PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: One
of
the oldest hill states after Kashmir, traditionally
founded by Pradhuman, the son of Lord Krishna. According
to C. F. Kennedy, it was founded by Rana Danbar Singh, an
immigrant Rajput from the Deccan in 1412. Some rulers
were....
- Rana CHATTAR SINGH,
110th Rana of Bashahr, brought the whole of the state
under his power during his reign.
- Rana KALYAN SINGH,
112th Rana of Bashahr
- Rana KEHRI SINGH,
113th Rana of Bashahr.
- Rana VIJAY SINGH,
114th Rana of Bashahr -/1708.
- Rana UDAI SINGH,
115th Rana of Bashahr 1708/1725, married and had
issue.
- Rana Ram Singh (qv)
- Mian Pabar Singh [Shaminder Singh], married and
had issue, the only legitimate collateral line of
the royal family.
- Mian Madho Singh, married and had issue.
- Mian Asa Singh, married and had issue.
- Mian Saran Singh, married and had issue.
- Mian Man Singh, married and had issue.
- Mian Hira Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja Narain Singh, present head
(1910), jagirdar and lambardar of
Kakrola in the Dassau pargana of
Rampur tahsil; married and had issue.
- Mian Raghbir Singh
- Mian Tej Singh
- Mian Ishri Singh
- Mian Karam Singh
- Mian Badri Singh
- Mian Diwan Singh
- Mian Narsingh Singh
- Rana RAM SINGH,
116th Rana of Bashahr 1725/1761, made Rampur his
capital, lost much conquered land in wars with the
Raja of Kullu; married (amongst others) (a), a
daughter of Rana Anup Singh, Rana of Kumharsain, and had
issue. He died 1761.
- Rana Udar Singh (qv)
- Mian Bhim Chand, married and had issue.
- Mian Prem Singh, married and had issue.
- Mian Rai Singh
- Mian Jai Singh
- Rana UDAR SINGH,
117th Rana of Bashahr 1761/1785, married 1stly, a
daughter of Raja Kirat Prakash of Sirmur, married 2ndly, a
daughter of the Thakur of Dhami, and had issue. He
died 1785.
- Rana UGAR SINGH,
118th Rana of Bashahr 1785/1803, during his reign,
Bashahr was conquered by the Gurkhas who maintained
their hold until 1815, married 1stly, a Rani from
Sirmur, she died sp,
married 2ndly, a Rani of Dhami, and had issue (by
second Rani). He died 1810.
- Raja Mahendra Singh (qv)
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his
second wife), Raja Ishwari Sen of Mandi.
GURKHA OCCUPATION 1803/1815
- Raja MAHENDRA SINGH,
Raja of Bashahr 1815/1850 , born 1805 or 1809,
confirmed in his possessions by the sanad of
6th November 1815, married and had issue, as well as
further issue. He died 1850.
- Raja Shamsher Singh (qv)
- Mian Fatteh Singh (natural son), died sp
in 1876.
- Raja SHAMSHER
SINGH, Raja of Bashahr 1850/1887 and
1898/1914, born 1838 (#1), abdicated in
favour of his legitimate son in 1887 (#2), married Ranis from
Kangra, Koti and Kumharsain, and had issue, one son
and two daughters, as well as further natural issue.
He died 5th August 1914.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Shiv
Raj Singh of Kashipur,
and had issue.
- Rajkumar Raghunath Singh, adopted to
Bashahr, but was overlooked in the succession.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Shiv
Raj Singh of Kashipur,
and had issue.
- Tikka Raghunath Singh (by the Kumharsain Rani),
later Raja Raghunath Singh (qv)
- Raja Sir Padam Singh (by a secondary union) (qv)
- Raja RAGHUNATH
SINGH, Raja of Bashahr 1887/1898, C.I.E.,
born 1868, married 1stly, and 2ndly, two daughters of
Rana Bishan Chand of Koti,
married 3rdly, in a double ceremony in 1884, twin
daughters of Raja Bijai Sen of Mandi, and had issue, six
daughters and one son. He died in February 1898.
- Tikka Marender Singh (by a Mandi Rani), born 1886,
died in January 1899.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by the Koti Rani),
married Raja Udai Raj Singh of Kashipur.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by the Koti Rani),
married into Kashipur.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by the Koti Rani),
married into Kashipur.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by the Koti Rani),
married into Tehri-Garhwal.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by the Koti Rani),
married into Tehri-Garhwal.
- Raja Sir PADAM
SINGH, Raja of Bashahr 1914/1947, born 1873,
succeeded 5th August 1914 (#4),
installed 30th November 1917, C.I.E. [June 1931],
married 9 wives (4 from Kotkhai, one fom Mandi, one
from Suket, married (a), a daughter of Rai Mian Hira
Singh, Rai of Sangri,
married 8thly, Rani Jwale Dei, daughter of Col.
Maharaja Sir Jai Chand of Lambagraon,
died 22nd July 1949, married 9thly, Rani Shanta Devi
[later Rajmata of Bashahr], daughter of Thakur Bir
Singh of Dhadi, and had
issue (#3). He died April
1947.
- Shri Devinder Singh, died young in 1922.
- Shri Ranbir Singh, married and had issue. He died
1921.
- Shri Hardev Singh, born 1920, died 1939.
- Shri Jagatjit Singh, born 4th November 1904,
married 1stly, 1929, Jai Devi of Karangla, married
2ndly, daughter of a Kanwar of Dada-Siba, and had
issue, as well as further issue. He died 1961.
- Kanwar Lokendra Singh
- Rani Mina Kumari, born 1934, married 1949, Rao
Raja Yogendra Singh Jamwal, and has issue.
- Rajkunwar Randhir Singh
- Rajkumari Seema Kumari, married Kanwar
Bhanu Pratap Singh of Darkoti, and
has issue.
- Kanwar Raj Pal Singh, born 8th March 1947,
married 25th November 1975, Kanwarani Romila
Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Rajendra Singh of Kotkhai, and his
wife, Kanwarani Rajpriya Kumari, and has issue.
- Kumari Ravija Kumari, born 12th October 1976
in Shimla, married 3rd May 1997, Tikka Danvender
Singh of Kullu,
and has issue.
- Kumari Vibha Kumari, born 5th December 1977 in
Kotkhai, married 3rd August 2000, Kanwar
Hiteshwar Singh of Kullu,
and has issue.
- Kumari Devika Kumari
- Kumari Madhvi Kumari [Tikkarani Madhvi Kumari
of Khaneti], married 2008, Tikka Gaurav Chand of
Khaneti, and has
issue, one daughter.
- Kumari Tushanika Kumari
- Kumari Krishna Kumari, married Kanwar Ishwari
Singh of Bilaspur,
and has issue.
- Kumari Santosh Kumari
- Kumari Nirmila Kumari, married Thakur Narender
Singh of Dhadi, and
had issue.
- Kumari Lakshmi Kumari, married 1959, Kanwar
Dalip Singh of Mandi,
and has issue.
- Shri Sagar Singh
- Shri Gopal Singh, married Kanwarani Sheela
Kumari, and has issue.
- Tikkarani Gitanjali Kumari, married Tikka
Yogendra Chand of Madhan,
and has issue.
- Pratibha Kumari, married Kanwar Mohender Singh
of Madhan.
- Tikka Virbhadra Singh (by Rani Shanta Devi) [later
Raja Virbhadra Singh (see below)]
- Kumari (name
unknown) (by Rani Jwale Dei)
- Rajkumar Rajendra Singh (by Rani Jwale Dei), born
28th July 1935 at Sarahan, married 20th June 1957,
Rajkumari Rajendra Kumari, daughter of HH Maharaja
Sir Brijnath Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Maihar in M.P., born
5th November 1943 at Jabalpur in M.P., and had
issue, three children. He died in November 1997, and
was cremated at the Royal Cemetary in Rampur.
- Kanwar Rajeshwar Singh, born 31st May 1958 at
Simla, Heir Apparent to the gaddi of
Rampur Bushahr until 1989, married 1stly, 1984
(div. 1996), Miss Parminder Singh Oberoi, married
2ndly, 1st December 1997 at Simla, Rajkumari
Shrikriti Kumari, born 10th May 1965 at New Delhi,
daughter of Raja Rana Yogendra Chand of Jubbal, and his
wife, Rani Sudha Kumari, and has issue. (Padam
Castle, Jakhu Road, Simla, Himachal Pradesh,
India)
- Kanwar Prakram Singh (by 1st marriage), born
28th October 1984.
- Kumari Rajnandini Kumari (by 2nd marriage),
born 30th April 2001 at Simla.
- Kumari Purnima Kumari, born 27th June 1961,
married 27th April 1990 in Simla, Kunwar Pranay
Singh, second son of Rawal Chakrapani Singh of Bissau, and his wife,
Rani Sharda Kumari, and has issue.
- Kumari Namrata Kumari, born 19th December 1963.
- Kumari (name
unknown) (by Rani Jwale Dei), married the
Rana of Manswal.
- Raja VIRBHADRA
SINGH (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kanwar Durga Singh of Bashahr, married and had
issue.
- Kanwarani Meera Kumari, married Kanwar Anup Singh
of Sirmur, and has
issue.
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born 23rd June 1934 in Sarahan
District,Shimla. B.A.(Hons), M.A.; educated at Bishop
Cotton School, Shimla and St. Stephen's College, Delhi;
Honorary Captain in the Indian Army; elected Member of the
Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967, 1972 and in 1980; Member of
Indian Delegation to the General Assembly of the United
Nations, 1976; Deputy Minister, Tourism and Civil
Aviation, Govt. of India, 1976/1977; Minister of State for
Industries, Government of India, 1982/1983. Associated
with various Cultural and Social Organisations, remained
President, Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan and Friends of Soviet
Union Society (H.P.State Branch); Elected twice
to the Legislative Assembly from Jubbal-Kotkhai
Constituency (first in 1983, in a by-election; and again
in 1985 general elections), Chief Minister, Himachal
Pradesh, 1983/1990 and again in 1993/1998, five times in
total. Elected from nearby Rohru Constituency in 1990 and
1993; Elected President State Congress Committee,
1992/1994; re-elected to State Assembly in 1998;
Leader of the Congress Legislative Group in the Assembly,
he became Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in March
2003, and served till December 2007. He contested the
Vidhan Sabha election from Rohru in December 2007 and won
as an M.L.A. He remained an M.L.A.till June 2009, and then
contested the Mandi Parliamentary seat on a Congress
ticket. He won the election and was appointed Union
Minister of Steel, Government of India, in June 2009;
married 1stly, 28th May 1954, Rajkumari Rattan Kumari,
born 16th August 1934 in Jubbal, died 27th September 1983
in Simla, daughter of HH Raja Rana Digvijay Chand of Jubbal, and his wife, Rani
Hemant Kanwar, married 2ndly, 28th November 1985 at Junga,
Rani Pratibha Kumari, born 16th June 1956, Member of the
Lok Sabha, daughter of Raja Hitendra Sen of Keonthal, and his first
wife, Rani Shanta Devi, and has issue, four daughters by
the first wife, and one son and one daughter by the second
wife.