GULER (Princely State)

 
AREA:  ?? km2 REVENUE:  ??  ANNEXATION:  1813
STATE:  ?? DYNASTY:  Katoch RELIGION:  Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER: VACANT since 1959.
   
PREDECESSORS and SHORT HISTORY:  Founded in 1415 with the capital at Haripur. Rulers were...
  1. Raja HARI CHAND 1415/- , originally Raja of Kangra to 1415, founded the town of Haripur on the flat below the fort, on the Banganga River.
  2. Raja BHAUN CHAND
  3. Raja SUVARN CHAND
  4. Raja UDHYAN CHAND
  5. Raja NARINDAR CHAND
  6. Raja UDHARN CHAND
  7. Raja RATAN CHAND
  8. Raja NAND CHAND
  9. Raja GARUDA CHAND
  10. Raja GAMBHIR CHAND
  11. Raja ABHAYA CHAND
  12. Raja UTTAM CHAND
  13. Raja PRITHVI CHANDK
  14. Raja KARAN CHAND
  15. Raja RAM CHAND fl.1540, 15th Raja of Guler
  16. Raja JAGDISH CHAND (son) 1570/1605, married and had issue.
    • Raja VIJAYA CHAND (qv)
    • Raja RUP CHAND Bahadur (qv)

  17. Raja VIJAYA CHAND 1605/1610

  18. Raja RUP CHAND Bahadur 1610/1635, granted the title of Bahadur by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, as well as a khilat., married and had issue.
    • Raja MAN SINGH (qv)

  19. Raja MAN SINGH 1635/1661, first to use Singh as a family name, conferred on him by the Mughal Emperor, built the fort of Mangarh, married and uhad issue. He died 1661 at Benares.
    • Raja BIKRAM SINGH (qv)

  20. Raja BIKRAM SINGH 1661/1675, Emperor Aurangzeb conferred a mansab of 2500, with valuable khilats and made him Thanadar of the Kangra Hills, married and had issue. He died 1675 at Chauntra.
    • Raja RAJ SINGH (qv)

  21. Raja RAJ SINGH 1675/1695, married and had issue. He died 1695.
    • Raja DALIP SINGH (qv)

  22. Raja DALIP SINGH 1695/1730, born 1688, married and had issue. He died circa 1730.
    • Raja GOVARDHAN SINGH (qv)

  23. Raja GOVARDHAN SINGH 1730/1773, born 1713, died 1773.

  24. Raja PRAKASH SINGH 1773/1790 (abdicated), born 1748, died 1820. 

  25. Raja BHUP SINGH 1790/1826, born 1765, last ruling Chief of Guler, state was annexed in 1813, granted 20,000Rs for the maintenance of his female household, married and had issue. He died 1826.
    • Raja SHAMSHER SINGH (qv)
    • Raja JAI SINGH (qv)

  26. Raja SHAMSHER SINGH 1826/1877, born 1820, received the fort of Haripur, died 1877.

  27. Raja JAI SINGH 1877/1884, born 1822, Raja [cr.1878] (Hereditary), married and had issue. He died 1884.
    • Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH (qv)
    • Daughter, married Raja PRATAP SHAH of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.

  28. Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH (#1) 1884/1920, born 1865, the title of Raja was conferred as a hereditary distinction on 15th March 1909 by the Viceroy, married and had issue. He died 9th March 1920.
    • Raja BALDEV CHAND (qv)
    • Daughter, married (as his first wife) 1900, Raja BIJEY SEN of Keonthal, and had issue.
    • Daughter, married (as his second wife) 1900, Raja BIJEY SEN of Keonthal. She died sp.

  29. Raja BALDEV CHAND 1920/1959, born 1883, 1st Viceregal Darbari in Kangra District, exercises criminal and civil powers within his jagir, married the daughter of Raja PRATAP SHAH of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue. He died 1959.
    • Tikka Nardev Chand, born December 1922, married and had issue. He died vpspm 1958.
      • Rajkumari Ravinder Kumari, married Sujan Singh, and had issue.
        • Bhawani Singh Pathania
        • Monika Pathania 
      • Rajkumari Pradeep Kumari, married Surjeet Singh, and had issue.
        • Manujeshwar Singh
        • Ankush Singh
 
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