PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The state was founded
before 1700 by Rana Surat Chand who came from Kashmir. The
state
officially lapsed in 1956, as the adoption of Rajkumar
Arun Sen of
Keonthal
was not recognized by the Government of India. The Rana
maintains a
military force of 40 infantry (as of 1892). Rulers were...
- Rana SAMAR CHAND,
Rana of Kuthar 1776/1791, succeeded to the throne in
1776, married and had issue, one son. He died 1791.
- Rana GOPAL CHAND,
Rana of Kuthar 1791/1803 and 1815/1824, he succeeded
to the
throne in 1791, during his reign, Kuthar was
overrun by the
Gurkhas of Nepal and after their expulsion by the
British, the state
was confirmed to the Rana by a sanad
dated 3rd September 1815; married and had issue, three
sons. He died
1824.
- Rana Bhup Chand (qv)
- Rajkumar Rattan Singh, married and had issue, four
sons.
- Mian Kharak Singh, died 1870.
- Mian Hari Singh
- Mian Nain Singh, married and had issue, one son.
- Mian Jiwan Singh, born 1888.
- Mian Bir Singh
- Rajkumar Bahadar Singh, married and had issue, two
sons.
- Mian Hira Singh
- Mian Bishan Singh, married and had issue, two
sons.
- Mian Basant Singh, born 1879, married and had
issue,
one
son.
- Mian Gobardhan Singh
GURKHA OCCUPATION 1803/1815
- Rana BHUP CHAND,
Rana of Kuthar 1824/1858, married and had issue, two
sons, and one
daughter.
He died
1858.
- Rana Jai Chand (qv)
- Rajkumar Ishri Singh, born 1844, died 1888.
- Rajkumari (name
unknown),
married
Rana Bishen Chand, Rana of Koti,
and had issue.
- Rana JAI CHAND,
Rana of Kuthar 1858/1895, born 1845 (1840), he
succeeded to the gadi
as a minor on 27th
December
1858 (#1),
married and had issue, one son. He died 1895.
- Rana JAGJIT CHAND,
Rana of Kuthar 1896/1930 (abdicated), born 1886,
succeeded to the throne in 1895, educated at Aitchison
Chiefs'
College, Lahore; married (amongst others) (a), a
daughter of Rana Tegh
Singh, Rana of Kunihar,
and had issue, two
sons. He died 19th November
1930.
- Rana Krishen Chand (qv)
- Rakumar Baldev Singh, born 1906.
- Rana KRISHEN CHAND,
Rana of Kuthar 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,
died in 1986, daughter of the Rana Sahib of Doodrej in
Gujarat, and had
issue, seven 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, four 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 1956, succeded his
maternal grandfather
as Rana Arun Chand
of Kuthar (qv).
- Rajkumari Indu Devi, born 1929, married Tikka
Prakash
Chand, son of Raja Kidar Chand of Chenani
in the state of Jammu and
Kashmir, born in 1920, and has issue, two sons and
three daughters.
- Rajkumari Brinda Devi, married Mandaleshwar
Shriman Lal
Brajendra Narayan Singh Deo of Jarasingha
in Orissa, and had issue, one son.
- Rajkumari Sita Devi, married Sukhdev Singh, son of
Colonel Baldev Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, and has
issue, two sons and
three daughters.
- Rajkumari Amba Devi, married to Kanwar Ram Pratap
Singh
of Rajgarh State in
Madhya Pradesh,
and has issue, four children.
- Abhay Singh (New York City,
U.S.A.)
- Kumari Prithi Kumari
- Viki Singh
- Kumari Ira Kumari
- Rajkumari (name
unknown),
died
young.
- Tikka Pratap Chand, born 12th January 1936, Tikka
of
Kuthar 1936/1955. He died
unmarried in 1955.
- Rana ARUN CHAND,
Rana of Kuthar (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kanwar Lakshman Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari Deviwati, married Mian Gopal Singh of Baghat, and had issue.
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