Jind State

Jind State
Sangrur State
Princely State of British India (1809–1948)
1763–1948 →

Coat of arms

Jind State in a 1911 map of Punjab
Capital Sangrur
History
 • Established 1763
 • Independence of India 1948
Area
 • 1931 3,460 km2 (1,336 sq mi)
Population
 • 1931 324,676 
Density 93.8 /km2  (243 /sq mi)
Today part of Punjab & Haryana state of India
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Jind State or Sangrur State was a princely state of India during the British Raj until India's independence in 1947. Founded by descendants of Chaudhary Phul Haryana, under the patronage and protection of the Sikh gurus Guru Hargobind and Guru Har Rai, Jind was a Jat Sikh state and one of the Phulkian States. Sangrur was the largest city and the capital of Jind State.

The state was some 3,260 km2 (1,260 sq mi) in area and its annual income was Rs.3,000,000 in the 1940s.

History

The princely state of Jind was founded in 1763.[1] The rulers belonged to the Phulkian dynasty. On 25 April 1809 Jind t became a British protectorate. Gajpat Singh ruled under the title of raja until 1789, then Bhag Singh until 1819, Fateh Singh until 1822, and Sangat Singh until 1834. After a vacancy of three years, Sarup Singh ruled until 1864, succeeded by Raghubir Singh, who took the title Raja-i Rajgan in 1881. In 1887 he was succeeded by Ranbir Singh, who became Maharaja in 1911 and continued to rule the state until its accession to India in 1947. Ranbir Singh, last Ruler of Jind, was called Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-dilband Rasikh-ul-itikad Daulat-i-englishia Raja-i-rajgan Maharaja Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur.

On 20 August 1948, with the signing of accession to India, Jind became a part of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union and ceased to exist as a separate state. Jind town and district now form a part of Indian state of Haryana.

Postage stamps prior to King George V consisted of Indian stamps over printed as "Jhind State", with the letter 'H' in the name. On the George V stamps, the 'H' is omitted and is overprinted as "Jind State" (Reference actual stamps from the Victorian, Edward VII and George V eras).

Rulers of Jind

The rulers of the state bore the title of 'Raja' until 1881.[2] They had the privilege of a 13-gun salute.[3][4]

Claiming descent from Jaisal, founder of Jaisalmer State in 1156, the founder of this Sikh dynasty, Phul Singh, was Chaudhary (Governor) of a province to the south east of Delhi. Phul’s descendants founded three States: Patiala, Jind and Nabha. Phul had six sons, Tiloka Ram Singh, Rudh, Chunu, Jhandu, and Takhtmal. Tiloka had two sons, Gurudutta and Sukh Chain. Sukh Chain founded Jind, which was ruled by his descendants, while Gurudatta's descendants ruled Nabha State.[5]

Raja Sangat Singh
Maharaja Raghbir Singh, photographed in 1875, ruled Jind until his death in 1887
Maharaja Sir Ranbir Singh

Rajas

Raja i Rajgan

Maharaja

12 Dec 1911 – 15 Aug 1947 Sir Ranbir Singh (s.a.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ According to the World Statesmen website
  2. ↑ Princely States of India
  3. ↑ G. B. Malleson, An historical sketch of the native states of India. London 1875. Reprint Delhi 1984
  4. ↑ Jind - Princely State (13 gun salute)
  5. ↑ Bhagat Singh, A History of Sikh Misals

External links

Coordinates: 31°07′N 77°38′E / 31.117°N 77.633°E / 31.117; 77.633

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