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Jind & Sangrur State
Princely State of British India (1809–1948)
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Coat of arms of Sangrur

Coat of arms
Location of Sangrur
Jind State in a 1911 map of Punjab
Capital city 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

Jind State was a Cis-Sutlej state princely state of India during the British Raj until India's independence in 1947.

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

Maharaja Raghbir Singh of Jind photographed 1875
Maharaja Raghbir Singh of Jind photographed 1875

The princely state of Jind & Sangrur was founded in 1763. The rulers belonged to the Phulkian dynasty a Jat dynasty. It was a Cis-Sutlej state, ruled by the Scindhia dynasty of the Maratha Empire, various small Punjabi kingdoms of the Cis-Sutlej states paid tributes to the Marathas, until the Second Anglo-Maratha War of 1803–1805, after which the Marathas lost this territory to the British.

On 25 April 1809 Jind 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.

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.

Rulers of Jind State (1763-1947)

  • Raja Gajpat Singh (r.1763-1789)
  • Raja Bhag Singh (r.1789-1819)
  • Prince Pratap Singh Revolts and Takes power (r.1814-1816)
  • Raja Fateh Singh (r.1819-1822)
  • Raja Sangat Singh (r.1822-1834)
  • A vacancy of three years (1834-1837)
  • Raja Sarup Singh (r.1837-1864)
  • Raja Raghbir Singh (r.1864-1887)
  • Raja Ranbir Singh (r.1887-1948)
  • Raja Rajbir Singh (r.1948-1959)
  • Jind Royal Family signed the Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India (1947-1948)

Religion in Jind State

Hinduism and Islam were the main religions of the State. The Sikhs dominated the northern areas of Jind State.

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