Information

Dynasty

State

Himachal Pradesh

Accession

15th April 1948

Area

710 Square Kilometers km²

Population

21,172 (1901)

Privy Purse

INR 101,000

Hindi Name

जुब्बल

Last Updated

29th Nov, 2022

Present Head

Raja Rana YOGENDER CHAND [Prince Yogi], present Raja of Jubbal since 1966. (Hainault, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India). Born in Jubbal, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Doon, Uttaranchal, and passed out in 1954. He graduated in 1958 from Hindu College, Delhi University. He contested the H.P. Vidhan Sabha elections from 1985 to 2003 continuously, winning three elections and losing two. He was Spokesperson for the Himachal Pradesh Congress Party (H.P.C.C.) from 1998 till 2000. He is presently Vice-President of the H.P.C.C., Convenor-Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage, (HP); Chairman of Bhagat Chandra Educational Society, Jubbal. Chairman of Hainault Educational Society, Shimla; President of Dr. Y.S. Parmar Institute of Mathematical Science, Shimla. President of State Amateur Boxing Association since 1971; General President, S.D. Pratinidhi Sabha, Educational Society, 1967/1977; Member of the World Life Fund. Member of the State Bank of India, Local Board, Delhi (two terms) from 1971, and Member of Policy Holder's Council, LIC, 1967 to 1977. Elected to State Legislative Assembly in 1985 on Indian National Congress ticket and in November in 1993 as an Independent candidate. Returned to the House in 1998 as a Congress Candidate. He contested the Vidhan Sabha election again from Chopal in February 2003 on a Congress ticket, but lost to an independent candidate. He retired from active politics in December 2007 and resigned from the Congress party at the same time. Interests and pastimes include, agriculture / horticulture, education and tourism, music, photography, reading and sports, married 5th May 1960, Rani Sudha Kumari, daughter of Raja Hitender Sen of Keonthal, and has had issue, one son and four daughters.
  • Rajkumari Bhavna Kumari, born at New Delhi, educated at Tara Hall, Simla and later at The Modern School, New Delhi, graduated from Hindu College, Delhi University; married 5th March 1990, Kunwar Shyamendra Singh of Nagod.
  • Rajkumari Shrikriti Kumari, born at New Delhi, educated at Tara Hall, Simla and later at The Convent of Jesus & Mary, (Chelsea School ) Simla. She then studied at Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, and graduated from St. Bede's College, Simla; married 1st December 1997 at Simla, Kanwar Rajeshwar Singh of Bashahr, and has issue.
  • Rajkumari Aditya Kumari, born at Simla, educated at Tara Hall, Simla; Loreto School, New Delhi and The Convent of Jesus & Mary, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal; graduated from St. Bede's College, Simla and is currently the Administrator of Hainault Public School, Simla (2005).
  • Rajkumari Urvashi Kumari, born at New Delhi, educated at Shishuvan School, New Delhi; Tara Hall, Simla; The Convent of Jesus & Mary, New Delhi and The Convent of Jesus & Mary, (Chelsea School ) Simla. She died unmarried 31st May 1994 at Simla.
  • Tikka Anirudh Chand, born at New Delhi, educated at Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, graduated by correspondence course from Delhi University in English. Later he did his L.L.B. from H.P. University, Simla.
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History

Founded around 1100AD, Jubbal State lies east of Simla between Sirmur and Rampur-Bushahr. Rawingarh and Dhadi were the tributaries of this state. The state forests are among the best and most valuable of the kind in India and were worked departmentally during the reign of Raja Rana Bhagat Chand. Occupied by Nepal 1803/1815 and by the British 1832/1840. The Rana maintains a military force of 50 infantry (in 1892).
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Genealogy

  • Rana UGRAN CHAND, Rana of Jubbal ca1519/1527, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Karan Chand (qv)
    • Mian Duni Chand, he was granted the jagir of Rawingarh.
    • Mian Mool Singh, he was granted the jagir of Sairi.
  • Rana KARAN CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1527/1558, born ca1499, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Amar Chand (qv)
  • Rana AMAR CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1558/1575, born ca1529, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Amboo Chand (qv)
  • Rana AMBOO CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1575/1616, born ca1553, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Kirti Chand (qv)
  • Rana KIRTI CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1616/1629, born ca1568, married and had issue, four sons. He died in .
    • Rana Bhag Chand (qv)
    • Mian Ganesh Chand of Kanar.
    • Mian Hem Singh
    • Mian Jalap Singh, Thakur Sahib of Kolhara, married and had issue, three sons, whose descendents live in Village Sillori, Pargana Peontra, Chopal, in southern Jubbal State.
      • Kanwar Balibhadra Singh, Thakur Sahib of Kolhara
      • Kanwar Sudama Singh of Peontra and Silori.
      • Kanwar Nerodh Singh
  • Rana BHAG CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1629/1676, born , he was captured by the Raja of Garhwal, and was a prisoner for several years in that state. His youngest brother, Rajkumar Jalap Singh, took over a part of Jubbal State known as Kohlara and became independent of Jubbal at Kohlara. He became the Thakur Sahib of Kohlara, which was a part of northern Jubbal State. When the exiled Bhag Chand returned to Jubbal, Jalap Singh was forced to flee to Sirmur and died in prison in Nahan. On the return of Rana Bhag Chand to Jubbal after many years, his subjects would not believe he was their ruler, since he was very good in archery, he performed some feats which convinced his people that he was indeed their real Rana! He married and had issue and died in 1676 aged 91.
    • Rana Narain Chand (qv)
    • Mian Kishen Chand
    • Mian Gogar Singh
  • Rana NARAIN CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1676/1680, born , married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Tarem Chand (qv)
    • Mian Deep Chand
  • Rana TAREM CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1680/1681, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Roop Chand (qv)
    • Rana Tegh Chand (qv)
  • Rana ROOP CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1681/1690, died sp 1690.
  • Rana TEGH CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1690/1699, married and had issue.
  • Rana GOHAR CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1699/1720, born 's, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Narpat Chand (qv)
    • Mian Karam Chand, married and had issue.
      • Kanwar Jalgir Singh, married and had issue.
      • Kunwar Mau Singh of Kalonta, married and had issue.
        • Kanwar Jwala Singh, married and had issue.
          • Kanwar Jogi Ram, married and had issue.
            • Kanwar Rai Singh
            • Kanwar Madan Singh, married Kanwarani Manki Dei, daughter of Kanwar Mollu Ram of Bherog in Tharoch, and had issue.
              • Kanwar Jatinder Singh, married Kanwarani Champa Devi, daughter of Kanwar Mohan Singh of Kumharsain, and has issue.
            • Kanwar Nar Singh, married 1stly, Kanwarani Jantu Dei, daughter of Kanwar Mollu Ram of Bherog in Tharoch, married 2ndly, Kanwarani Jaku Dei, and had issue.
              • Kumari Subhadra Devi, married Kanwar Kanah Singh of Ghund, and has issue.
              • Kumari Dipti Kumari, maried Kanwar Devinder Singh of Dhami, and has issue.
            • Kanwar Bhim Singh, married Kanwarani Dharam Dei, daughter of Kanwar Mollu Ram of Bherog in Tharoch, and had issue.
              • Kanwar Ranjit Singh, married Kanwarani Kamla Devi, daughter of Kanwar Ramanand Singh of Dhadi, and his wife, Kanwarani Surtu Devi, and has issue.
                • Kumari Amita Kumari, married Kanwar Devinder Singh of Dhadi, and has issue.
              • Kumari Shakuntala Devi, married Kanwar Balbir Singh of Kumharsain, and has issue.
            • Kumari Bindra Devi, married Kanwar Sar Singh of Darkoti, and has issue.
        • Kanwar Dhamia Singh, married and had issue.
          • Kanwar Sadh Singh, marrried and had issue.
            • Kanwar Surjan Singh, married Kanwarani Govinda Devi of Ghund, and had issue.
              • Kanwar Sawan Singh, married Kanwarani Vidhya Devi, daughter of Mian Bhagwan Singh from Badshal in Bashahr, and had issue.
                • Kumari Manorama Dei, married Kanwar Parmodh Singh of Rawingarh, and has issue.
              • Kumari Shankri Dei, married 1924, Kanwar Mahinder Singh of Tharoch. She died sp in 1945.
              • Kumari Gopi Dei, married Kanwar Gyan Singh of Kiar in Darkoti, and has issue.
            • Kanwar Durga Singh, married two Kumaris of Tharoch, and had issue.
              • Kanwar Chatter Singh, married Kanwarani Murtoo Devi, daughter of Kanwar Ram Singh of Roopa in Ghund, and his wife, Kanwarani Kasho Devi, and had issue.
                • Kanwar Govind Singh, married Kanwarani Santosh Devi of Samba, and has issue.
                • Kumari Nirmala Devi [Rani Nirmala Devi of Kuthar], married Rana Arun Chand of Kuthar, and has issue.
              • Kumaru Surtu Dei, married Kanwar Sher Singh of Ghund, and had issue.
              • Kanwar Jagat Singh, married and had issue.
            • Kanwar Budhi Singh of Kiri-Nerwa, married and had issue.
              • Kanwar Bahadur Singh, married Kumari Brami Devi, daughter of Kanwar Ram Nand Singh of Dhadi, and his wife, Kanwarani Surtu Devi, and had issue.
                • Kanwar Surender Singh, married Kanwarani Sheela Devi, daughter of Kanwar Sohan Singh of Ratesh, and his wife, Kanwarani Shanti Devi of Ghund, and has issue.
              • Kumari Padma Devi, married Kanwar Jai Singh of Tharoch.
              • Kanwar Bhupinder Singh, married Kanwarani Gopi Devi, daughter of Kanwar Ram Nand Singh of Dhadi, and his wife, Kanwarani Surtu Devi, and has issue.
            • Kumari Attam Devi, married Rana Raghunath Singh of Darkoti, and had issue.
      • Kunwar Manga Singh, married and had issue.
        • Kunwar Dharam Singh, married and had issue.
          • Kunwar Hari Singh, married and had issue.
            • Kunwar Gulab Singh, married and had issue.
              • Kunwar Surat Singh, married and had issue.
                • Kanwar Krishen Singh, married and had issue.
                  • Kumari Digsha Dei, married Capt. Kanwar Bhavender Singh of Koti.
                • Kanwar Ishwari Singh
                • Kumari Leela Kanwar, married Kanwar Madan Singh of Darkoti, and has issue.
              • Kumari Surti Devi, married Kanwar Shiv Singh of Ghund, and had issue.
    • Mian Dhan Singh
  • Rana NARPAT CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1720/1738, born , married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Yog Chand (qv)
    • Mian Atal Singh
  • Rana YOG CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1738/1758, born , married and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Hukam Chand (qv)
    • Rana Paras Chand (qv)
    • Mian Khinchir Singh, he attempted to seize power in Jubbal in 1773, but was defeated and exiled. He died in Sirmur.
    • Mian Tharu Singh
    • Mian Mimtu Singh
  • Rana HUKAM CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1768/1773, born , died sp 1773
  • Rana PARAS CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1773/1802, born at Jubbal, married and had issue. He died .
    • Mian Rasbal Singh, died young vpsp.
    • Rana Puran Chand (qv)
  • Rana PURAN CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1802/1839 (abdicated), born , confirmed in his state by a sanad dated 18th November 1815, abdicated in favour of the British Government who appointed a Tahsildar to administer the state on their behalf, married 1stly, a Rani from Rawingarh, married 2ndly, a Rani from Theog, married 3rdly, a Rani from Kumharsain, died after 1854, and had issue. He died .
    • Rana Karam Chand (by Rawingarh lady) (qv)
  • Rana KARAM CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1839/1877, born , he was granted full ruling powers in 1854, married seven wives, including Ranis from Mangal (daughter of Rana Prithvi Singh), Koti and Dhami, and had issue. He died at Chopal in Southern Jubbal.
    • Rana Padam Chand (qv)
    • Rajkumar Gambhir Chand, born , he was granted the jagir of Deortha worth 2,000Rs in value, married twice, including a Kumari from Koti, and had issue, four sons and four daughters. He died ?.
      • Kanwar Shamsher Singh, born in .
      • Kanwar Shiv Singh, born in .
      • HH Maharani Brinda Devi [née Kumari Brinda Devi] (by the 2nd wife, from Koti in H.P.), born , married Tikka Raja Paramjit Singh [later HH Maharaja Paramjit Singh of Kapurthala], and had issue. She died at Woodville Palace, Simla.
      • Kanwar Mahinder Singh, born , died in Simla.
      • Kumari Bhawani Devi, born , married the Raja of Tajpur, now in District Bijnor in U.P., and had issue. She died .
      • Kumari Madhwi Devi [later Rani Madhwi Devi], born , married the Darbar Shri Ala Vajsur Khachar of Jasdan, and had issue. She died in New Delhi.
      • Lt.-Col. Kanwar Rajinder Singh, born , married Kanwarani Bindurani, daughter of Shri Jodha Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and had issue. He died in New Delhi.
        • Rani Vidya Devi, born O ctober 1942, married October 1983, Maharaj Jai Singhji, Raja Saheb of Jhalai (see also Jaipur).
        • Kumari Shree Devi, born , married 1stly (div.), Mr. Arun Somdutt of Kolkatta, married 2ndly, Sardar Tejinder Singh of New Delhi, and has issue, by 1st marriage.
          • Vivaan Somdutt, born in .
      • Kumari Kamala Devi, born , married Major General Thakur Sheo Dutt Singh, a Rajput from Bikaner in Rajasthan. She died in .
    • Kumari (name unknown), married 1873, Raja Narendra Chand of Nadaun, now in District Hamirpur in H.P.
  • Rana PADAM CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1877/1898, born , succeeded 17th March 1877, married, 1stly, a daughter of Thakur Pritam Singh, Thakur of Delath, married 2ndly, a Princess from the Katoch family of Dehra Gopipur in Nurpur, Kangra, H.P., married 3rdly, a Princess from Rawingarh in District Shimla, married 4thly, 1887, a Princess from Sairi in District Shimla, and had issue, eleven sons. He died in Jubbal.
    • Rajkumar Bharat Chand, born , died .
    • Rajkumar Sudhar Chand, died .
    • Rajkumar Pratap Chand, died .
    • Rajkumar Uday Chand, died .
    • Rana Gyan Chand (qv)
    • Raja Rana Sir Bhagat Chand Bahadur (qv)
    • Rajkumar Ishwari Singh, Thakur of Basa-Nerwa, born , he was granted the jagir of Basa-Nerwa, married Rajkumari Durga Devi, daughter of Rajkumar Khazana Singh of Mangal State and had issue, two sons. He died .
      • Kanwar Raghubir Singh, born , he contested the Vidhan Sabha election from Chopal in 1957 on a Congress ticket and lost to an independent candidate. He died in .
      • Kanwar Bhawani Singh, born , married Raj Kumari Krishna Kumari, daughter of Rana Jai Singh, Rana Sahib of Dhadi, and had issue, three sons. He died in .
        • Kanwar Surinder Singh, born , married 1975, Kanwar Rani Snehlata Kumari, daughter of Rana Krishen Chand of Khaneti State, elected as a Zila Parishad member from the Nerwa Ward in Chopal Constituency in District Shimla in December 2005, and has issue, three daughters.
          • Kumari Ruchi Kumari, married Kunwar Sangram Singh Katoch, son of Shri A. K. Katoch D.I.G. of Indora Kangra, and has issue.
            • Shauryaveer Singh Katoch, born .
            • Venus Kumari, born .
          • Kumari Ambika Kumari
          • Kumari Aditi Kumari
        • Kanwar Uday Singh, born , married Kumari Kalpana Kumari, born in , fifth daughter of Kunwar Murat Singh of Tharoch, and has issue, two sons.
          • Dushyant Singh, born in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal; educated in Tharoch and at Delhi University.
          • Sidharth Singh, born , educated at Nerwa and in Simla.
        • Kanwar Kuldeep Singh, born , married Kumari Rajeshwari Kumari of Khaneti, and has issue, two sons.
          • Drishtant Singh, born at Jubbal.
          • Abhinav Singh, born at Nerwa.
    • Rajkumar Nigham Singh, born , died sp in 1917.
    • Rajkumar Lakshmi Singh, born , died .
    • Rajkumar Kishan Singh, born , married 1stly to Rajkumari Sarswati Devi, daughter of Rajkumar Khazana Singh of Mangal State, granddaughter of Rana Jodh Singh, married 2ndly, Kanwarani Dharamwati, daughter of Kanwar Hira Singh of Chamba, and had issue, four children, three daughters and a son. He died .
      • Kumari Ramawati Kumari, married Thakur Pratap Singh of Ghund in Simla, and had issue, four children. She died .
      • Kumari Kamla Kumari, born , married 1951, Mian Avtar Singh Mankotia, second son of Mian Dalip Singh of Mankot, and has issue, two sons.
      • Kumari Lalita Kumari, born , married Apji Girdhar Singh of Kotah, son of Apji Chattar Singh of Kotah, ADC to Her Highness the Rajmata Sahiba of Kotah, and has issue, two children, a son and a daughter.
        • Vijay Singh, born , married to Shobhna Singh, daughter of Late Udhay Bhan Singh Chauhan (Retd. AD Finance ministry) from Sahibabad.
          • Krishna Veer Singh, currently working as AM at British Telecom.
          • Devanshu Singh, completed Diploma IHM Pusa, BSC from IHM Faridabad and running Restaurant in Dehradun.
        • Kalpna Kumari, born , married 28th May 1987 to Kuldeep Singh, son of Kanwar Narbir Singh of Sirmur State.
          • Jaibir Singh
      • Kanwar Bhopal Singh, born in Jubbal, married Kumari Urmilla Devi, daughter of Lieutenant Thakur Nand Singh, (ADC to H.H. The Maharaja of Jhalawar), born on at Jhalawar, and had issue, three children. He died .
        • Kumari Rajeshwari Devi, born at Jubbal, married 28th November 1983, Thakur Chetan Singh of Narsinghgarh in M.P., and has issue, two children.
          • Yaksht Pratap Singh, born at Vidisha in M.P.
          • Kumari Deepshika Kumari, born .
        • Harshvardhan Singh, born at Jhalawar, married May 1992, Kumari Gita Devi, daughter of Thakur Roop Singh of Sirmur, and has issue, two children.
          • Suryavardhan Singh, born in Jubbal.
          • Kumari Vaishali Kumari, born in Jubbal.
        • Kumari Nirupama Kumari, born at Jagir Kerag in Chopal in Southern Jubbal, married Tikka Kirti Chand of Theog, and has issue, two children, a son and a daughter.
    • Rajkumar Durga Singh, born , when Rana Gyan Chand of Jubbal died in , without having any children, his mother claimed the throne for Rajkumar Durga Singh on the grounds that she was the senior most Rajmata of Jubbal State and that her second son, Rajkumar Durga Singh, should be made the ruler of Jubbal as he was the full brother of Rana Gyan Chand. She filed a case at the High Court of Calcutta in Bengal (there was no Supreme Court in India in those days) and even went there herself to Calcutta, which was nearly 2,000 kilometers away, (there were no aeroplanes then and Calcutta was the capital of India in 1910). However, the judgement went in favour of Rana Bhagat Chand, as in the eyes of the British Government, all legal wives of the ruler were of equal rank, and the throne would pass to the next elder son, regardless of whether he was a full or step brother of the deceased ruler. He married four wives, the first two were from Dhami State, the third was from Bhajji State and the fourth, Kumari Mangla Devi, died , also from Dhami, and had issue, fourteen children.
      • Kanwar Bhupinder Singh, born at Jubbal, married October 1950, Kumari Chandra Prabha Devi, daughter of Kanwar Gopal Singh of Baghat, and his wife, Kanwarani Devwati, and had issue, two daughters. He died in Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
        • Kumari Lata Kumari, born , married 1972, Kunwar Uma Pratap Singh of Isenagarh in Uttar Pradesh, killed in an automobile accident in 1991, and has issue, two sons.
          • Divya Singh, born .
          • Rudra Pratap Singh, born N ovember 1979.
        • Kumari Sunita Kumari, born , married Mian Parmindar Singh of Nalagarh, District Solan, and has issue, one daughter.
      • Kumari Vedpriya Kumari, born , married Maharaj Shri Umrao Singhji of Thikana Indergarh in Kotah, Rajasthan, and had issue, one daughter. She died in .
      • Kanwar Jagdish Singh, born , died unmarried 22nd June 1983.
      • Kumari Tejwati Kumari, born , married Thakur Salam Singh of Bikaner, Rajasthan.
      • Kanwar Bhairav Singh (by the second wife), born , married 1966, Kumari Shakuntala Devi, daughter of Kanwar Mohan Singh of Kumharsain, and had issue, two sons and a daughter. He died .
        • Sagar Singh, born , married 26th April 2001 at Simla, Kumari Jayanti Devi, daughter of Mian Mahinder Singh of Kumharsain, and his wife, Kanwarani Krishna Devi, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Dharmender Singh, born .
        • Kumari Raj Rajeshwari Kumari, born , married Surinder Singh of Shivan, and has issue, a daughter and a son.
          • Kumari Shruti Kunwar.
          • (name unknown) Singh
      • Kanwar Rajender Singh (by the third wife), married 1971. He died in a car accident in 1971, having been married for only 10 days.
      • Kanwar Birendra Singh (by third wife), married Kumari Sheila Devi, daughter of Mian Sher Singh of Tharoch, and had issue, two sons and a daughter. He died in .
        • Kumari Pushpa Devi
        • Kamlesh Singh, married Kumari Nimya Devi, daughter of Thakur Roop Singh.
        • Rajendra Singh, married Kumari Usha Devi of Sirmur.
      • Kumari Santosh Kumari
      • Kumari Maheshwari Kumari, married Mian Vikram Singh of Khaneti.
      • Kumari Bhagyawati Kumari, married Thakur Shakti Mohan Singh, a Rajput gentleman from Uttar Pradesh.
      • Kanwar Homendra Singh (Prince Jathu) (by the fourth wife), born , a Forest and Public Works Department contractor and contested several Panchayat elections successfully, married Kanwarani Gyan Devi of Tharoch, died at Dehra Dun, and had issue, six children, four daughters and two sons. He died .
        • Kumari Radha Kumari, married in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, Kanwar Raghvinder Singh from Banjara, and has issue, three daughters.
        • Kumari Anita Kumari, married Rajkumar Ravinder Singh of Dhadi, born , and has issue, two sons.
        • Kumari Ranjana Kumari (third daughter), married Tikka Sahib (later Rana) Hemendra Singh of Kotkhai, and had issue.
        • Kumari Rekha Kumari, married Kanwar Narender Singh of Bhajji.
        • Yudhvir Singh, born , married Kumari Kusam Kumari, daughter of Thakur Devinder Chand of Madhan, and his second wife, Thakurani Leelawati Devi, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
          • Shubhan Singh, born ,
          • Kumari Kritika Kumari, born .
        • Karanvir Singh, born .
      • Kanwar Narendra Singh (by the fourth wife), born , married Kumari Vimla Devi, daughter of Mian Devi Singh of Tharoch, and has issue, four children, two daughters and two sons.
        • Kumari Hemlata Devi
        • Kumari Rajeshwari Devi
        • Rajir Singh
        • (name unknown) Singh
      • Kanwar Shamsher Singh (by the fourth wife), born , married Kumari Shanti Devi, and has issue, two sons and two daughters. He died in .
        • Hemant Singh
        • Vinod Singh
        • Kumari Ritu Devi
        • Pravin Devi
      • Kanwar Balbir Singh, born , served in the Indian army as a Non-Commissioned Officer, married Kumari Krishna Kumari, daughter of Mian Lal Singh of Tharoch, and has issue, two sons.
        • Puneet Singh
        • Amit Singh
    • Rajkumari Indumati Devi (daughter of the Dehra Gopipur Rani), married (as his 3rd wife) 1904, Raja Bijey Sen of Keonthal.
    • Rajkumari (name unknown) Sahiba (by the Bhadiyar, H.P. Rani), married (as his fourth wife) 1904, Raja Bijey Sen of Keonthal. She died sp.
    • Daughter3, married (as his third wife), Yuvraj Bhagwant Singh of Orchha, and had issue, a daughter.
    • Daughter4, married Raja Bikram Singh of Baghal, now in District Solan.
    • Rajkumari Shyama Devi, married Raja Bikram Singh of Baghal.
  • Rana GYAN CHAND, Rana of Jubbal 1898/1910, born , educated at Aitchison Chief's College, Lahore; married 1stly, 1904, sister of Raja Pratap Bikram Shah of Khairigarh-Singhai, married 2ndly, 1904, Rani Sita Devi, died in Hardwar in 1980, sister of Raja Pratap Bikram Shah of Khairigarh-Singhai. He died sp on 29th April 1910.
  • Raja Rana Sir BHAGAT CHAND Bahadur, Raja of Jubbal 1910/1946, born , Raja (Hereditary) [cr.1918], K.C.S.I. [cr.1936], C.S.I. [cr.1928], educated at Aitchison's Chiefs College in Lahore, Pakistan and graduated with a diploma in 1907, Zamindar in the Dehra Dun District of Uttaranchal, as well as owner of extensive properties in Simla, Delhi and Jagadhri in Haryana. He attended the Coronation Durbar of Their Imperial Majesties King George the Fifth and Queen Mary at Delhi in 1911. He represented the Simla Hill States in the Council of Princes from 1921 to 1924, he was elected a Member of the Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes in 1939. He created an Endowment Trust Fund to make Education and Medical Relief free and independent of the State in memory of his late father, Rana Padam Chand Bahadur of Jubbal State. He abolished many small taxes in the State on the Occasion of his Silver Jubilee in 1935. He made an extensive tour round the world accompanied by the Rani Sahiba fom 1932 to 1934. He abdicated from the throne on 12th October 1946, in favour of his eldest son Tikka Digvijay Chand, after ruling for 36 years. During his long reign, Jubbal State made great economic progress, 18 Forest Rest Houses were constructed in Chopal, the Southern portion of Jubbal State and one at Deorah, the capital of Jubbal State, which is in the Northern part of the State. The State was one of the first Princely Kingdoms to avail itself of electricity with the construction of a hydro-electric plant in 1924. Education and Medical Services were made free by him in the State and the Raja Sahib established a college of higher education for his subjects in Simla, married 1stly, 1912, Rani Tara Devi, died , daughter of Kanwar Mohan Singh of Keonthal, married 2ndly, 11th May 1919, Rani Bai Shri Leila Ba Kunverba Sahiba, born in Gondal, died at New Delhi, daughter of HH Maharaja Shri Sir Bhagwatsinhji Sagramsinhji Sahib of Gondal, and his first wife, HH Maharani Shri Nandkunverba Sahiba, and had issue. He died on at Woodville Palace, Simla, leaving behind an efficient and modern state with sound finances.
    • Raja Rana Digvijay Chand [Prince Digbee] (by 1st marriage)(qv).
    • Rajkumar Narbir Chand [Prince Noor] (by 1st marriage), born at Jubbal, educated at the Aitchison's Chiefs College, Lahore (now in Pakistan), married 1937, Kumari Balbir Wati, a Rajput lady from the noble family of Ramgarh, now in Haryana, died in at Dehra Dun, and had issue, three children. He died in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal.
      • Kumari Kusum Devi, born in , married to Mr. Mohan Krishan Wazeer from Jammu and Kashmir and has issue, three children.
        • a son, born .
        • Ajay Vir Wazeer, born .
        • Anupama Wazeer, born on .
      • Kanwar Yashodhar Singh, born , educated at Col. Brown's School in Dehra Dun and later did his Bachelor's Degree from Government College, Chandigarh. He worked as a Manager for Solan Breweries Limited, Solan. He died unmarried 26th June 1990 in Dehra Dun.
      • Capt. Kanwar Karan Vir Singh, born , educated at Col. Brown's School in Dehra Dun and did his Bachelor's Degree from Government College for Men at Bhopal, M.P. He is a commercial pilot with Indian Airlines, married 1stly in February 1975 (div. 1977), Rajkumari Indra Devi, daughter of the late Raja Chandra Chur Prasad Singh Deo of Udaipur in Chattisgarh, married 2ndly, 10th July 1981, Kumari Preeti Devi, daughter of Kumar Shri Zorawarsinhji Godji of Kutch, and his wife, Kumar Rani Rani Pushpawali Kunwar, and has had issue, one son by each wife.
        • Siddarth Singh (by 1st wife), born .
        • Bhriguraj Singh (by 2nd wife), born .
    • Rajkumar Lokendra Singh [Prince Lokhra] (by 1st marriage), born in Jubbal, educated at Aitchison's Chiefs College, Lahore (now in Pakistan), officer in the Indian Forest Service and was a Conservator of Forests, married 1945, Kumari Ramneek Kumari, a Rajput lady from Surendranagar in Gujarat (married 2ndly, 1969, Colonel K.N. Bhalla), died , and had issue. He died at Mandi, H.P.
      • Kanwar Surinder Singh, born , educated at Doon School, Dehra Dun, and earned his Bachelor's Degree from Hindu College, Delhi University in 1974, married 21st April 1977, Kumari Uma Devi, daughter of Rana Ram Chandra Sinhji of Vana in Gujerat, born . He died sp in September 1989 at Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal.
    • HH Rani Umawati Devi (by 1st marriage), born , married 18th May 1931, HH Raja Sir Anand Chand of Bilaspur, and had issue. She died .
    • Lt.-Col. Rajkumar Birendra Singh [Prince Baby] (by 2nd marriage), born at Jubbal, educated at the Prince of Wales Military School in Dehra Dun, commissioned (I.C. 365) as a Second Lieutenant from the Indian Military Academy (I.M.A.) in Dehra Dun in December 1940, first served as an officer in King George the Fifth's Nineteenth Lancers (now in Pakistan), later he was in the Rajputana Rifles, commandant of the 16th Sikhs Regiment, he served in the Burma Campaign in the Second World War 1939-1945 and was shot in the leg and was sent back to India for recuperation. He was awarded the following medals whilst in the Army: namely, the Coronation Medal of 1937 and of 1953, the Medal of 1939/45, the Burma, Africa and Pacific Stars, the Defence, War and I.G.S. Medals of 1945 and the Indian Independence Medal of 1947. He retired from the army in 1953 and lived at Woodville Palace, Simla till his death. He was a keen hunter in his leisure-time. He married Maharajkumari Ourmilla Devi of Kapurthala, [Rajkumar Rani Ourmilla Devi of Jubbal], and had issue. He died at Simla.
      • Kanwar Uday Singh, born in Saint Elizabeth's Nursing Home in Bombay, Maharashtra, Managing Director & C.E.O. of Woodville Palace Resorts Private Limited, C.E.O.of Woodville Orchards (which has 54 acres and 4,000 apple trees, being near Village Sillori in Pargana Peontra in Chopal, which is in the southern part of Jubbal State), educated at Chalet Nursery Day School and at Bishop Cotton School in Simla, later in 1967, joined Hindu College, Delhi University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (History, 1970) and Master of Arts (History, 1972), became a permanent member of Delhi Gymkhana Club in 1972, a life member of the National Rifle Association of India in 1974, President of the Himachal Pradesh Karate Association from 1983/1990, appointed President of District Shimla Kisan (Farmers) Congress in 1991 and still holds this post, President of the Chopal-Nerwa (part of former Jubbal State) Fruit Grower's Association, an elected member of the Himachal Pradesh State Congress Committee (P.C.C.) since 1993 and still holds this post, a Director of the H.P. State Land Use and Wasteland Development Board, former member of the Telecom Advisory Committee, Simla, from 1994 to 1998, member of The Indian Heritage Hotels Association of India since 1995, member of The All India Hotel and Restaurants Federation of India, member of I.T.C.Welcome Heritage (a chain which markets 40 palace hotels in India), Member of the Pacific Asian Travel Association, (P.A.T.A.) Indian Chapter, and also a Member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (C.I.I.), unsuccessfully contested the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha State Legislature elections in October 1993 from Chopal constituency in District Shimla on an Indian National Congress (INC) ticket, elected to the Bishop Cotton School Old Cottonians' Association (Simla Chapter) for a year as executive member on 6th November 2005; President of The International Wilderness Association; interests include philately and numismatics, enjoys reading, surfing the net and listening to western music of the sixties and seventies (the Doors are a favourite rock group, as well as the Beatles and Elvis Presley), a collector of rare books and a keen squash player, married 12th December 1976 at Lucknow, U.P., Rajkumari Vibhuti Shah of Khairigarh, U.P. [Kanwar Rani Vibhuti Singh of Jubbal], born at Lucknow, educated at Loreto Convent School, Lucknow, and graduated from Loreto Convent College, Lucknow; contested the District Simla Zila Parishad election in December 1995 from Kedi-Kupvi ward in Tehsil Chopal (now in Southern Jubbal State) and defeated her opponent by a record margin of 8,352 votes, a member for 5 years, up to December 2000, and has issue. (Woodville Palace, Raj Bhawan Road, Simla - 171002, District Simla, H.P., India)
        • Diviya Kumari, born at New Delhi, educated at Chalet Day Nursery School and later at The Convent of Jesus and Mary. She finished her schooling at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Simla Hills. She then did her Bachelors in Business Administration from The Indian Institute of Learning in Management (I.I.L.M.), Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, and passed out in 2000; initially a Director and now an Executive Director in Woodville Palace Resorts Private Limited, Shimla; married 8th October 2009 at Woodville Palace, Shimla, Angad Singh Sandhu, son of Mr. Satinder Jeet Singh Sandhu, Chairman and Managing Director of Shivalik Bimetal Controls Limited in Chambaghat, District Solan - 173 213, and his wife, Mrs. Sarita Singh Sandhu.
        • Divraj Singh, born at Lucknow, educated at Chalet Day Nursery School and later at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Simla Hills, and ended his schooling from Bishop Cotton School, Simla, securing a First Division; he has undertaken a course in Hotel Management from The Merit Swiss-Asian School of Hotel Management in Ooty, Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Naidu State, South India and in August 2006, achieved a first division in Hotel Management from the University of Tamil Nadu and is now (2006) working as a full time Executive Director at Woodville Palace.
      • Kumari Neira Devi, born at Portmore Sanitorium (a British hospital), educated at Chalet Nursery Day School and at Tara Hall Convent, passing out in 1960, later at St. Bede's College for women (Bachelor's Degree), teacher at Chalet Nursery Day School in Simla, Ground Hostess in New Delhi for Air India in 1966, married 4th April 1968, Mr.Ashok Sikand of New Delhi, born , Director in Sikand and Company, New Delhi, and Managing Director of Sikand Motors, New Delhi, died at New Delhi, and has issue, a daughter and a son.
        • Tara Sikand, born in New Delhi, married 11th April 1993 at New Delhi, Bir Singh Atwal, son of Sardar and Sardarni K. S. Atwal of Punjab, born , and has issue, a daughter.
          • Miss Gayatri Singh Atwal, born at New Delhi.
        • Viraj Sikand, born in New Delhi.
    • HH Maharani Ila Devi (by 2nd marriage), born at Jubbal, married 5th May 1940 at Woodville Palace, Yuvaraj Harish Chandra Singh [later HH Maharaja Rana Harisch Chandra Singhji] of Jhalawar, and has issue. She died in the Sawai Man Singh Medical College Hospital, Rajasthan.
  • Raja Rana DIGVIJAY CHAND, Raja of Jubbal 1946/1966, born , educated at the Aitchison's Chiefs College in Lahore, now in Pakistan, Honourary A.D.C. to the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, from 1957 to 1960, held the Honarary rank of Major in the Brigade of Guards, married 31st January 1932, Rani Hemant Kanwar, born , died , daughter of HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir Arjun Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Narsingarh, and his first wife, HH Rani Shiv Kunwarji, and had issue. He died .
    • Maharani Devender Kumari, born in Simla, married 21st April 1948 at Woodville Palace, Maharaja Madaneshwar Singh Deo of Surguja, and has issue.
    • Rajkumari Rattan Kumari, born in Jubbal, married 28th May 1954, HH Raja Virbhadra Singh of Bashahr, (previous Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, served fife terms), and had issue, four daughters. She died in Simla.
    • Tikka Dig Pal Chand, born , died .
    • Raja Rana Yogender Chand (qv)
  • Raja Rana YOGENDER CHAND, Raja of Jubbal (see above)
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