Jind (state)
| Jind जींद |
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| Capital | Sangrur | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (13 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 3364 km² | ||||
| population | 372,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1763 | ||||
| resolution | August 20, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Sikhism Dynasty: Sidhu Jat ( Phul ) |
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Jind (or Jhind , Hindi जींद Jīnd ) was a princely state in the Punjab region of British India . The principality was founded in 1763 by the Sikh Gajpat Singh as a vassal state of the Mughal Empire . Bagh Singh (1789-1810) fought on the side of the British against the Marathas and the Sikh Maharajah Ranjit Singh . 1809–1947 Jind was a British protectorate . Raja Raghubir Singh (1864-87) was raised to Raja-i-Rajgan in 1881, Ranbir Singh (1887-1948) in 1911 to Maharajah.
Jind consisted of three geographically separated districts (Sangrur, Jind, Dadri) and in 1941 had an area of 3364 km² and 372,000 inhabitants. The Maharajah joined the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) on July 15, 1948, and joined India on August 20, 1948. On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and PEPSU part of the state of Punjab . The southeastern part with Jind came to the state of Haryana in 1966 .
Jind had a state post with its own stamps from 1874 and in 1885 concluded a convention with the British-Indian Post . From then until 1950, British-Indian postage stamps with the country's name and coat of arms were used.
See also
literature
- William Barton: The princes of India. With a Chapter on Nepal. Nisbet, London 1934, (Reprinted edition. Cosmo, New Delhi 1983).
- Andreas Birken : Philatelic Atlas of British India. CD-ROM. Birken, Hamburg 2004.
- Jīnd State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 165-176 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= Association for Asian Studies. Reference Series. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
