PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: The state was founded in the 11th
century (1095?), by
Raja Jhet (or Jit) Pal,
younger brother
of
Raja Anangpal II, the
Ruler of Delhi, who established himself at Pathankot and
subsequently
moved to the hills. It was originally known as Dhameri.
Rulers and
estate
holders were....
- Raja JAS PAL,
Raja
of Nurpur 1313/1353, married and had issue, nine sons,
each
of whom was
progenitor of a branch of the Pathania family.
- Raja KAILAS PAL,
Raja of Nurpur 1353/1397
- Raja NAG PAL,
Raja
of Nurpur 1397/1438
- Raja PRITHI PAL,
Raja of Nurpur 1438/1473
- Raja BHIL PAL,
Raja
of Nurpur 1473/1513
- Raja BAKHT MAL,
Raja of Nurpur 1513/1558, he fought for Sikandar Sur
(son of Shershah
Suri), against Emperor Akbar. He died 1558.
- Raja PAHARI MAL,
Raja of Nurpur 1558/1580
- Raja BASU DEV,
Raja
of Nurpur 1580/1613, enjoyed a mansab of 1500
under Emperor
Akbar, which was increased to 3500 by Emperor
Jahangir, married and had
issue. He died in the thana of Shahabad in
1613.
- Raja Suraj Mal (qv)
- Raja Jagat Singh (qv)
- Mian Madho Singh, granted the title of Raja by
Emperor
Jahangir. He
died
after 1623.
- Raja SURAJ MAL,
Raja of Nurpur 1613/1618, granted a mansab of
2000, he rebelled
against Jehangir.
He died
1618
in Chamba.
- Raja JAGAT SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1618/1646, granted a mansab of
300, later
increased
to 1000 men and 500 horse, also received the title of
Raja and 20,000Rs
in cash as well a jewelled dagger, about 1626 this was
further
increased
to 3000 men and 2000 horse, and again in 1641 to 5000
of each, in 1622
the state was renamed Nurpur, in honour of Nur Jahan,
wife of the
Mughal
Emperor, Jahangir, ruled Chamba till 1641, in 1634 was
appointed
Thanadar
of Lower Bangash, in 1638 was appointed Faudjar of
Lower and Upper
Bangash,
married and had issue. He died at Peshawar in January
1646.
- Raja Rajrup Singh (qv)
- Raja Bhau Singh, he received the estate of Shahpur
in
1650, converted to
Islam in 1686,
receiving the name of Murid Khan, his descendants
ruled there till
1781.
The taluqa was later resumed by Raja Prithvi Singh.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Suraj
Sen of Mandi.
- Raja RAJRUP SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1646/1661, Faudjar of the Koh-i-Daman
of
Kangra, mansab
advanced to 1500 men and 1000 horse on his accession,
also granted the
title of Raja, later increased to 2000 each in 1647,
and 2500 each in
1649,
increased to 3000 in 1652, and later 3500, appointed
Thanadar of Ghazni
in 1661, married and had issue. He died 1661.
- Raja MANDHATA SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1661/1700, married and had issue.
- Raja DAYADHATA,
Raja of Nurpur 1700/1735, born 1681, married and had
issue.
He died
1735.
- Raja Fateh Singh (qv)
- Mian Mahan Singh
- Mian Sundar Singh
- Raja FATEH SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1735/1770, married and had issue. He
died
1770.
- Raja Prithvi Singh (qv)
- Raja Indar Singh, Raja of Shahpur and Mian of Reh
(or
Rai), he was driven out of Shahpur by Raja
Pirthi Singh, married
a daughter of the Raja
of
Kangra, settled in
that
state and was ancestor of the Reh branch of the
Nurpur Royal Family,
married and had issue. He died 1824.
- Mian Arjun Singh of Reh, born 1789, he obtained
a
considerable jagir from the Raja Sansar Chand of
Kangra, married and
had
issue. He died 1830.
- Mian Ishwari Singh of Reh, born 1811, married
and had
issue. He
died 1859.
- Mian Kishan Singh of Reh, died 1879.
- Kumari Rai Dei, married Raja Gopal Singh of
Chamba, and had
issue.
- Mian Keshari Singh, born 1804 (1813), married
and had
issue.
He died 1876.
- Mian Shanker Singh of Reh 1879/-, born 1835,
married and
had issue.
- Rai Raghunath Singh of Reh, born 1861,
married
and had issue.
- Colonel Rai Hoshiar Singh of Reh, born
1884,
served
in the Jammu and Kashmir Army and became
A.D.C. to the then Maharaja
Hari
Singhji of Jammu and Kashmir; married
and had issue.
- Rai Mohan Singh of Reh, born 1921,
married
Rani Santosh Kumari, daughter of Mian
Dalip Singh of Mankot,
and had
issue.
- Rai Ranvir Singh of Reh, married and
had
issue.
- Kumari Anjali Devi, married Raja
Anirudh
Pal Singh of Awagarh,
and has issue.
- Rajkumari Ambika Devi,
born
1977, married Rajkumar Tushar
Singh [Kumar
Shri
Tusharsinhji Kanaksinhji] of Dumraon,
born 1970.
- Kanwar Vijay Singh
- Kanwar Sunit Singh, married and had
issue.
- Kanwarani Tara Devi, married Kanwar
Surinder
Singh of Datarpur,
and has issue.
- Col. Kanwar Balwant Singh, born 1891,
married
and had
issue.
- Col. Kanwar Devendra Singh, married
Kanwarani
Rama
Devi, daughter of Kanwar Baldev Singh of
Kumharsain,
and his wife,
Kanwarani Hemawati Kumari, and had
issue.
- Kanwar Hemant Singh, married
Kanwarani
Geetanjali Kumari, daughter of Kanwar
Daljit Singh Jamwal , and his
wife, Kanwarani Neelima Kumari,
daughter of Kanwar Randip Singh of Sirmur,
and
has
issue.
- Kanwar Bakshish Singh, married and had
issue.
- Kanwar Kuldeep Singh, married and had
issue.
- Kumari Veena Devi, married Kanwar A.
S.
Jasrotia, and has issue.
- Kanwar Randeep Singh
- Kanwar Narendra Singh, married and had
issue.
- Kanwar Jagdev Singh, married a Kumari
from
Chamba, and had
issue.
- Mian Bikham Singh, born 1864, married and
had
issue.
- Thakur Sarup Singh, born 1891, married
1920,
Kumari Saheb
Dei, daughter of Kanwar Hoshiar Singh of
Chamba, and had issue.
- Wing-Cdr. Thakur Gajinder Singh
Pathania,
born 1921, served in the Indian Air
Force, rising to the rank of
Wing-Commander; married Thakurani
Uma Dei of Barnai in Jammu, and had
issue. He died 5th September 2009
in Dehradun.
- Thakur Bhagwati Singh Pathania, born
21st
August 1954 in
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, educated
at The Lawrence School, Sanawar
(Senior Cambridge), at Government
College, Chandigarh (B.A. Econ.) and
at Cambridge Tutorial College, U.K.
(Diploma in Sales and Business
management); has held Colours and
Merit Certificates in all games, he
was awarded the prestigious "Spartan
Club" Membership, Member of the
Lawrence School Sanawar Society as the
Headmasters appointment in the
years 2006 to 2009; worked overseas in
Oman and the U.A.E. from 1981 to
2004; married 18th February 1984,
Thakurani Renu Pathania, and has
issue.
- Kumari Karishma Pathania, born
24th
January 1990 in
Jammu, educated at The Lawrence
School, Sanawar, and is presently
(2010) in 2nd year at M.C.M. DAV
College, Chandigarh.
- Kumari Namrata Pathania, born 8th
September 1991 in Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,
educated at The Lawrence School,
Sanawar,
presently (2010) awaiting her Boards
for 12th Class.
- Kumari Sushila Kumari, married Kanwar
Dharam
Singh of Chamba,
and had issue.
- Thakur Rajendra Singh, married, and
had issue.
- Kumari Dimpy, married Kunwar D. P.
N. Singh
of Padrauna
in Bihar, and has issue.
- Kumari Prithi [Rani
Preeti Devi of Poonch], married 14th
August 1975, Raja Raman Dev
Singh of Poonch,
and has issue, two
children.
- Thakur Devi Singh, married Kumari Radha
Devi of
Vijaypur (Lambagraon),
and
had issue.
- Thakur Randhir Singh, married
Thakurani Kamla
Devi of Barnai in Jammu, and had issue.
- Kumari Shahnaz, married Kanwar Anil
Sen of Mandi.
- Mian Bishan Singh, born 1837, married and
had
issue. He died
1870.
- Lt.-Col. Rai Saheb Thakur Piyar Singh,
born 1864 (#2),
educated privately in Jammu; he was granted
the title of Rai Saheb in 1913 for
meritorious service to the
Government; married and had
issue.
- Kunwar Gyan Singh, born 1885, died 1905.
- Sardar Bahadur Hira Singh, born 1869
(1871),
married and
had issue.
- Kanwar Dalip Singh, married a Kumari of
Chenani, and had issue.
- Kanwar Nasib Singh, married Kanwarani
Sushma
Dei of Kutlehar, and had issue.
- Kumari Sharmishta Devi [Rani
Sharmistha Devi of Bangahal], married
Rai Sahib
Rajendra Pal Singh of Bir (Bangahal),
and
has issue.
- Kanwar Punjab Singh, born 1909, married
a
daughter of Mian Dalip Singh of Mankot,
and had issue.
- Kanwar Virendra Singh, married
Kanwarani Asha
Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Indra Vikram
Singh of Keonthal,
and has issue.
- Kanwar Rajeshwar Singh, married
Kanwarani
Nirja Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Romesh
Singh of Sirmur,
and his wife, Kanwarani
Sidheshwari Kumari, and has issue.
- Kanwar Mahendra Singh, married Kanwarani
Usha
Kumari, and had issue.
- Kumari Seema Kumari, married Kanwar
Ajay
Singh of Baghal,
and has issue.
- Kumari Basantika Devi [Rani Basantika
Devi of
Kotkhai], married (as his second wife),
Rana Raghunath Singh of Kotkhai,
and had issue, two sons and one
daughter.
- Mian Sahib Singh, married and had issue. He
died 1832.
- Mian Sheo Singh, married and had issue. He
died
1874.
- Mian Nihal Singh, born 1848, married and
had
issue.
- Mian Raghbir Singh, born 1873.
- Mian Gandharb Singh, born 1880.
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as
his
third wife), Maj.Gen. HH
Maharaja Sir Pratap Singhji Sahib Bahadur of
Jammu and
Kashmir.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja
Dhian
Singh of Jammu.
- Raja PRITHVI SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1770/1805, born 1740, married (amongst
others),
Rani Darsanu, daughter of Raja Sampat Pal of Bhadrawah, and had
issue.
He died 1805.
- Tikka Fateh Singh, married and had issue. He died
vp
in 1789.
- Raja BHIR SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1805/1846, born 1785, last ruling Chief
of
Nurpur,
he
endeavoured to resist Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore,
but being
compelled to take refuge
in Chamba, was given up by the Raja of Chamba, and
imprisoned in the
fortress of Gobindgarh, subsequently he was ransomed
by his
brother-in-law, Sardar Charat Singh, for 85,000Rs. and
in 1846, he
raised
the standard of revolt, besieged Nurpur, and died in
battle before its
walls; married
(a), a daughter of Raja Jit Singh of Chamba,
married (b), a daughter of Raja
Sansar Chand II of Kangra,
married (c),
a daughter of Raja Bikram Sen II of Suket,
and
had issue. He died 1846.
- Raja JASWANT SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1846/1898, born 1836, he received a
large grant
from the British Government in compensation for the
loss of his state, married and had
issue.
He
died 1898.
- Raja Gagan Singh (qv)
- Mian Udham Singh, born 1885, married and had
issue. He
died 1918.
- Raja GAGAN SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1898/1952, born 1882, 6th Viceregal
Darbari in Kangra District, an Honourary Magistrate in
Kangra
District, the Hereditary title of Raja was conferred
15th March 1909 by
the Viceroy, married and had issue. He died 1952.
- Raja DEVENDRA SINGH,
Raja of Nurpur 1952/-, born 1901, died after 1960.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kumari (name
unknown),
married (as his first wife), Kanwar Ranzore Singh
Sahib, born 1865,
Rais of Sirmur.
- Kanwarani Kushal Kumari, married Kanwar Hemendra
Singh Sen
of Suket, and had
issue.
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