SIBA (Jagir)

  
 
AREA:  REVENUE:  ACCESSION: 1849
LOCATION:  Kangra DYNASTY:  Katoch (Sibaia clan) RELIGION:  Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER:  Raja BRIJENDRA SINGH, Raja of Dada-Siba since 23rd May 2000.
born 17th June 1946, married 1969, Rani Devika Singh [née Dawn Jha] of New Delhi, adopted daughter of Mr. L. K. Jha, former Governor of The Reserve Bank of India, and has issue. 
  • Rajkumari Ambika Devi [HH Maharani Ambika Devi of Alwar], born February 1972 in New Delhi, married Bhanwar Jitendra Singh of Alwar, (now HH Shri Sawai Maharaja JITENDRA SINGH Virendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Dharam Prabhakar of Alwar), born June 1971, and has issue, two daughters and a son.
PREDECESSORS and SHORT HISTORY:  Also known as Dada-Siba. Founded by Raja Sibarna Chand, a younger brother of the Raja of Guler about 1450. The state was seized by Guler in 1808, annexed by the Sikhs in 1813, and restored by the British in 1830, but finally dispossessed by them in 1849. Rulers were....
  1. Raja SIBARNA CHAND fl.1450

  2. Raja HAMI CHAND

  3. Raja PAHLAD CHAND

  4. Raja JIT CHAND

  5. Raja UDHAN CHAND

  6. Raja AUTAR CHAND

  7. Raja RUP CHAND

  8. Raja MANAK CHAND, married and had issue.
    • Raja NIRMODH CHAND (qv)
    • Mian Ram Chand
    • Mian Lakhudah Chand, resided in Dada, within Siba State, married and had issue.
      • Mian (name unknown), married and had issue.
        • Mian Datar Chand, founder of a state, named after himself, Datarpur around 1550.

  9. Raja NIRMODH CHAND

  10. Raja JAP CHAND

  11. Raja KILAS CHAND

  12. Raja PRAG CHAND

  13. Raja SANSAR CHAND

  14. Raja NARAIN CHAND

  15. Raja TILOK CHAND

  16. Raja KISHAN CHAND

  17. Raja JAI CHAND

  18. Raja PRITHI CHAND

  19. Raja AMAR CHAND

  20. Raja JASWANT CHAND

  21. Raja BHAG SINGH, married and had issue.
    • Raja LAKEL SINGH (qv)
    • Raja MADHO SINGH (qv)
    • Mian Khushal Singh, married and had issue.
      • Mian Devi Singh, married and had issue (see below, alternate parentage).

  22. Raja LAKEL SINGH -/1750

  23. Raja MADHO SINGH 1750/1770, married and had issue.
    • Raja SHER SINGH (qv)
    • Mian Shyam Singh, married and had issue.
      • Mian Devi Singh, he was granted the Taluqa of Kotila in 1830; married and had issue.
        • Raja BIJAY SINGH (see below)
        • Mian Gulab Singh, born 1816.
        • Mian Zalam Singh, married and had issue.
          • Mian Karam Singh, born 1841, married and had issue.
            • Mian Dharam Singh, born 1870, married and had issue.
              • Kanwar Govardhan Singh
              • Kanwar Balbir Singh, married Kanwarani Chandra Kanta Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Sunder Singh, and his wife, Kanwarani Pratap Devi, and had issue.
                • Kanwar Anand Singh, married Kanwarani Rama KUmari, daughter of Kanwar Inder Singh of Koti, and his wife, Kanwarani Sita Devi, and has issue.
                  • Kanwar Hemant Singh
                • Kanwar Beant Singh
                • Kanwar Sukhwant Singh
            • Mian Suchet Singh, born 1872.
          • Mian Ratan Singh, died 1873.

  24. Raja SHER SINGH 1770/1800, married and had issue. He died 1800.
    • Raja GOVIND SINGH (qv)

  25. Raja GOVIND SINGH 1800/1845, married five wives, and had issue. He died 1845.
    • Raja RAM SINGH (qv)
    • Thakur Sunder Singh, revolted against the British authorities, killing some of them as well as a member of his own family, and was exiled, later settling in Hoshiarpur District of the Punjab, building a village called Tantpalan, which still exists there; he married Thakurani Ladu Devi, and had issue. He died 1856.
      • Thakur Birbal Singh, married Thakurani Jhalli Devi, and had issue.
        • Thakur Tholu Ram, died sp 1878.
        • Thakur Sohan Singh [Sohnu Singh]
        • Thakur Duni Chand, married Thakurani Mala Devi of Prithvipur, and had issue.
          • Thakur Bhag Singh, married Thakurani Paro Devi, and had issue.
            • Thakur Suram Singh
            • Thakur Jagat Ram
          • Thakur Nama Ram, married 1stly, Thakurani Lajwanti Devi, died 1939, daughter of Thakur Vakil Chand of Nari near Gagret in Himachal Pradesh, married 2ndly, Thakurani Jyanti Devi, died 1st August 1993, daughter of Thakur Hukam Singh Dadwal, and had issue. He died 2nd February 1982.
            • Kunwar Mehar Chand (by 1st marriage), died young.
            • Kumari Somitra Devi (by 1st marriage)
            • Thakur Amar Chand (by 1st marriage) (United Kingdom)
            • Thakur Anup Singh (by 1st marriage), married and has issue.
              • Dr. Ashok K. Thakur, married and has issue.
                • Digvijay Singh
                • Kumari Shikha Thakur
              • Pardeep Thakur
              • Sanjeev Thakur
              • Kumari Santosh Devi
            • Kunwar Onkar Chand (by 1st marriage), died young.
            • Kumari Sheela Devi (by 1st marriage)
            • Thakur Jagdish Chand (by 2nd marriage) (Chandigarh, India)
            • Thakur Kuldeep Chand (by 2nd marriage) (United Kingdom)
            • Kumari Leela Devi (by 2nd marriage)
          • Thakur Amin Chand, married Thakurani Manso Devi.
      • Thakur Dula Singh, married and had issue.
        • Thakur Chajju Ram
        • Thakur Kirpa Ram
      • Thakur Phalli Singh
      • Thakur Bahadur Singh
    • Kumari (name unknown), married Raja DHIAN SINGH of Poonch.
    • Kumari (name unknown), married Raja DHIAN SINGH of Poonch.

  26. Raja RAM SINGH 1845/1875, 26th and last ruling Raja of Siba, received lands to the value of 20,000Rs in compensation; married Rani Kulti Ganga Devi, died sp 1880. He died sp 1875. The state lapsed with the Raja's death, but a little later was regranted to the following.

  27. Raja BIJAY SINGH 1875/1878, son of Mian Devi Singh, Taluqdar of Kotila and a cousin of Raja Govind Singh (see above), married and had issue. He died 1878.
    • Raja JAI SINGH (qv)
    • Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his third wife), Rana RAGHUNATH CHAND of Mahilog. She died 1918.
    • Rajkumari (name unknown), married Maharaja RANBIR SINGH of Jammu and Kashmir.

  28. Raja JAI SINGH 1878/1920, born 1829, Raja [cr.1878] (personal), the title of Raja was conferred as a hereditary distinction on 15th March 1909 by the Viceroy, married a daughter of HH Raja HIRA SINGH of Bilaspur, and had issue. He died 1920.
    • Raja GAJINDER SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Trilochan Singh, born 1864, married and had issue.
      • Raja SHYAM SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Upendra Singh, born 1875, married and had issue.
      • Kunwar Narotam Singh
      • Kunwar Raghunath Singh, married and had issue.
        • Kunwar Baldev Singh, married Kanwarani Sushila Devi, daughter of Thakur Pratap Singh of Ghund, and his wife, Thakurani Rama Wati, and has issue.
          • Kunwar Vijendra Singh
    • Kumari Champa Devi, born 1894, married 1914, Kanwar Sahib Kesari Singh, Wazir of Chamba, and had issue. She died 1969.

  29. Raja GAJINDER SINGH 1920/1926, born 1853, died sp 1926.

  30. Raja SHYAM SINGH 1926/1932, 3rd Viceregal Darbari in Kangra District; married and had issue.
    • Raja HARMAHENDRA SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Rajbinder Singh, born 1927.
    • Rajkumari (name unknown), married Kanwar Sahib Kesari Singh, Wazir of Chamba, and had issue.

  31. Raja HARMAHENDRA SINGH 1932/2000, born 1922, married 1stly, 24th April 1945, Rani Usha Devi, born 25th October 1919 in Kapurthala, died September 2004 at New Delhi, daughter of Maharajkumar Mahijit Singh of Kapurthala, and his wife, Maharajkumari Anar Devi, married 2ndly, Rani Suraj Devi, his cousin (daughter of the sister of his father) (#2), and had issue. He died 23rd May 2000.
    • Raja BRIJENDRA SINGH (qv)
    • Rajkumar Vijay Shamsher Bahadur Singh, married Rajkumari Anita Devi, and has issue.
      • Kumari Mannika Singh
      • Kunwar Kashish Singh

  32. Raja BRIJENDRA SINGH (see above)
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p.201
2. The Raja Saheb undertook a marriage union called spinda, in contravention of Hindu traditional law, disbarring the children of this union any inheritance rights.