PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
One of the oldest hill states after Kashmir, traditionally founded by Pradhuman,
the son of Lord Krishna. According to C. F. Kennedy, it was founded by
Rana Danbar Singh, an immigrant Rajput from the Deccan in 1412.
Some rulers were....
- Rana CHATAR SINGH, 110th Ruling
Rajput
of Bashahr
State, brought the whole of the state under his power during his reign.
- Rana KALYAN SINGH, 112th Ruler of
Bashahr
- Rana KEHRI SINGH, 113th Ruler of
Bashahr.
- Rana VIJAY SINGH -/1708, 114th Ruler of
Bashahr.
- Rana UDAI SINGH 1708/1725, 115th
Ruler of Bashahr,
married and had issue.
- Rana RAM SINGH (qv)
- Mian Pabar Singh, founder of the
only
legitimate
collateral line of the royal family.
- Several generations
- Raja Narain Singh, present
head
(1910), jagirdar
and lambardar of Kakrola in the Dassau pargana of Rampur tahsil.
- Rana RAM SINGH 1725/1761, 116th
Ruler
of Bashahr,
made Rampur his capital, lost much conquered land in wars with the Raja
of Kullu. He died 1761.
- Rana UDAR SINGH 1761/1785, married
(amongst others), a daughter of Raja KIRAT PRAKASH of Sirmur, and had issue.
- Rana UGAR SINGH 1785/1803, 118th
Ruler of Bashahr,
during his reign, Bashahr was conquered by the Gurkhas who maintained
their
hold until 1815, married and had issue. He died 1810.
GURKHA OCCUPATION 1803/1815
- Raja MAHENDRA SINGH 1815/1850 ,
born 1809,
confirmed in his possessions by the sanad of 6th November 1815,
married and had issue. He died 1850.
- Raja SHAMSHER SINGH (qv)
- Mian Fatteh Singh (natural son),
died sp 1876.
- Raja SHAMSHER SINGH 1850/1887 and
1898/1914, born
1838 (#1),
abdicated
in favour of his legitimate son in 1887 (#2),
married and had issue, 1 son and 2 daughters. He died 5th August 1914.
- Tikka Raghunath Singh, later Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH (qv)
- Raja Sir PADAM SINGH (by a concubine)
- Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH 1887/1898, C.I.E., married in a double
ceremony in
1884, two daughters of Raja BIJAI SEN of Mandi,
and had issue, 6 daughters and 1 son. He died February 1898.
- Tikka Marender Singh, born 1886, died January 1899.
- Raja Sir PADAM SINGH 1914/1947, born 1873, succeeded 5th
August 1914,
installed
30th November 1917, C.I.E. [June 1931], married 9 wives (4 from
Kotkhai,
one fom Mandi, one from Suket, one from Sangri),
married 8thly, Rani Jwale Dei of Lambagraon,
died 22nd July 1949, married 9thly, Rani Shanta Devi of Dhadi
[late Rajmata of Bashahr], and had issue (#3).
He died April 1947.
- Devinder Singh, died young in 1922.
- Ranbir Singh, died 1921.
- Jagatjit Singh, born 4th November 1904, married 1929, Jai
Devi of
Karangla,
and had issue. He died 1961.
- Kanwar Raj Pal Singh, born 8th March 1947, married 25th
November 1975,
Kanwarani Romila Kumari of Kotkhai, and has issue.
- Ravija Kumari, born 12th October 1976 in Shimla,
married 3rd May 1997,
Tikka Danvender Singh of Kullu.
- Vibha Kumari, born 5th December 1977 in Kotkhai,
married 3rd August
2000,
Kanwar Hiteshwar Singh of Kullu.
- Tikka Virbhadra Singh (by Rani Shanta Devi) [later Raja
VIRBHADRA SINGH
(see below)]
- Kumari (name unknown)
(by Rani Jwale Dei)
- Rajkumar Rajendra Singh (by Rani Jwale Dei), born 28th
July 1935 at Sarahan,
married 20th
June
1957, Rajkumari Rajendra Kumari, daughter of HH Maharaja Sir BRIJNATH
SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur of Maihar
in
M.P., born 5th November 1943 at Jabalpur in M.P., and had issue, 3
children.
He died November 1997, and was cremated at the Royal Cemetary in Rampur.
- Kanwar Rajeshwar Singh, born 31st May 1958 at Simla,
Heir Apparent to
the gaddi
of Rampur Bushahr until 1989, married 1stly, 1984 (div. 1996), Miss
Parminder
Singh Oberoi, married 2ndly, 1st December 1997 at Simla, Rajkumari
Shrikriti
Kumari, born 10th May 1965 at New Delhi, daughter of Raja Rana YOGENDRA
CHAND of Jubbal, and has issue. (Padam
Castle, Jakhu Road, Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India)
- Prakram Singh (by 1st marriage), born 28th October
1984.
- Kumari Rajnandini Kumari (by 2nd marriage), born 30th
April 2001 at
Simla.
- Kumari Purnima Kumari, born 27th June 1961, married
27th April 1990 in
Simla, Kunwar Pranay Singh, second son of Rawal Chakrapani Singh of Bissau,
and has issue.
- Kumari Namrata Kumari, born 19th December 1963.
- Kumari (name unknown),
married the Rana of Manswal.
- Raja VIRBHADRA SINGH (see above)
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born
23rd June 1934 in Sarahan District,Shimla. B.A.(Hons), M.A.; educated
at
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and St. Stephen's College, Delhi; Honorary
Captain in the Indian Army; elected Member of the Lok Sabha in 1962,
1967,
1972 and in 1980; Member of Indian Delegation to the General Assembly
of
the United Nations, 1976; Deputy Minister, Tourism and Civil Aviation,
Govt. of India, 1976/1977; Minister of State for Industries, Government
of India, 1982/1983. Associated with various Cultural and Social
Organisations,
remained President, Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan and Friends of Soviet
Union
Society (H.P.State Branch); Elected twice to the
Legislative
Assembly from Jubbal-Kotkhai Constituency (first in 1983, in a
by-election;
and again in 1985 general elections), Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh,
1983/1990 and again in 1993/1998, five times in total. Elected from
nearby
Rohru Constituency in 1990 and 1993; Elected President State Congress
Committee,
1992/1994; re-elected to State Assembly in 1998; Leader of the
Congress
Legislative Group in the Assembly, married 1stly, 28th May 1954,
Rajkumari
Rattan Kumari of Jubbal, born 16th
August
1934 in Jubbal, died 27th September 1983 in Simla, married 2ndly, 28th
November 1985 at Junga, Rani Pratibha Kumari, born 16th June 1956,
Member
of the Lok Sabha, daughter of Raja HITENDRA SEN of Keonthal,
and has issue, 4 daughters by 1st wife, and 1 son and 1 daughter by the
2nd wife.