NADAUN (Jagir)

 
AREA:  315 km2 VILLAGES:  22  ACCESSION:  ??
STATE:  Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur Dist.) DYNASTY: Katoch RELIGION:  Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER:  Raja Shri MAHESHWAR CHAND KATOCH, Raja of Nadaun since 1970.
 
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Rulers were...
  • Raja Sir JODHBIR CHAND -/1873, son of Raja SANSAR CHAND II of Kangra, received the jagir of Nadaun for his family's maintenance, married and had issue.
    • Raja AMAR CHAND (qv)
    • Mian Hari Singh, Extra Assistant Commissioner of the Punjab, fl.1890.
    • Mian Sher Singh, Assistant District Superintendant of Police in the Punjab, father of three sons.
    • Mian Suchet Singh
    • Mian Prithi Singh
    • Mian Chet Singh
    • Mian Ishri Singh
  • Raja AMAR CHAND 1873/1890, married and had issue.
    • Raja NARENDRA CHAND (qv)
     
  • Raja NARENDRA CHAND 1890/1924, C.S.I. [cr.1907], the title of Raja was conferred as a hereditary distinction on 15th March 1909 by the Viceroy, married 1873, the daughter of Rana KARAM CHAND of Jubbal, and had issue. He died 1924.
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  • Raja MAHENDRA CHAND 1924/1935, married 1stly, the elder daughter of Raja DURGA SINGH of Bhajji, married 2ndly, younger daughter of Raja DURGA SINGH of Bhajji, and had issue.
    • Raja RAJENDRA CHAND (by 1st wife) (qv)
    • Kunwar Gajendra Chand (by 2nd wife), married Kunwarani Puran Devi, daughter of a Mian of Anu, Hamirpur, and has issue, two daughters.
      • Kumari Kusum Prabha, married Jagdish Jamwal, and has issue, two daughters.
      • Kumari Vijaylaxmi, married and has issue.
    • Kunwar Upendra Chand (by 2nd wife), born 1922, married 1945, Kumari Sheela Devi, born 1927, died 1979, daughter of Kanwar Kesari Singh of Chamba, and has issue.
      • Kumari Surya Prabha, married and had issue, a son and a daughter. She died in 1998.
      • Kumari Prabha, married and has issue, two sons and a daughter.
      • Kumari Vinod Prabha, married to a Kunwar of Nahan, and had issue. She died 1996.
      • Kumari Chandra Prabha, married and had issue, a daughter. She died 2005.
      • Kunwar Kuldeep Chand, married Kunwarani Sunita devi, and has issue.
        • Kumari Aishwarya
        • Kunwar Mahi Pal Chand
        • Kumari Santosh
    • Rajkumari Rajeshwari Bala Sundari (by 2nd wife), married Lt.-Col. Ghandarva Singh Charak, son of Chatur Singh (Governor of Gilligut hajari, Bazestan for Jammu and Kashmir State), and has issue, four daughters.
      • Kunwarani Neena Hada, married Kunwar Raghuvir Singh of Dabri Thikana, Kotah, and has issue.
      • Kunwarani Indira Jamwal, married Kunwar Duleep Singh of the Bazir family of Jammu and Kashmir, and has issue.
      • Kunwarani Shalini Hada, married Kunwar Hukum Singh of Dabri Thikana (younger brother of Kunwar Raghubir Singh, above), and has issue.
      • Kumari Anita, married Suhas Khastriye of Nasik, industrialist and hotelier, and has issue.
    • Rajkumari Tripu Bala Sundari, married Capt. Thakur Man Singh Chauhan of Pauri-Garhwal, and had issue.
      • Kunwar K. D. P. S. Chauhan, born 4th July 1957 at Agra, M.A. (English, Honours), currently holding the office of Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Department of Excise and Taxation, Government of Himachal Pradesh, married 5th December 1981 at Mukerian, Punjab, Kunwarani Chitter Rekha Chauhan, daughter of Kunwar Yudhvir Singh Guleria of Mirthal, and has issue.
        • Rajkumari Ambika Singh Chauhan, born 12th October 1982, a graduate in Architecture, presently studying in London for a Masters Degree.
        • Rajkumari Vandana Singh Chauhan, born 19th November 1985, presently studying Law at Shimla University.
        • Rajkumari Ripunjaya Kumari Chauhan, born 7th October 1988, presently studying Economics (Honours) at GCG College, Chandigarh.
        • Rajkumar Raghavendra Pal Singh Chauhan, born 18th February 1999, presently studying at DAV School.
  • Raja RAJENDRA CHAND 1935/1970
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  • Raja Shri MAHESHWAR CHAND KATOCH (see above)
 
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Source: . "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.24, 168, 380, 500, 513 and 420