KUTHAR (Princely State)

 
AREA:  54 km2 PRIVY PURSE:  9,000R  ACCESSION:  15th April 1948
STATE:  Himachal Pradesh  DYNASTY:  ??  RELIGION:  Hindu
  POPULATION:  4,195 (1901)   
     
PRESENT RULER:  Rana ARUN CHAND (The Palace, Kuthar, Via Subathu, District Solan, H.P., India)
born 8th January 1949 in Junga as Rajkumar Arun Sen of Keonthal, declared heir to the throne of Kuthar in September 1986, married Rani Sahiba Nirmala Devi, daughter of Mian Chattar Singh of Village Kalontha in Northern Jubbal, born 11th August 1951, and has surviving issue. 
  • Tikka Siddharth Chand, born 1975, educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, District Solan, died in an automobile accident accident on 11th December 1987.
  • Rajkumari (name unknown) Sahiba, died at the age of four months.
  • Rajkumari Arunima Kumari, born 26th March 1980 at The Lady Reading Hospital in Simla, married February 2004 at New Delhi, Yuvraj Puranjay Sinh of Sitamau.
  • Tikka Akansh Chand, born 20th September 1989 at The Lady Reading Hospital in Simla, presently studying at Pine Grove School, Kasauli, District Solan.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Founded before 1700 by Rana Surat Chand who came from Kashmir. Rulers were...
 
  • Rana SAMAR CHAND 1776/1791, succeeded to the throne in 1776, married and had issue, 1 son. He died 1791.
    • Tikka Gopal Chand (later Rana GOPAL CHAND) (qv)
  • Rana GOPAL CHAND 1791/1803 and 1815/1824, succeeded to the throne in 1791,  married and had issue, 3 sons. He died 1824.
    • Tikka Bhup Chand (later Rana BHUP CHAND) (qv)
    • Raj Kumar Rattan Singh, married and had issue, 4 sons.
      • Kanwar Kharak Singh, died 1870.
      • Kanwar Hari Singh
      • Kanwar Nain Singh, married and had issue, one son.
        • Jiwan Singh, born 1888.
      • Kanwar Bir Singh
    • Raj Kumar Bahadar Singh, married and had issue, 2 sons.
      • Kanwar Hira Singh
      • Kanwar Bishan Singh, married and had issue, 2 sons.
        • Basant Singh, born 1879, married and had issue, one son.
          • Durga Singh, born 1900.
        • Gobardhan Singh, born 1886.
    GURKHA OCCUPATION 1803/1815
     
  • Rana BHUP CHAND 1824/1858, married and had issue, 2 sons. He died 1858.
    • Tikka Jai Chand (later Rana JAI CHAND) (qv)
    • Raj Kumar Ishri Singh, died 1888.
  • Rana JAI CHAND 1858/1895, born 1845 (1840), succeeded 27th December 1858 (#1)., married and had issue, 1 son. He died 1895.
    • Tikka Jagjit Chand (later Rana JAGJIT CHAND) (qv)
  • Rana JAGJIT CHAND 1896/1930 (abdicated), born c1886, succeeded to the throne in 1895, educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College, Lahore; married and had issue, 2 sons. He died 19th November 1930.
    • Tikka Krishen Chand (later Rana KRISHEN CHAND) (qv)
    • Raj Kumar Baldev Singh, born 1906.
     
  • Rana KRISHEN CHAND 1930/1956 , born 23rd August 1905, succeeded to the throne on his father's abdication in early 1930, educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College, Lahore, married Raj Kumari Krishna Devi of Doodrej, daughter of the Rana Sahib of Doodrej in Gujarat, died in 1986, and had issue, 7 children. He died 1956.
    • Rajkumari Shanta Devi [Rani Shanta Devi of Keonthal], born 26th May 1928 in Kuthar, married April 1944 (as his first wife), Raja HITENDRA SEN of Keonthal, and had issue, 4 children. She died 16th July 1960 in Simla.
      • Rajkumar Arun Sen, born 8th January 1949 in Junga, declared heir to the throne of Kuthar in September 1986, succeded his maternal grandfather, and is now known as Rana Arun Chand of Kuthar (qv).
    • Raj Kumari Indu Devi, born 1929, married Tikka Prakash Chand, son of Raja Kidar Chand of Chinani in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, born in 1920, and has issue, 2 sons and 3 daughters.
    • Rajkumari Brinda Devi, married Mandaleshwar Shriman Lal BRAJENDRA NARAYAN SINGH DEO of Jarasingha in Orissa, and had issue, 1 son.
    • Raj Kumari Sita Devi, married Sukhdev Singh, son of Colonel Baldev Singh of Jammu & Kashmir, and has issue, 2 sons and 3 daughters.
    • Raj Kumari Amba Devi, married to Kanwar Ram Pratap Singh of Rajgarh State in Madhya Pradesh, and has issue, 4 children.
      • Abhay Singh (New York City, U.S.A.)
      • Kumari Prithi Kumari
      • Viki Singh
      • Kumari Ira Kumari
    • Raj Kumari (name unknown), died young.
    • Tikka Pratap Chand, born 12th January 1936, died unmarried in 1955.
  • Rana ARUN CHAND (see above) 
     
 
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