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Suket State was one of the Princely states of
Princely states of India
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Suket State was one of the Princely states of India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
during the period of the British Raj
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. 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 the Punjab Hills and currently, it is part of the Indian state of 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 ...
. The present-day Mandi district
Mandi district is one of the central districts of Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Mandi is the headquarters of the district.
The main native language is Mandeali.
As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of H ...
was formed with the merger of the two princely states of Mandi and Suket.
History
According to tradition the predecessor state was founded about 765 by Bira Sen (Vir Sen), claimed to be a son of aSena dynasty
The Sena dynasty was a Hindu dynasty during the early medieval period on the Indian subcontinent, that ruled from Bengal through the 11th and 12th centuries. The empire at its peak covered much of the north-eastern region of the Indian subcont ...
King of Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
. The early history of Suket was marred by constant warfare against other principalities, especially against the Kingdom of Kullu
Kullu is a municipal council town that serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about north of the airport at Bh ...
. At the time of Raja Bikram Sen, Kullu was under the overlordship of Suket State and was reduced to paying tribute to Suket. Raja Madan Sen's reign was the golden age of Suket, when its ruler reduced into submission the neighboring smaller states. During the reign of Raja Udai Sen Suket came under the influence of the Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...
who were content with merely exacting tribute.
At the time of Raja Bikram Sen II, Sukket survived the invasion of the Gurkha
The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India.
The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Go ...
s of Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
(1803 to 1815) and the ensuing brief period of Sikh dominance thanks to the Raja's diplomatic skills. In 1845, when war broke out between the Sikhs and the British, the Rajas of Suket and Mandi took the side of the British, signing a Treaty of Alliance in Bilaspur in 1846. In the same year a sanad was granted to Raja Ugar Sen II confirming him and his heirs in the possession of the Suket territories.
Rulers
The rulers of Suket bore the title ''Raja''. The clan name of the royal lineage was 'Suketi' or 'Suketr'.Rajas
*1663 - 1721 Jit Sen (d. 1721) *1721 - 1748 Garur Sen (b. 1693 - d. 1748) *1748 - 1762 Bhikam Sen (d. 1762) (Afghan invasions) *1762 - 1791 Ranjit Sen (d. 1791) *1791 - 1838 Bikram Sen II (b. 17.. - d. 1838) *1838 - 1876 Ugar Sen II (d. 1876) *1876 - Apr 1878 Rudra Sen (b. 1828 - d. 1886) *1878 - 1879 Arimardan Sen (b. 1863 - d. 1879) *29 Mar 1879 – 27 May 1908 Dasht Nikandan Sen (b. 1865 - d. 1908) *29 Mar 1879 - 1884 Munshi Hardyal Singh -Regent *27 May 1908 – 12 Oct 1919 Bhim Sen (b. 1885 - d. 1919) (from 1 Jan 1918, Sir Bhim Sen) *13 Oct 1919 – 15 Aug 1947 Lakshman Sen (b. 1895 - d. 1970)/ref>
See also
*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 ...
*Political integration of India
After the Indian independence in 1947, the dominion of India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remainin ...
*Lalit Sen
Lalit Sen (21 April 1932 - 18 October 1985) was an Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from the Mandi constituency, as a member of the Indian National Congress. ...
* Hari Sen
References
External links
* Princely states of Punjab History of Himachal Pradesh Mandi district 8th-century establishments in India 765 establishments 1948 disestablishments in India Former monarchies of Asia {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub