Kapurthala (State)

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Kapurthala
1772-1948
Flag of Kapurthala
flag coat of arms
Capital Kapurthala
Form of government Princely state (13 shot salute)
surface 1551 km²
population 314,300 (1901)
founding 1772
resolution August 20, 1948
State religion: Sikhism.
Dynasty: Ahluwalia
Kapurthala (center right) in Punjab, 1909
Kapurthala (center right) in Punjab, 1909
The states of the PEPSU
The states of the PEPSU
The Sainik School [1] in Kapurthala, the former Jagatjit Palace, built 1900–1908
The Sainik School in Kapurthala, the former Jagatjit Palace, built between 1900 and 1908
Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala
The last reigning Maharaja Jagatjit Singh and his wife on a visit to the United States (1915)

Kapurthala was one of the Sikh - princely states in the " Punjab States Agency " of British India . The capital and residence city was the city of Kapurthala ( 31 ° 23 ′  N , 75 ° 23 ′  E ) east of Amritsar .

history

The principality was in 1772 by Jassa Singh, the leader of the Ahluwalia - Clans ( Misl ) and one of the leaders ( Sardar or Sirdar ) of the Sikh Confederacy established. Fateh Singh (ruled 1801-1837) fought alongside Ranjit Singh and assumed the title of Raja . Although Kapurthala was a British protectorate since 1806 (until 1947), Nihal Singh (ruled 1837-1852) fought against the British and therefore had to cede his possessions south of the Satluj . Jagatjit Singh (1877-1949) was raised to Maharaja in 1911 ; in 1926, 1927 and 1929 he was the observer of India at the League of Nations . In 1901 the principality had an area of ​​1551 km² and 314,300 inhabitants. It consisted of an elongated, approximately 80 × 20 km large main part along the east bank of the river Beas , from its mouth in the Satluj in the southwest to a few kilometers south of Tanda in the northeast, as well as an approximately 25 × 20 km large exclave around Phagwara , approximately 30 km southeast of Jalandhar .

Maharaja Jagatjit Singh joined the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) on July 15, 1948 - a union of the princely states of Patiala , Jind , Nabha , Faridkot , Kalsia , Malerkotla and Nalagarh - and became its deputy head ( Ujrajpramukher ). On August 20, 1948, the PEPSU joined India.

On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and the PEPSU became part of the Indian state of Punjab .

Ruler

Sardar

  • Jassa Singh (1777–20 Oct 1783) (* 1718, † 1783)
  • Bagh Singh (October 20, 1783–1801) (* 1747, † 1801)

Raja

  • Fateh Singh (1801–20 October 1837) (* 1784, † 1837)
  • Nihal Singh (Oct. 20, 1837– Sep. 13, 1852) (* 1817, † 1852)
  • Randhir Singh (September 13, 1852– March 12, 1861) (* 1831, † 1870)

Raja-i Rajgan

  • Randhir Singh (March 12, 1861– April 2, 1870) (* 1831, † 1870)
  • Kharrak Singh (April 2, 1870– September 3, 1877) (* 1850, † 1877)
  • Jagatjit Singh (Sept. 3, 1877– Dec. 12, 1911) (* 1872, † 1949)

Maharaja

  • Jagatjit Singh (Dec. 12, 1911– Aug. 15, 1947) (* 1872, † 1949)

See also

literature

  • Kapūrthala State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 408-416 .
  • 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 .

Web links

Commons : Principality of Kapurthala  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cadet School