PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE:
Raja CHAIN SINGH, Raja of Jaswan since 1945.
educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College, Lahore; married Rani Mohan
Kanwar, daughter of HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir
PRITHVI SINGH Bahadur of Banswara,
and his fourth wife, HH Maharani Daulat Kanwar, and has issue.
- Tikka
Sahib Nagendra
Singh
of Jaswan, born 1950, married 1985, Tikka Rani Bhuvaneshwari Kumari,
daughter of
Thakur JANAKISINHJI CHANDRASINHJI of Rajpur
in Kathiawar, and has issue.
- Kunwar Prithviraj Singh, born 8th February 1988.
- Rajkumar Vijayendra Singh, married Rajkumarani Ritu Kumari
of Tirwa, and has issue.
- Kunwar Raghuvendra Singh, born 30th July 1988.
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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY:
Founded in 1170 by Raja PURAB CHAND a scion of the Kangra
Royal Family. Rulers were....
- Raja PURAB CHAND 1170/-
- Raja PARAB CHAND
- Raja BISWA CHAND
- Raja GOPAL CHAND
- Raja SIRBAHK CHAND
- Raja DHULA CHAND
- Raja SULACHAN CHAND
- Raja AUKI CHAND
- Raja UDHAM CHAND
- Raja NIRPAT CHAND
- Raja UDHARN CHAND
- Raja BHIKH CHAND
- Raja SIRKAR CHAND
- Raja MUBARAK CHAND
- Raja GOVIND CHAND fl.1572, defended the fort of Kangra from
the Mughal
Emperor Akbar, in the absence of his kinsman Raja Jai Chand Katoch of
Kangra.
- Raja BIKRAM CHAND
- Raja ANIRUDH CHAND fl.1589, joined a general revolt of the
hill-states
against the Mughals led by his kinsman Raja Bidhi Chand of Kangra.
- Raja SAMIR CHAND
- Raja MAN SINGH
- Raja AJAB SINGH
- Raja RAM SINGH
- Raja AJIT SINGH
- Raja JAGHAR SINGH
- Raja ABHIRAI SINGH
- Raja JAGRUP SINGH
- Raja PRIT SINGH
- Raja UMMED SINGH 1800/1849, in 1815, Maharaja Ranjit Singh
summoned all his forces, to assemble at Sialkot, but the Raja of Jaswan
failed to obey the summons and a fine fixed beyond his resources was
imposed. Submitting quietly to his fate Raja Ummed Singh resigned his
state and accepted a jagir of 12,000Rs p.a., joined unsuccessfully in a
revolt against the British in 1848, his property was confiscated and he
was exiled to Almora; but he married and had issue. He died
1849 at Almora.
 Raja JAI SINGH
1849/1863, joined in the revolt in 1848 and joined his father in exile.
He died 1863 at Almora. Title of
"Raja" not recognized by the imperial British authorities.
- Raja
RAN SINGH 1863/1892, received the jagir of Ramkot in Jammu when
he
married the grand-daughter of Maharaja GHULAB SINGH of Jammu.
Title of "Raja" not recognized by the British. In 1877 the jagir in
Jaswan,
consisting of 21 villages in the Jaswan Dun was restored to the Raja,
as
well as the family garden at Amb and buildings at Rajpura, married and
had issue. He died 1892.
- Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH (qv)
- Kumari (name unknown), married Tikka Arimardan Sen
of Suket.
- Raja
RAGHUNATH SINGH 1892/1918, born 1851, he was granted the personal
title of "Raja" on account of his ancient lineage and marriage
connection
with the Maharajas of Jammu & Kashmir. The title did not grant him
the right to administer law and order in his jagir, and such title
could
not be passed on by inheritance. His property was divided among six
children,
married (amongst others), 1871, two daughters of HH Maharaja RANBIR
SINGH
of Jammu and Kashmir, and had issue. He died 1918. (#1)
 Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH
(qv)- Rajkumar Hardev Singh, born 1906, his family resides in
Hoshiarpur,
Punjab, married and had issue.
He died 1970.
- Rajkumar Santdev Singh, born 1907, he was mentally
unsound and was
looked
after by his younger brother, Rajkumar Shivdev Singh. He died sp
1960.
- Rajkumar Shivdev Singh, born 1910, he served in the
administration of
Maharaja
Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir and retired as Chairman of
independent
India's Union Public Service Commission, married and had issue. He died
1998. (Jammu, India)
- Kumari (name unknown), married HH Raja SHYAM SINGH
of Chamba.
- HH Rani Dharam Deiji Saheba, married HH Raja RAM SINGH of
Chamba.
- Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH 1918/1945, born 1904, Head of the Royal
family of
Jaswan,
resided at Amb in Jaswan; married 1stly, Rani Tottan Dei, married
2ndly, a daughter of Kunwar Ishar Singh Jamwal, and had issue. He died
4th June 1945.
- Raja CHAIN SINGH (see above)
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