NALAGARH (Princely State)

  
AREA:  715 km2 PRIVY PURSE:  60,000R  ACCESSION:  20th August 1948
STATE:  Pepsu DYNASTY:  Chandrabansi RELIGION:  Hindu
  POPULATION: 52,551 (1901)  
     
PRESENT RULER:  HH Raja VIJAYENDRA SINGH, Raja of Nalagarh since 5th May 1971. (Raj Mahal, Nalagarh - 174101, Himachal Pradesh, India)
born 26th June 1946 in Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttaranchal), succeded to the throne on 5th May 1971, educated at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie, Uttaranchal and later at the Yadavendra Public School (Y.P.S.) in Patiala, Punjab. He finished his schooling from the Doon School at Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal in 1962 and then graduated from Hindu College, Delhi University, in 1966. Member of the Legislative Assembly in the State of Himachal Pradesh 1977/1999, Chief Parliamentary Secretary 1982/1983, Minister of State 1984/1985 and 1988/1989, married 7th April 1968 in Chandigarh, U.T., Raymon Singh [Rani Sukriti Kumari], born 1st September 1948 in Delhi, educated at Welham Girls' High School in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, and graduated from Government Girls' College, Chandigarh, daughter of Sardar Jaspal Singh of Jandiala Guru in Amritsar District, Punjab, and of Sardarni Mohinder Kaur, daughter of the late Sir and Lady Sobha Singh of New Delhi and Hadali, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
  • Tikka Jayatendra Singh, born 10th April 1969 at New Delhi, educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, District Solan, H.P. and later at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, and passed out from Bishop Cotton School, Simla, H.P., graduated from the Wesleyan College in North Carolina, U.S.A., managing The Fort, Nalagarh, as a heritage hotel since 1996, married 16th June 1992 at New Delhi, Miss Poonam Rathi, and has issue, a daughter.
    • Rajkumari Jahanvi Kumari, born 3rd February 1994, presently studying at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, District Solan, H.P. 
  • Rajkumari Suhani Kumari, born 22nd December 1972, married 7th March 1996 at Nalagarh, Mr. Andaleeb Sehgal, son of Suman Sehgal, and has issue, 2 children.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Founded about 1100 by the Chandela Rajputs. Rulers were...
  • Raja AJAI CHAND 1100/1171, son of Raja Kahan Chand of Kahlur (Bilaspur).
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  • Raja BIJAI CHAND 1171/1201, born 1171, greatly increased the internal prosperity of the state, died 1201.
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  • Raja DHAM CHAND 1201/1236
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  • Raja BAIRANG CHAND 1236/1276
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  • Raja LACHMANN CHAND 1276/1306
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  • Raja UTAL CHAND 1306/1316
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  • Raja JAIMAL CHAND 1316/1338
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  • Raja AMAR CHAND 1338/1356
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  • Raja ALAM CHAND 1356/1406, died 1406.
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  • Raja UDHAM CHAND 1406/1421
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  • Raja BIKRAM CHAND 1421/1435, built Nalagarh Fort in 1421.
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  • Raja KIDAR CHAND 1435/1448
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  • Raja JAI CHAND 1448/1477
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  • Raja NARAIN CHAND 1477/1522
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  • Raja RAM CHAND 1522/1568
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  • Raja SANSAR CHAND 1568/1618
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  • Raja DHARM CHAND 1618/1701
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  • Raja HIMMAT CHAND 1701/1705, married and had issue.
    • Raja BHUP CHAND (qv)
    • Mian Padam Chand
  • Raja BHUP CHAND 1705/1761?
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  • Raja MAN CHAND 1761/1762, died about 1762.
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  • Raja GAJE SINGH 1762/1788, from a collateral branch of the Nalagarh Royal Family.
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  • Raja RAM SARAN SINGH 1788/1848, born about 1762, married and had issue. He died 1848.
    • Raja BIJE SINGH (qv)
    • Mian Fateh Singh, married and had issue. He died 1872.
    • Raja AGAR SINGH (qv)
    • Mian Bir Singh, died 1873.
  • Raja BIJE SINGH 1848/1857 (deposed), succeeded to the gaddi in 1848 and was deposed by the British in 1857 for taking part in the rebellion of 1857, married the daughter of Raja KARAM PRAKASH of Sirmur. He died sp after 1857?. 
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    INTERREGNUM 1857/1860
     

  • Raja AGAR SINGH 1860/1876, placed on the gaddi by the British Government in 1860, married (a), daughter of a Mian of Jaswal, married (b), daughter of a Chandel Mian of Bilaspur, and had issue. He died December 1876.
    • Raja ISHRI SINGH (by first mariage) (qv)
    • Raja JOGENDRA SINGH (by 2nd marriage) (qv)
  • Raja ISHRI SINGH 1876/1911, born 1832, succeeded 16th December 1876 (#1), married to the princesses of the royal houses of Guler, Kangra and Kuthar, but had no children. He died sp 18th September 1911 and was succeeded by his younger brother.

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  • Raja JOGENDRA SINGH (1877-1946)Raja JOGENDRA SINGH 1911/1946, born 1877, educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College, Lahore; married Kumari Prathiba Kumari [Rani Prathiba Kumari of Nalagarh], daughter of Thakur RAGHUNATH CHAND of Mehlog, District Solan, H.P., and had issue, 4 children. He died 1946.
    • HH Raja SURENDRA SINGH (qv)
    • Rajkumar Arimardan Singh, died as a young boy in 1929.
    • Rajkumari Kalawati Kumari, married 11th July 1938, Rana Bikram Singh, son of Kanwar Govardhan Singh of Manimajra in Haryana, and had issue, 3 children. She died in April 1952.
      • Rajkumar Yashpal Singh, born 24th January 1940, married 1973, Miss Raksha, and has issue, a son.
        • Kumari Seema Singh, born 21st February 1974.
        • Kanwar Tapendra Singh, born 8th August 1982.
      • Rajkumar Varinder Singh, born 21st December 1942, married 11th June 1968, Miss Bina Kumari, and has issue, 3 children.
        • Kanwar Rajyawardhan Singh, born 11th November 1969. 
        • Kanwar Kanishak Singh, born 31st March 1971.
        • Kanwar Balvinder Singh, born 10th June 1981.
      • Kumari Swaraj Dei, born 11th October 1950, married 6th June 1966, Prabhakar Singh, and has issue, 2 daughters.
        • Miss Shailja Kumari, born 12th May 1967.
        • Miss Nidhi Kumari, born 1st August 1976.
    • Rajkumari Man Pyari Kumari, married 11th July 1938, Kanwar Balbir Singh, son of Kanwar Govardhan Singh of Manimajra in Haryana, twin brother of Rana Bikram Singh (see above), both born 15th June 1911, and had issue, 5 children.
      • Devinder Singh, born 10th May 1940, married Miss Meena Kumari, and has issue, children.
        • Miss Tina Singh
        • Maninder Singh
      • Kumari Savita Kumari, born 6th June 1942. She is unmarried.
      • Jatinder Singh, born 10th April 1946. He is unmarried.
      • Mahender Singh, born 18th October 1949, married 7th February 1977, Miss Sunita Kumari, and has issue, 2 children. 
        • Miss Asha Kumari.
        • a son, name unknown.
      • Rajinder Singh, born 17th October 1951, married Miss Sujata Kumari, and has issue, 2 children.
        • Bhanu Pratap Singh.
        • Miss Megha Singh.
  • HH Raja SURENDRA SINGH 1946/1971, born 13th January 1922, educated at Aitchison's Chiefs' College in Lahore, now in Pakistan; married 7th January 1944 at Patiala, Maharaj Kumari Yadunandan Kaur of Patiala [HH Rani (now Rajmata) Yadunandan Kumari], and had issue. He died 5th May 1971.
    • Rajkumari Madhu Nandini (Princess Maggie), born 1st December 1944 at Patiala, married 19th November 1967 (div. 28th August 1985), Captain G. S. Bath, son of Dr. Teja Singh Bath and Bibi Badhan Kaur, born 5th February 1939, and has issue, 2 children.
      • Miss Raghini Singh Bath, born 1968.
      • Mr. Iknaam Singh Bath, born 1969.
    • Raja VIJAYENDRA SINGH (qv)
    • Kanwar Karanendra Singh, born 18th March 1948 in Patiala, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal; married 22nd January 1971, Miss Sundarjit Kaur [Kanwar Rani Rati Kumari], daughter of Colonel K. S. Dhaliwal of Punjab, born 23rd January 1950. He died sp 16th November 1982 in an automobile accident.
  • HH Raja VIJAYENDRA SINGH (see above)
 
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