PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY:
A feudatory state of Keonthal to which it pays tribute. More popularly
known as Kot, it was founded by a younger brother of Raja Karam Prakash
of Sirmur. Rulers were....
- Rana RAI SINGH, younger brother of Raja Karam Prakash of
Sirmur
(1616/1630)
and founder of Ratesh (Kot) state.
- .....
- Rana JIT SINGH 1781/1801, married and had issue.
- Rana KISHAN SINGH 1801/1860, succeeded to the throne
in 1801, married
and had issue, two sons. He died 1860.
- Tikka Ram Singh [Rana RAM SINGH] (qv)
- Raj Kumar Raghunath Singh, died 1915.
- Rana RAM SINGH 1860/1891, born 1828, succeeded to the
throne in 1860,
married Kumari (name unknown),
daughter of a Kanwar of Theog, and had issue,
three children. He died 1891.
- Tikka Hira Singh [Rana HIRA SINGH] (qv)
- Raj Kumar Zalim Singh, born 1874.
- Raj Kumar Bir Singh, born 1886.
- Rana HIRA SINGH 1890/1925, born 1867, succeeded to the
throne in 1891,
married Kumari (name unknown)
Sahiba, daughter of Thakur Bishan Singh of
Ghund, and had issue, 10 children.
- Tikka Shamsher Singh [Rana SHAMSHER SINGH] (qv)
- Raj Kumar Dalip Singh, born 1902, married to Kumari (name unknown) of Theog,
died 1925. He died 1957 in Ripon Hospital, Simla.
- Raj Kumar Devi Singh, born 1903, died unmarried in 1926.
- Raj Kumar Padam Singh, born 1904, married the sister of
Thakur Gulab
Singh
of Bharoli, whom he later divorced.
- Raj Kumar Rattan Singh, died 1942.
- Raj Kumar Beil Singh, died at the age of 17 years.
- Raj Kumari Gopi Devi, married Thakur Gulab Singh of
Bharoli, and had
issue,
2 sons.
- Raj Kumari (name unknown),
married Mian Surat Singh of Village Chabal, Kasauli.
- Raj Kumari (name unknown)
- Raj Kumari (name unknown)
- Rana SHAMSHER SINGH 1925/1974, born in April 1897, educated
at Solan,
succeeded
to the throne in June 1925, and signed the accession treaty with the
Indian
Union on 15th April 1948; married Kumari Yamuna Wati [Rani Yamuna Wati
of Ratesh], daughter of Kanwar Parmatam Singh of Bhajji, and had issue,
7 children. He died 4th April 1974.
- Rana SURENDRA SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumar Ajan Singh, born 1931, educated at Junga,
married Kumari Kala
Devi, daughter of Kanwar Udham Singh of Jagir Kanali in Theog, and has
issue.
- Kumari Leelawati Devi, born 1954, married 1972 (as his
second wife),
Thakur
Devender Chand of Madhan.
- Kanwar Dhaneshwar Singh, born 15th April 1956 in
Ratesh, educated at
Ballagh,
married February 1984, Kumari Uma Devi, daughter of Mian Sukham Singh
of
Theog, and has issue, 2 children.
- Yashwant Singh, born November 1984.
- (name unknown)
Singh (son), born 12th April 1987.
- Kumari Rupeshwari Wati, born 1960.
- Kumari Sulochna Devi, born 1962.
- Kumari Pushpa Devi, born 1965, married 1983, Kanwar
Krishen Singh of
Madan,
and has issue, one son.
- Kumari Urmila Wati, born 1969.
- Kanwar Shakti Singh, born 1971, educated in Ballagh.
- Kanwar Jagat Singh, born 1974, educated in Ballagh.
- Rajkumar Govardhan Singh, born August 1939, educated at
Government High
School, Kotkhai; an agriculturist by profession and Secretary to the
Gram
Panchayat (Village Council), married March 1957, Kumari Tara Devi,
daughter
of Kanwar Sunder Singh from Khanali Jagir of Theog, and has issue, 4
children.
- Kanwar Vikram Singh, born April 1964, educated at
Ballagh.
- Kumari Subhadra Devi, born 15th August 1965.
- Kanwar Bajrang Bahadur Singh, born 25th April 1969,
educated at Ballagh.
- Kumari Rina Devi, born April 1971.
- Rajkumar Sudarshan Singh, born January 1946, educated at
Dhamandari in
Theog and in Dharampur, in Madhan State; married 1967, Kumari Savitri
Devi,
daughter of Kanwar Kehar Singh of Jagir Kaushya in Theog State, and has
issue, 5 children.
- Kumari Gayatri Devi, born 1971.
- Kumari Bholeshwari Kumari, born 1973.
- Kumari Rita Kumari, born 1975.
- Kanwar Arun Kumar Singh, born 1978, educated at Shai.
- Kumari Madhu Kumari, born 1982.
- Rajkumari Dwarka Wati, married (as his first wife),
Thakur Devender
Chand
of Madhan State.
- Rajkumari Padma Wati, married Kanwar Mohan Singh of Theog.
- Rajkumari (name unknown),
also
married Kanwar Mohan Singh of Theog.
- Rana SURENDRA SINGH 1974/1989, born 2nd November 1925 in
Ratesh,
educated
at Saint Thomas' School in Simla 1933/1946, succeeded to the throne on
4th April 1974 and was installed on 16th April 1974 by the people of
Ratesh,
married 1962, Kumari Sharda Devi [Rani Sharda Devi], daughter of Kanwar
Shiv Singh, died 24th November 1988, and had issue, 3 children. He died
4th February 1989.
- Kunwar (name unknown)
Singh,
born 1963, died in the same year.
- Rana KARAN SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumari Nita Kumari, born 1966, died of cholera eleven
months later.
- Rana KARAN SINGH (see above)
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