PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: After
the defeat of Zain Khan, the last Muhammadan Governor
of Sirhind, by the joint forces of the severak misldars, Sardar
Gurbaksh Singh, a Sandhu jat of Kalsia (a village in
Kasur Tahsil of Lahore District, now in Pakistan) of the Karora Singhia
Misl, occupied a large number of villages of the
Parganas of Chhachhrauli in Ambala District, Dera Bassi in Patiala
District and
Chirak in Faridkot District in 1763. Rulers were...
- Sardar GURBAKSH SINGH 1763/1785, a member of the
Karora-Singhia misl and commander of troops, he was granted the
estate of
Chhachrauli by Maharaja Ranjit Singh; it was named Kalsia after his
birth village and Chhachrauli became its
capital; he captured Bambeli parganah in Hoshiarpur district and
amassed considerable wealth; married and had issue. He
died 1783.
- Sardar JODH SINGH 1785/1818, born 1751, a man of great
ability, he greatly extended the area of the estate, he captured Dehra
Bassi from Sardar Khajan Singh and also acquired the territories of
Lohal and Achrak. Maharaja Ranjit Singh presented him with territories
of Badala, Kameri and Chhabbal in recognition of his service; married
and had
issue. He
died 1818 of his wounds received in battle at Multan.
- Sardar SOBHA SINGH (qv)
- Sardar Hari Singh, married Sardarni Karm Kaur of Patiala.
- Sardar SOBHA SINGH 1818/1858, after the annexation of the
Punjab in 1849, the Sardar was granted a number of privileges denied to
other chiefs in the Punjab; he married and had issue,
2 sons. He
died
1858.
- Sardar LAHNA SINGH (qv)
- Sardar Man Singh, married and had issue, 2 sons. He died
1890.
- Sardar LAHNA SINGH 1858/1869, he fully supported the
British in Delhi in crushing
the revolt of 1857, as a result, that in 1858, when he assumed power,
the Kalsia was intact as a British protectorate. He died 1869.
- Sardar BISHEN SINGH 1869/1883, born 1854, married April
1865, the
daughter
of Raja RAGHUBIR SINGH of Jind, and had
issue.
He died 1883.
- Sardar JAGJIT SINGH (qv)
- Sardar RANJIT SINGH Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- Sardar JAGJIT SINGH 1883/1886, born 1880, died a minor 1886.
- Sardar RANJIT SINGH Sahib Bahadur 1886/1908, born 1881,
succeeded 28th
August 1886 (#1),
he built several public
utility buildings, including a charity hospital and schools; married
and had issue. He died 1908.
- Raja RAVI SHER SINGH (qv)
- Raja RAVI SHER SINGH Sahib Bahadur 1908/1947, born 30th
October
1902
and succeeded 25th July 1908, Investiture held 6th April 1922, Raja
[cr.1916],
educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College, Lahore; Member of the Chamber of
Princes; a
man of exemplary qualities and a popular ruler amongst his subjects, he
constructed a number of buildings including the Raja Ravi
Sher Kalsia Hospital in 1910; he also composed a number of poems;
married 16th February 1925, Rani Bibi Amrit Kaur, daughter of
HH Maharaja RIPUDAMAN SINGH Malvinder Bahadur of Nabha,
and his first wife, HH
Maharani Bibi Jagdhish Kaur, and had issue. He died 4th January 1947.
- Rajkumar Janak Sher Singh, born 1931.
- Raja KARAN SHER SINGH Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- Raja KARAN SHER SINGH Sahib Bahadur 1947/1961, born 1933,
married and had issue. He died 1961.
- Raja HIMMAT SHER SINGH Sahib Bahadur (see above)
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