PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY:
Founded in 1170 by Raja PURAB CHAND a scion of the Kangra
Royal Family. Rulers were....
- Raja PURAB CHAND 1170/-
- Raja PARAB CHAND
- Raja BISWA CHAND
- Raja GOPAL CHAND
- Raja SIRBAHK CHAND
- Raja DHULA CHAND
- Raja SULACHAN CHAND
- Raja AUKI CHAND
- Raja UDHAM CHAND
- Raja NIRPAT CHAND
- Raja UDHARN CHAND
- Raja BHIKH CHAND
- Raja SIRKAR CHAND
- Raja MUBARAK CHAND
- Raja GOVIND CHAND fl.1572, defended the fort of Kangra from
the Mughal
Emperor Akbar, in the absence of his kinsman Raja Jai Chand Katoch of
Kangra.
- Raja BIKRAM CHAND
- Raja ANIRUDH CHAND fl.1589, joined a general revolt of the
hill-states
against the Mughals led by his kinsman Raja Bidhi Chand of Kangra.
- Raja SAMIR CHAND
- Raja MAN SINGH
- Raja AJAB SINGH
- Raja RAM SINGH
- Raja AJIT SINGH
- Raja JAGHAR SINGH
- Raja ABHIRAI SINGH
- Raja JAGRUP SINGH
- Raja PRIT SINGH
- Raja UMMED SINGH 1800/1849, married and had issue. He died
1849 at Almora in exile.
 Raja JAI SINGH
1849/1863, died 1863 at Almora in exile. Title of
"Raja" not recognized by the imperial British authorities.
- Raja
RAN SINGH 1863/1892, received the jagir of Ramkot in Jammu when
he
married the grand-daughter of Maharaja GHULAB SINGH of Jammu.
Title of "Raja" not recognized by the British. In 1877 the jagir in
Jaswan,
consisting of 21 villages in the Jaswan Dun was restored to the Raja,
as
well as the family garden at Amb and buildings at Rajpura, married and
had issue. He died 1892.
- Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH (qv)
- Daughter, married Tikka Arimardan Sen of Suket.
- Raja
RAGHUNATH SINGH 1892/1918, born 1851, he was granted the personal
title of "Raja" on account of his ancient lineage and marriage
connection
with the Maharajas of Jammu & Kashmir. The title did not grant him
the right to administer law and order in his jagir, and such title
could
not be passed on by inheritance. His property was divided among six
children,
married (amongst others), 1871, two daughters of HH Maharaja RANBIR
SINGH
of Jammu and Kashmir, and had issue. He died 1918. (#1)
 Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH
(qv)- Rajkumar Hardev Singh, born 1906, his family resides in
Hoshiarpur,
Punjab.
He died 1970.
- Rajkumar Santdev Singh, born 1907, he was mentally
unsound and was
looked
after by his younger brother, Rajkumar Shivdev Singh. He died sp
1960.
- Rajkumar Shivdev Singh, born 1910, he served in the
administration of
Maharaja
Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir and retired as Chairman of
independent
India's Union Public Service Commission, married and had issue. He died
1998. (Jammu,India)
- Daughter1, married into the Chamba Royal Family.
- HH Rani Dharam Deiji Saheba, married HH Raja RAM SINGH of
Chamba.
- Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH 1918/1945, born 1904, Head of the Royal
family of
Jaswan,
resided at Amb in Jaswan, married and had issue. He died 4th June 1945.
- Raja CHAIN SINGH (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Brigadier Karanjit Singh Jaswal, born 18th November 1953,
married 24th
February 1976, Rajkumari Divya Kumari, born 5th November 1957 in Delhi,
daughter of Raja Saheb Shri MAHENDRA PALJI Bahadur of Kutlehar,
and has issue, two sons.
- Vikram Singh Jaswal, born 19th September 1976, married
2nd February
2005,
Kuvarani Padmini Pundeer, born 1984, daughter of the late Chowdhary
Bijendra
Singh Pundeer of Kanwali Estate.
- Dushyant Singh Jaswal, born 5th May 1986.
- Lt.-Col. Dev Raj Jaswal, married Mrs. Raj Sharma, and has
issue.
- Dr. Vikram Jaswal, M.B.B.S., F.R.H.S., M.A.M.S.,
H.C.M.S., D.H.A., M.D. (Medicine), born 17th September 1962 in
Amritsar,
Punjab; former Professor of the Medical College, Chandigarh (U.T.);
married 9th December 1986 in Chandigarh, Dr. Poonam Jaswal, and
has issue.
-
Varun Jaswal, born 17th September 1989.
-
Aarushi Jaswal, born 12th September 1993.
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