Nabha State

Nabha State
Princely State
1763–1947
Flag Coat of arms
Nabha State in a 1911 map of Ludhiana district
Area
• 1901	2,502 km2 (966 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	297,949
Historical era	New Imperialism
• Established	1763
• Accession to the Dominion of India	1947
Preceded by Succeeded by Mughal Empire Phulkian Misl Dominion of India
Today part of	India

Nabha State,^[1] with its capital at Nabha, was one of the Phulkian princely states of Punjab during the British Raj in India.^[2] Nabha was ruled by Jat Sikhs of the Sidhu clan.^[3]

History

Origin

The ruling house of Nabha belonged to the Phulkian dynasty, sharing a common ancestor named Tiloka with the Jind rulers. Tiloka was the eldest son of Phul Sidhu of the Phulkian Misl. The Nabha rulers descend from Gurditta (Gurdit Singh), the elder son of Tiloka. Gurditta was the founder of the localities of Dhanaula and Sangrur. Sangrur was the headquarters of the state till it was captured by Jind State. Gurditta died in 1754, his only son Surat (or Suratya) Singh had died two years earlier in 1752, leaving his grandson, Hamir Singh, as the next in line. Hamir Singh was the founder of the locality of Nabha and the first ruler of Nabha State.^[4]

List of rulers

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Reign	Enthronement	Ref.
Sardars
1	Hamir Singh (died 1783)		1754 – 1783	?	[4]
Rajas
2	Jaswant Singh (1775 – 22 May 1840)		1783 – 1840	?	[4]
3	Devinder Singh (5 September 1822 – 14/15 November 1865)		1840 – 1846	15 October 1840	[4]
4	Bharpur Singh (5 October 1840 – 9 November 1863)		1846 – 1863	?	[4]
5	Bhagwan Singh (30 November 1842 – 31 May 1871)		1863 – 1871	17 February 1864	[4]
Maharajas
6	Hira Singh (19 December 1843 – 24 December 1911)		1871 – 1911	10 August 1871	[4]
7	Ripudaman Singh (4 March 1883 – 14 December 1942)		1911 – 1923	24 January 1912	[4]
8	Partap Singh (21 September 1919 – 22 July 1995)		1923 – 1948		[4]

Demographics

Religious groups in Nabha State (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1901[5]		1911[6][7]		1921[8]		1931[9]		1941[10]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Hinduism [a]	160,553	53.89%	126,414	50.79%	133,870	50.84%	132,354	46.02%	146,518	43.09%
Sikhism	78,361	26.3%	76,198	30.62%	78,389	29.77%	97,452	33.89%	122,451	36.01%
Islam	58,550	19.65%	46,032	18.5%	50,756	19.27%	57,393	19.96%	70,373	20.7%
Jainism	476	0.16%	238	0.1%	278	0.11%	309	0.11%	480	0.14%
Christianity	7	0%	5	0%	41	0.02%	66	0.02%	221	0.06%
Zoroastrianism	2	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Buddhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0%
Total population	297,949	100%	248,887	100%	263,334	100%	287,574	100%	340,044	100%
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Gallery

• 
  Photograph of Gurdwara Siropa Sahib in Nabha state, where historical Sikh relics and artefacts were kept for safe-keeping, published in Mahan Kosh (1930), ca.1920's
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  Photograph of the Hira Mahal building in Nabha state, published in Mahan Kosh (1930), ca.1920's

See also

• Patiala and East Punjab States Union
• Political integration of India
• Phulkian sardars
• Phulkian Misl
• Patiala State
• Jind State
• Faridkot State
• Malaudh
• Bhadaur
• Kaithal
• Cis-Sutlej states

Notes

References

External links

• Media related to Nabha State at Wikimedia Commons

30°22′N 76°09′E / 30.37°N 76.15°E / 30.37; 76.15

This page was last edited on 19 May 2024, at 17:08