JIND (Princely State)

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AREA:  3,364 km2 PRIVY PURSE:  328,100Rs  ACCESSION:  20th August 1948
STATE:  Pepsu  DYNASTY:  Phulkian  Religion:  Sikh
Population:  249,862 (1892)    
     
PRESENT RULER:  HH Maharaja SATBIR SINGH ["Prince Sunny"], 9th Maharaja of Jind (19??/-)
born 1940, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, married 1stly (div.), Gay Büg, married 2ndly 1978, Gita Dheer of New Delhi, and has issue, 2 sons (by 1st marriage).
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Founded in 1763. Rulers were ....
  1. Raja GAJPAT SINGH 1763/1789, born 15th April 1738, Raja [cr.1772], took part in the conquest of Sirhind, Panipat and Karnal, made Jind his capital in 1766, married 1stly a daughter of Sardar Kishan Singh Monshia, married 2ndly, 1764 his brother's widow. He died 11th November 1789.
    • Kanwar Mehr Singh, married and had issue. He died 1780.
      • Hari Singh, born about 1773, married Dya Kaur and had issue. He died 1791.
        • Bibi Chand Kaur, married Sardar Fateh Singh Thanesar, son of Bhanga Singh. She died 1850.
    • Raja BHAG SINGH (qv)
    • Kanwar Bhup Singh of Badrukhan, married and had issue. He died 1815.
      • Sardar Basawa Singh, married and had issue. He died 1830.
        • Sardar Sukha Singh, married and had issue. He died 1852.
          • Harnam Singh, married and had issue. He died 1856.
          • HH Raja Sir HIRA SINGH Malvinder Bahadur of Nabha.
        • Sardar Bhagwan Singh, married and had issue. He died 1852.
          • Sardar Diwan Singh, born 1841.
          • Sardar Sher Singh, born 1844.
          • Sardar Chattar Singh, died 1861.
      • Sardar Karam Singh, married and had issue. He died 1818.
        • Raja SARUP SINGH (qv)
    • Sardarni Raj Kaur, married 1774, Sardar Mahan Singh Sukerchukia of Lahore.
    • Bibi Begama Kaur (by 2nd wife)

  2. Raja BHAG SINGH 1789/1819, born 1768, married (amongst others) Rani Sobrahi Kaur and had issue. He died 1819.
    • Raja FATTEH SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Pratap Singh, died sp June 1816.
    • Kunwar Mahtab Singh (by Rani Sobrahi Kaur), born 1800, died sp 1816.

  3. Raja FATTEH SINGH 1819/1822, born 1789, married Rani Sahib Kaur, daughter of Sardar Kushal Singh Burnewala and had issue. He died 3rd February 1822.
    • Raja SANGAT SINGH (qv)

  4. Raja SANGAT SINGH 1822/1834, born 1811, married April 1824 Rani Sabha Kaur, born about 1812, daughter of Sardar Ranjit Singh Shahabad. He died sp 2nd November 1834.

    5. INTERREGNUM 1834/1837

  5. Raja SARUP SINGH 1837/1864 of the Bazidpur branch, married and had issue. He died 26th January 1864 at Bazidpur aged 50 (52).
    • Raja-i-Rajgan RAGHUBIR SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Randhir Singh, died 1848.

  6. Raja-i-Rajgan RAGHUBIR SINGH 1864/1887, born 1832, Raja-i-Rajgan [cr.1881], married 1stly daughter of Chaudhuri Jowahir Singh of Dadri, 2ndly daughter of Sardar Ghyan Singh Gill of Rajamajra and had issue. He died 7th March 1887 (#1).
    • Daughter (ex 1st wife), married April 1865, Sardar BISHAN SINGH of Kalsia.
    • Tikka Sahib Balbir Singh Bahadur, born 1856, dvp, father of the following..

  7. Col. HH Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Maharaja Sir RANBIR SINGH Rajendra Bahadur (1879-1948)Col. HH Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Maharaja Sir RANBIR SINGH Rajendra Bahadur 1887/1948, born 11th October 1879, educated privately, has built schools and hospitals, instituted Fund for Widows and Orphans of State servants, made Primary Education free in Jind, Maharaja [cr.1911], G.C.I.E. [cr.1916], K.C.S.I. [cr.1909], received Delhi Durbar Medals 1903 and 1911, married 1stly, Maharani Dhelma Kaur, married 2ndly, Gurcharan Kaur, married 3rdly, 1900 at Sangrur, Maharani Jaswant Kaur [née Olive Monalescu], and had issue. He died 31st March 1948.
    • HH Maharaja RAJBIR SINGH (qv)
    • Maharajkumar Jagatbir Singh, born 1925.
    • Maharajkumar (name unknown) Singh (by Olive), born 12th September 1901, died March 1902.
    • Daughter, married Fl.Lt. Tikka Sardar Ravinder Hari Darshan Singh of Vahali.
    • Maharajkumari Dhelma Kaur
    • Maharajkumari Ruby Kaur, married and has issue.
      • Rabindra Bir Singh Grewal, married Maharajkumari Rohini/ Ganga Kaur of Bharatpur and has issue.
        • Govind Grewal
    • Maharajkumari Dorothy Kaur (by Olive), died aged in her 80's.
    • Maharajkumari Taranbir Kaur, born 1931, married DFC Jagdish Chander Verma, and has issue. (Dehradun, India)
      • Ajay Verma
      • Tina Verma (Mrs. Tina Vijay Chopra).

  8. HH Maharaja RAJBIR SINGH 1948/- , born 1918, married 1stly, HH Maharani Prithvi Bir Kaur and had issue.
    • HH Maharaja SATBIR SINGH (qv)
    • Maharajkumar Gajbir Singh ["Prince Billy"], born 1943, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, died sp 2nd August 2001.
    • Maharajkumar Ravindra Singh ["Prince Robin"], born 1947, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, married and had issue, 3 daughters. He died in 1986.
    • educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal,
    • Maharajkumar (name unknown) Singh ["Prince Scampy"] (by 2nd marriage), born 1945, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, died 1993.
    • Maharajkumar (name unknown) Singh ["Prince Chuckles"] (by 2nd marriage), born 1953, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal.

  9. HH Maharaja SATBIR SINGH (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Lt. General (retd.) Rajkumar Jasbir Singh of Jind, born in 1926, Military Secretary to the Government of India, retired from the Indian Army in 1984, married Rajkumari Gita Shah of Khairigarh, born in 1926, died November 2005, and has issue. (Dehra Dun, India)
    • Kumari Ira Singh
    • Kumari Sanu Singh
 
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