathania , jaswant singh –revoltd against – british in 1848

Trigarta 

• Establishment before mahabharat 
• Founded by bhumichand –capital multan 
• 234th capital was susharma –fort kangra 
• Spread between three rivers Ravi Beas and Sutlej 
• Capital –nagarkot , bhimkot,bhimnagar 
• Susharma 
• Thomas coryat -1615 
• Thevnot -1666AD 
• Foster-1783 
• William Moorcraft -1832 
• Shifted to dharanshala -1855 
• Sansar chand –important ruler 
• Anirudh chand son of sansar chand

Kullu 

• Found in rajrtarangini,vishnupurana ,kadambari , mahabharat , brihatsamhita 
• Hieuntsang visited kullu in 635 AD 
• 1000 bhuddhist monk study mahayana in princely state 
• Ashok built bhuddhist stupa in kullu memory 
• Salari shilalekh –gupta ruler 
• Goddess hidimba –bhima –ghatokoch –son of bhima –mahabharat 
• Founder-Bihangminpal from Haridwar 
• Ancestors settled in allahbad to almora and then to haridwar 
• Started living in jagatsukh –first capital of princely states 
• Pachpal defeated the king of ghazan 
• Visudhpal –defeated samanta karmchand –naggar capital 
• Rudrapal –rajender sen spiti attacked kullu –pay tax 
• Rudrapal defeated chateman of spiti Urdanpal –sandhya devi temple 
• Ajit singh –last ruler ajit singh

Ratesh 

• Founder-Raisingh (Brother KarmaPrakash) 
• King Somar prakash-ratesh capital 
• Ratesh –small hill state 
• Manor –sirmaur and keonthal 
• At time gorkha Invasion-escaped from sirmaur and saved his life 
• Thakur Shamsher –last ruler of ratesh 
• Darkoti state – 
• Founded by durga Chand –came from marwar 
• Falls in KotKhai 
• Merged with Mahasu District In1948

Mandi -

Made Suket and Mandi Princely 

• Founder - Bahu Sen -1000AD 
• No Good relationship –Bahusen and sahusen 
• Laid foundation-Mandi Princely-Mangalore (kullu) 
• Capital –haat 
• Mandi town-Ajber sen -1527 –founded Mandi city -made capital 
• Built –bhootnath temple in mandi city 
• Queen sultana Devi –Ajbar sen –trilokinath temple in Mandi 
• City –mandvya rishi 
• Joginder Sen-last ruler –title KCSI-educated –QueenMary College ,Hutinchson Lahore 
• Garden Walker-Suprintendent Of Mandi 
• In the Year 1916-HW-Emerson –suprintendent Of Mandi 
• Swami Krishnanand -1914 Hradev Of Mandi –gadar party 
• Bhai hirdya ram –mathra das –Lahor conspiracy Case in black water 
• Sidh Kharada main culprit 
• Miyan jawahar Singh was sent to Kalapani and rani Khairgarhi Wassentenced to be Expelled from Countr

Suket –

• the name Sundernagar region –shukkhart –later –suket 
• Mahatma lived Sukhdev -Sukshetra –later suket 
• Ancient city –baned 
• Establishment –Alexender Cunningham –founded by Virsen in765 
• Belonged To Sena Dynasty Of bengal  His father Roopsen –Ropar 
• Veer sen –Kunnu Dhar –first capital –Suket –Pangna 
• Gave Pangna -Mushan –dowry 
• Imprisoned Bhuppal –kullu 
• Boundary line –Kangra aaand Got Veera durg Constructed at Seer Khad 
• Constructed –Birkot Fort –rana Hatli Laxman Sen –last ruler – 
• 1921-suket –Govt OF british Of Punjab- 
• In Feb 1948-Suket Satyagraha –Pandit Padamdev 
• Merged -1948

Bhajji- 

• Founded by Charu raja –Descendent Of kutlehr-Later named Udaypal 
• Sohanpal –Sunni city and shifted the sunni From bhajji –capital of bhajji 
• Princely State Bhajji was occupied By Gorkhas From 1803 To 1815AD 
• After the removal of Gorkhas in 1815 , The british Govt granted Independent Treaty To Rana Rudrapal –renounced the throne –haridwar ashram 
• Ramchandra Pal was last Ruler 
• Bhajji is part of sunni Tehsil 

Hindur (Nalagarh) 

• Founded –Ajay Chand -1100AD –son of kahal chand 
• Taimur Lang invaded India at time of princely Alam Chand –helped 
• Vikramchand –founded nalagarh –made capital of Princely state Of Hindur 
• Ramchand –Fort ramchand – Ramshahr capital 
• King Ajmer Chand –fort Of Ajmer Garh Ramsharan –supported Sansar Chand –hide ram city Fort -3yrs –captured Gorkhas 
• Amar singh Thapa –Defeated -15May 1815 at Malaun Fort,-Died 
• Raja vijay singh Rule

Theog 

• Founded –jais chand Of Kahlur 
• Krishnanand-Last Ruler 
• First princely merged with India 

Delath – 

• Founded By Prithvi singh , Brother kirat chand 
• Delath was amalagmated into Bushahr state in1948 
• Made part – mahasu 
• Presently Its part of Rampur bushahr 

Keonthal 

• Founder –Giri sen-1211-Brother Birsen 
• In 1379 –Firoz Shah Tughlaq 
• At The Time Gorkha Invasion –Rana Ragunath Sen –fled to suket 
• 1815 –ghund , Madhan ,ratesh, koti Come Under –Keonthal 
• Capital _junga 
• Rana Sansar Sen-Helped British _ king and Khilat 
• Hitender Sen –last Ruler

Kumarsein 

• Founded by Kirat Chand-came from Gaya 
• Ajmer singh defeated Man singh of Kullu –captured sarai and shangri fort 
• Kumarsein –state of jaagir of Bushahr 
• Rana kehar singh –kullu at gorkha invasion 
• Rana PritamChand –seige Of srigarhFort 
• Rana Vidhyadhar singh –Last ruler of kumarsen 

Bushahr 

• Founded by Pradyuman –came to married his son to banasur daughter in sarahan 
• Made capital –kamru 
• Raja chattar singh –kamru to sarahan 
• Raja kehri singh –Ajanabahu & chattarpati by aurangzeb 
• Hangrang valley and lavi fair 
• Raja ram singh –subdued dhankar of spiti and changed sarahan to rampur 
• Gorkha invasion-1810 
• Raja mahendera drove out Gorkhas 
• Raja shamsher singh –did not support british 1857 
• Raja padam singh –last ruler

Kunihar 

• Founder –abhoj deo from jammu in1154 AD 
• Capital _hatkoti 
• Mungari das –gorkhas left 
• Hardev- Last ruler 

Kuthar –

• surat chand from Kishtwar 
• Before 1815 –jagir of Hindur and bilaspur 
• After gorkhas invas –kuthar was part of Keonthal 
• Ruler –Gopal chand –refuge in manimajra 
• 1815 –british liberated –gave sanad to Rana Bhup singh 
• Subathu merged with Kuthar 
• Subathu fort –gorkhas which laterfirst military post in 1816 

Mehlog 

• Founded by veerchand –ayodhya –paata as capital 
• Uttam chand –patta to kot Dharsi in 1612 –estate of Keonthal 
• Gorkhas -1803 to1815 –thakur sansar chand ruler of Mhlog –refuge ramsharan of hindur 
• British control –dalip chand ruler 
• Ragunath chand –conferred –rana 
• Durga singh –thakur –british 
• Last ruler –thakur Narender Chand

Siramur 

• Ancient resident –kulind –apex of maurya empire –named shirmaurya 
• Raja rasalu name it as sirmaur –deity worshipped –shirmaurya 
• According to tarikriyasat –sulakoina –sirmauri taal capital –raja rasalu 
• 1195 Ad – Shobha rawal –Rajban As Capital of Sirmaur 
• Udit Prakash – rajban to Kalsi 
• Sumer prakash –Made ratesh as capital 
• Suraj prakash – reestablished Kalsi 
• Transfer of capital – 
• Nekat – neri capital 
• Garv praksh- Neri To Jogti fort 
• Brahma prakash –Devthal 
• Dharam prakash –Devthal to kalsi 
• Deep Prakash- Trilokpur Temple 
• Buddhi prakash – Kalsi to Rajpura 
• Karma prakash – Rajpura to Nahan 
• Rajender Prakash –last ruler 
• Sirmaur praja mandal -1937, pajhota movement -1942

Baghat 

• City of kasauli and solan part of bhagat 
• Founder-Pawar rajput –basantpal 
• Rana inderpal –princely state named bhagat 
• Independent –bilaspur -1790 
• Rana mahender singh –first independent ruler –died – british Control 
• Rana Vijay –ruler _after the death – doctrine of Lapse 
• Rana umed -1862 –ruler 
• Rana dalip singh –boch to solan 
• Rana durga chand –last ruler -26 january 1948 _court of hall 

Bhagal – 

• Pawar rajput – Ajay Dev Of ujjain – gambhar river 
• Rana sabha Chand –Arki capital -1643 
• Gorkhas -1803 -1815 –rana jagat singh –refuge in nalagarh -7 years 
• Anirudh chand Refuge 
• British Govt _ Rana kishan Singh –revolt 1857 –title raja -1860 
• Last ruler –Rajender singh – modern name is jatog

Dhami – 

• Founded by govind pal – descendent Of Prithvi raj chauhan –rajpura 
• Raja Raj singh – replace Pal with singh as suffix 
• Raja goverdhan –assisted british – gave him Independent Treaty 
• Raja Goverdhan –assisted in british -1857 – halog capital – merged Mahasu -15 april 

Jubbal – 

• Founder --1195- karm chand – sunpur capital- shifted to Purana jubbal 
• Rana gaur chand –sunpur to Devara (DEORHA) 
• Purana Chand – during gurkhas –title by rana By british – karmchand –harsh ruler 
• Thaorach merged aand ravi and dhari merged -1896 
• Bhakchand – king Title 
• Last ruler –Digvijay chand

Kutlehr 

• Formely –Chowki kutlehr 
• Smallest 
• Founded by Jaspal 
• Capital –kotKehlur 
• Ghamand chand -1758 
• Sansar Chand -1786 
• Raja naryan pal – KotwalWah war _ raja ranjit singh -1825 
• Last kinG – Raja briJmohan pal Jaswan – 
• Founder purab chand Rajpura Capital ruled by 27 rulers 
• Umed singh sided with gorkhas – against sansar chand 
• Sent To almora 
• Ran singh liberated