Mangal is a former

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

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ruled by Chandravanshi Sen Rajputs.Mangal state like

Mandi State Mandi State was a native state of British India, within the Punjab; with Mandi, Himachal Pradesh as its capital. The state of Mandi (the name means "market" in Hindi), which included two towns and 3,625 villages, was part of the States of the ...

was an off shoot of

Suket State Suket State was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The capital of the state was Pangna. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 April 1948. Formerly it belonged to the States of t ...

. Rana Surender Singh is its present head. Its territory, presently in

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

, was only 33.6 km2, with a population of 1,227 in 1901.

History

Founded in the early 16th century after the death of Shri Mangal Chand, Rana of Bhatwara. Batwara region lay on bank of Satluj river. Rana of Batwara expelled by Raja Madan Sen of

because he allied with Raja Megh Chand Chandel of

Kahlur Bilaspur State or Kahlur State, sometimes Kahloor Riyasat, was a kingdom (697-1849) and later princely state (1849-1948) in the Punjab Province ruled by a separate branch of Chandravanshi Chandel dynasty.Raja Bir Chand 697-730 was the fou ...

in 1240. After expulsion, Rana Batwara was loyal to Raja of Bilaspur's generations and regained his lost territory. Rana Batwara was killed by Raja Shyam Sen of Suket and Raja Man Chand Guleria of Guler whilst he was worshiping in Batwara Palace, forcing two Ranis, the Wazir, other officials, along with the Tikka Sahib, Raghunath Chand, to fled from Batwara. Later, he founded the new state of Mangal, naming in his father's memory Rana Mangal Chand, crowned by Raja of Bilaspur. The state was occupied by the

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

1803/1815. Rana of Mangal lost his large area portion (Batwara, Kol, Baddu) in 19th century due to bad relationship with British Raj. It was one of most inaccessible state. Local deity are Badu Bada Devta, Baba Nahar Singh, Guga Jahar Peer, Baba Balak Nath, Jalapa Devi, Chamunda. Ranked 10th in order of precedence Shimla hill states. On 20 December 1815 it entered the

British raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

by accepting a

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, restoring its autonomy, now within

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, colonially controlled under the

Simla Hill States Superintendency of the Punjab States Agency The Punjab States Agency was an agency of the Indian Empire. The agency was created in 1921, on the model of the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency, and dealt with forty princely states in northwest India formerly dealt with by the Prov ...

. Although its revenue was only 700 rupees, a private purse of 3000 rupees was awarded to the ruling

Ranas Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other ...

. Its separate existence ended at its accession to the then

Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh was established in 1948 as a Chief Commissioner's Province within the Union of India. The province comprised the hill districts around Shimla and southern hill areas of the former Punjab region. Himachal became a part C state o ...

, and hence to independent India, on 15 April 1948. Present head Rana Surender Singh lives in New Delhi and has three issues Tikka Someshwar Singh , Kunwar Dineshwar Singh and Kunwar Lokeshwar Singh

Rulers

The rulers bore the title of

Rana Rana may refer to: Astronomy * Rana (crater), a crater on Mars * Delta Eridani or Rana, a star People, groups and titles * Rana (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Rana (title), a histori ...

.Indian Rajputs
/ref> * ?-? Raghunath Singh (1240-) * ?-? Pratap Singh * ?-? Kripal Chand * ?-? Sartam Chand * ?-? Man Chand * ?-? Gulab Chand * ?-? Tara Chand * ?-? Sansar Chand * ?-? Jai Singh * ?-? Chittar Singh * ?-? Inder Singh * ?-? Veer Singh * ?-? Amar Singh * ?-? Karam Singh * ?-? Bahadur Singh * 1803 - 1815 occupied by Nepal * 1815 - 1844 Prithvi Singh (d. 1844) * 1844 Jodha Singh (d. 1844) * 9 Nov 1844 - 1892 Ajit Singh (b. 1830 - d. 1892) * 1892 - 1920 Trilok Singh (b. 1859 - d. 1920) * 1920 - 15 August 1947 Shiv Singh (b. 1888 - d. 1953) * 1953 - 1973 Ranbir Singh (d. 1973) * 1973 - Surinder Singh (born 11 October 1957)

Sources and external links

* ttp://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html World Statesmen - India - princely States K-Z

References

Princely states of Himachal Pradesh {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub