Bhajji State


Bhajji State was a princely state in India during the period of the British Raj. Its capital was Suni. The former princely state is now part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

History

Bhajji state founded at an uncertain date before the 19th century. The state was occupied by Nepal from 1803 to 1815. On 21 September 1815 it became a British protectorate.
In 1947, at the time of the Partition of India, Bhajji's ruler acceded to the newly independent Union of India.

Rulers

The rulers bore the title of 'Rana'.

Genealogy

Raja Amrit Pal, Raja of Bhajji; married and had issue.
Rana Rudra Pal
Rana RUDRA Pal, Rana of Bhajji 1800/1842, confirmed in his state by a sanad dated 4 September 1815, he handed over control to his son in 1828 and retired to Hardwar, married and had issue. He died 1842.
Rana Ran Bahadur Singh
Gurkha Occupation 1803/1815
Rana Rran Bahadue Singh, Rana of Bhajji 1842/1875, born about 1824, married and had issue. He died 1875.
Rana Durga Singh
Mian Parmatan Singh, born 1844, married and had issue, six sons and one daughter.
Kumari Yamunawati, married Rana Shamsher Singh of Ratesh, and had issue.
Mian Bijai Singh, born 1850, married and had issue, one son.
Kanwar Lakshman Singh of Thog, married and had issue.
Kanwar Jitendra Singh, married Kanwarani Uma Devi, daughter of Kanwar Kidar Singh of Theog, and has issue.
Kanwar Vibhu Pal Singh
Rana Durga Singh, Rana of Bhajji 1875/1913, born 1842, he succeeded to the gadi on 18 November 1875, married Ranis from Mandi, Suket, Kangra and Mahli, and had issue, three sons. He died 1913.
Tikka Indar Singh, died young.
Kanwar Praja Pal, born about 1898, died young.
Rana Bir Pal
Rajkumari, married, Raja Mahendra Chand of Nadaun, and had issue.
Rajkumari, married, Raja Mahendra Chand of Nadaun, and had issue.
Rajkumari, married, 1913, Rana Vidyadhar Singh of Kumharsain. She died sp.
Rana BIR PAL, Rana of Bhajji 1913/1940, born 19 April 1906 and succeeded 9 May 1913, educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College, Lahore; Bishop Cotton School, Shimla; married 25 November 1925, Rani Sarat Kumari Devi, died February 1968, daughter of Raja Pitamber Deb of Aul, and his wife, Rani Swarna Manjari Devi, and had issue. He died 17 November 1961.
Rana Ram Chandra Pal Singh
Rajkumar Shyam Chandra Pal, born 27 May 1931 in Suni, married 14 July 1959, Kunwarani Shyama Devi, daughter of Raja Brij Dev Narain Singh of Daltanganj, and his wife, Rani Prafulla Manjari, and has issue.
Kumari Punam Pal, married Kanwar Ranvijay Singh, son of Babu Ram Singh, and his wife, Babuain Sharda Devi, daughter of Kanwar Ranjit Singh of Koti.
Kumari Sunam Pal, married Kanwar Ravinder Singh of Ghund.
Kunwar Pradeep Pal, born 14 May 1969 in Bihar, married 2 February 2000 in Jaipur, Kumari Ritu Kumari, born 6 December 1978 in Jaipur, daughter of Thakur Narain Singh of Siras, and had 2 sons
Kumar Adhiraj Pal, born on 28 December 2001 in Jaipur.
Kumar Bhavya Raj Pal, born 9 April 2007 in Jaipur.
Rana Ram Chandra Pal Singh, Rana Saheb of Bhajji 1940/ 2012, born 27 January 1928 at Cuttack, Orissa, he was granted full ruling powers on 17 April 1947, educated at Queen Mary's College, Lahore, Pakistan and later at Aitchison's Chief's College, Lahore, he graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University; Member of the I. A. S., retiring in 1982; he married November 1951, Rani Nirmala Devi, born 1931, died 24 December 2002, daughter of Col. HH Maharaja Mahendra Sir Yadvendra Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Panna, and his second wife, HH Maharani Shri Gopal Kumari, and had issue.
Tikka Moh Chandra Pal Singh, born 7 September 1953 at Cuttack, Orissa, educated at the Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan; graduated from Hindu College, Delhi University; married 3 November 2000 in Simla, Tikkarani Naintara Kumari of New Delhi. He died 13 December 2011 at Delhi.