DARKOTI (Princely State)

 
Area:  13 km2 Privy Purse:  3,000R  Accession:  15th April 1948
STATE: Himachal Pradesh  Dynasty:  Kachhawa? Religion:  Hindu
Population:  518 (1901)    
     
Present Ruler: Rana RAGHUBIR SINGH, Rana of Darkoti since 1996.
married, and has issue.
  • Tikka Diveshwar Singh
  • Kanwar Jitinder Singh
 
Predecessors and Short History:  Reportedly founded by Durga Singh Kachhawa in the 11th century. Rulers were...
  • Rana SUTES RAM 1815/1854, married and had issue. He died 1854.
    • Rana PARAS RAM (qv)
    • Kanwar Chhumal Singh
  • Rana PARAS RAM 1854/1856, married and had issue. He died 1856.
    • Rana RAM SINGH (qv)
    • Kanwar Nahar Singh, died 1876.
    • Kanwar Sita Ram, died 1888.
  • Rana RAM SINGH 1856/1883, married and had issue. He died 1883.
    • Rana RAM SARAN SINGH (qv)
    • Kanwar Hemant Singh
    • Kanwar Hari Ram Singh, died 1927.
  • Rana RAM SARAN SINGH 1883/1918, born 1843, succeeded 15th October 1883 (#1), married and had issue. He died 24th September 1918.
    • Rana RAGHUNATH SINGH (qv)
    • Kanwar Lachhman Singh
  • Rana RAGHUNATH SINGH 1918/1951, born 1888, married and had issue. He died 1951.
    • Rana SHIV SINGH (qv)
    • Kanwar Attar Singh
    • Kanwar Udham Singh, educated at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (Lefroy) 1942/1949.
    • Kanwar Pratap Singh, educated at Colonel Brown School, Dehradun and at Khalsa College, Amritsar.
    • Kanwar Madan Singh, served in the I.A.F.; married Kumari Leela Kanwar from Jubbal, and has issue, two sons.
      • Kanwar Tejinder Singh (Bunny), educated at H.P.U., Simla (B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics), Manager and Proprietor of apple orchards; interests include: listening to music, particularly the rock bands of the 60's like The Doors (a fan of Jim Morrison), Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, loves gardening and reading, and enjoys watching football (soccer), basketball and Rugby; hobbies include 'jyming', soccer, pool, and mountaineering.
      • Kanwar Lokinder Singh (Robin), B.A. (Economics, History); interests include: listening to music, surfing the web and playing chess.
    • Kanwarani Sharda Devi, married (as his second wife), Kanwar Murat Singh of Tharoch, and had issue.
  • Rana SHIV SINGH 1951/1996, married and had issue. He died 1996.
    • Rana RAGHUBIR SINGH (qv)
    • Kanwar Gyaninder Singh
  • Rana RAGHUBIR SINGH (see above)
 
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.110