Kutlehar State

Kutlehar State, covering an area of 2200 km², was one of the Princely states of India. It was reigned by Rana Amrat Pal until its occupation by Nepal from 1803 to 1815. After the annexation by Punjab in 1825 the state ceased to exist. The territory was then annexed by the British Raj and reduced to an estate (jagir).[1] Kutlehar Estate acceded to India in 1957. Its main town was Bangana, in present-day Una district. Currently the area of the former estate is part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Kutlehar State
Kutlehar Estate
कुट्लेहार
Princely state until 1810.
Estate during the British Raj
the 750s–1957
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Area 
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2,200 km2 (850 sq mi)
History 
• Established
the 750s
• Accession to the Indian Union
1957
Succeeded by
India
Today part ofHimachal Pradesh, India

History

According to tradition Kutlehar state was founded around 750 AD by an ancestral king named Raja Gopal Between 1805 and 1809 the state was occupied by Nepal until the Gorkha occupants were driven out. Kutlehar State was extinguished in 1825 when it was briefly annexed to Pañjab (Punjab). The same year, after the British established their domination in the area, the Raja of Kutlehar was granted a Jagir to the value of 10,000Rs. Raja Saheb Shri Ram Pal Bahadur (1864-1927) was granted the title of hereditary Raja on 15 March 1909.

Rulers

Rulers bore the title of Rai Saheb Sri.[2]

Rajas

  • 750 - 770  : Gopal
  • 770 - 810  : Dharma Pal
  • 1100  : Jas Pal
  • .... - ....  : ..........
  • .... - ....  : Chiru Pal
  • .... - ....  : Chand Pal
  • 1200  : Govind Pal
  • c.1730  : Yadu Pal
  • c.1750  : Dharam Pal
  • .... - ....  : Gur Pal
  • 1798 - 1803  : Amrat Pal (1st time)
  • 1803 - 1815  : Occupied by Nepal
  • 1815 - 1832  : Amrat Pal (2nd time) (died 1832)
  • 1832 - 1864  : Narayan Pal (1821 - 1864)
  • 1864 - 1927  : Ram Palji (22.11.1849 - 21.11.1927)
  • 1927 - 1928  : Rajendra Palji (1874 - 14.02.1928)
  • 1928-1937  : Brijmohan Pal (1890 - 1937)
  • 1937 - 2014  : Mahendra Pal (04.07.1937 - 20.07.2014)

See also
  • List of Rajput dynasties

References
  1. Princely states of India
  2. "Indian Princely States K-Z". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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