Kalsia
| Kalsia | |||||
| 1763-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Chhachhruali | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 497 km² | ||||
| population | 62,000 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1763 | ||||
| resolution | August 20, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Sikhism Dynasty: Sandhu Jat |
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Kalsia was one of the Sikh - princely states in the Punjab States Agency of British India . Its capital was the place Chhachhrauli .
The state was founded in 1763 by Gurbaksh Singh, a leader ( Sirdar ) of a Sikh clan ( Misl ) who came from the village of Kalsia near Lahore and gave Ranjit Singh Chhachhrauli as his residence. Kalsia was a British protectorate from 1809 to 1947 . Sirdar Ravi Sher Singh (1908-47) was raised to Raja in 1916 .
In 1901 the principality had an area of 20 small pieces in the districts of Yamunanagar ( Chhachhrauli ), Mohali ( Basi ) and Firozpur (Chirak) of 497 km² and 62,000 inhabitants. Raja Karan Sher Singh 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 . On November 1, 1966, the Chhachhrauli area became part of the new state of Haryana .
literature
- Kalsia. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 320-321 .
- 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 .
