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Dynasty

Pal

Clan

Kutleharia

State

Himachal Pradesh

Accession

1957

Hindi Name

कुट्लेहड़

Last Updated

17^th Apr, 2023

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There are two claims to the Throne of Kutlehar.

1^st Claim:

Raja Saheb Shri BUDHISHWAR PALJI Bahadur, present Raja of Kutlehar since 4^th August 2014 [Times of India], born 6^th July 1956 at New Delhi, married 1^stly (div.), February 1980 in New Delhi, Maharajkumari Kanika Kumari, daughter of HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Dev Varman Manikya Bahadur of Tripura, and his first wife, HH Maharani Padma Raje, married 2^ndly, 27^th February 1982, Rajkumari Bhuvaneshwari Kumari [Tikka Rani Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kutlehar], daughter of Rana Ran Bahadur Singh Jandaive of Balsan, and his second wife, Rani Vidya Kumari, and has issue, (by second marriage), two sons.

Tikka Sarveshwar Pal, born 24^th November 1982 in Chandigarh; married 28^th September 2009, Adv. Tikka Rani Aakanksha Pal, daughter of Prof. Brij Pal Singh, and his wife, Smt. Saroj Panwar of Bhiwani in Haryana.
Rajkumar Ayush Pal, born 22^nd August 1986 in Chandigarh.

2^nd Claim:

Raja Saheb Shri RUPENDRA PALJI, born 23^rd August 1974 in New Delhi, educated at St John's College, Government College in Chandigarh; married on 7^th December 1993 to Rajkumari Saheb Shri Omkareshwari Rajya Laxmi, born 23^rd May 1976 in Allahabad, daughter of Maharaj Shri Ranti Dev Singh Ju Deo of Nagod, and his wife, Rani Rama Rajya Laxmi to Rewah, educated at Scindia College, Gwalior; and has issues, one daughter and a son.

Kumari Saheb Shri Durgeshwari Raj Rajeshwari Rajya Deiji, born 13^th April 1995 in Chandigarh.
Kanwar Saheb Shri Shivendra Raj Rajendra Narayan Palji, born 22^nd March 1996 in Chandigarh.

History

Kutlehar was an independent kingdom built in the 10^th century. The limits of the kingdom were at their maximum during the rule of Raja Jas Pal in the 11^th century when it is said that he was the master of all lands between the rivers of Satluj and Beas.

Numerous wars were fought over the centuries including in 1337 with Mohammad Bin Tughlak, Timur in 1398, Emperor Akbar in 1556 who levied a tribute upon the Raja of Kutlehar of 1600 rupees along with gifts of jewels, cloth and hill pheasants on the Emperor's birthday. Also as a guarantee of loyalty a son of the Raja, 'a Prince' of Royal Blood was kept in attendance at the Imperial Court in Delhi and a troop of 500 foot soldiers were stationed with the Mughal Emperor and paid for by the Kutlehar Durbar.

In 1700 Guru Gobind SInghji crossed Kutlehar when Anandpur Sahib was attacked by the Mughals. The then Raja defied the Mughal orders and did not attack the Sikh army paying heavily with the wrath of the Mughal Emperor and the Kutlehar territory was cut back and the Raja was left with just a fraction of his old territory. In 1701 the Raja and Rani of Kutlehar met Guru Gibind Singhji at Rewalsar where the Guruji presented the Raja with his sword as a token of gratitude. The Kutlehar Family is still in possession of the sword gifted by Guru Gobind Singhji.

In the more recent past, the Kutlehar territory extended to the present areas if District Una, Talhatti in Hoshiarpur, Bassi Bachertoo in Bilaspur and in Hamirpur, till it was annexed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1825 and the Raja exiled to the fort in Charatgarh. Punjab was then annexed by the British and the Raja ad allowed to move back in the hills.

Originally a Princely State with its origins in 750AD, it was annexed in 1825 and the Raja was granted a Jagir to the value of 10,000Rs.

Genealogy

Raja GOPAL 750/770, followed by his son.
Raja DHARMA PAL 770/810
Raja JAS PAL, 24^th Raja of Kutlehar, fl. 11^th cty, married and had issue.
- ELDER SON, 25^th Raja of Kultlehar, married and had issue.
- Raja CHIRU PAL, ancestor of the Rajas of Bhajji.
- Raja CHAND PAL, ancestor of the Rajas of Kothi.
Raja GOVIND PAL fl.1200
Raja Saheb Shri DHARAM PAL, Raja of Kutlehar, married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Shri Gur Pal (qv)
- Kanwar Nahal Pal, married and had issue.
  - Kanwar Sapuran Pal, died 1851.
Raja Saheb Shri GUR PAL, Raja of Kutlehar, married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Shri Amrat Pal Bahadur (qv)
Raja Saheb Shri AMRAT PAL Bahadur, Raja of Kutlehar 1798/1832, married and had issue. He died 1832.
- Raja Saheb Shri Narayan Pal Bahadur (qv)
- Kanwar Bhagwan Pal, married and had issue. He died 1857.
  - Kanwar Ran Bahadur Singh, born 1845, married and had issue. He died 1918.
    - Kanwar Indar Singh, married and had issue
      - Kanwar Uttam Singh
      - Kanwar Prem Singh
  - Kanwar Luddar Pal, married and had issue. He died 1896.
    - Kanwar Lal Singh, born about 1871, married and had issue. He died 1910.
      - Kanwar Sahib Singh, born 1892, married and had issue.
        
        Kanwar Sohan Singh, married and had issue
        
        Kanwar Thakur Singh
        
        Kanwar Mohan Singh
        
        Kanwar Ranjit Singh
    - Kanwar Subha Singh, married and had issue. He died 1925.
      - Kanwar Raghunath Singh, married and had issue
        
        Kanwar Himal Singh
        
        Kanwar Hem Singh
    - Kanwar Bikram Singh, married and had issue. He died 1918.
      - Kanwar Dhyan Singh, married and had issue
        
        Kanwar Lakshman Singh
        
        Kanwar Fateh Singh
      - Kanwar Chattar Singh
        
        Chuhar Singh (died 1998)
        
        Naresh Pal (born 1953, died 2002)
        
        Kunal Kumar (born 1983)
        
        Rudransh Singh (born 2014)
        
        Reyansh Singh (born 2014)
        
        Tridansh Singh (born 2018)
        
        Dhruv Kumar (born 1985)
        
        Suresh Pal (died 2013)
        
        Nagesh Pal
        
        Rajesh Pal
        
        Rishi Pal (born 1987)
Raja Saheb Shri NARAYAN PAL Bahadur, Raja of Kutlehar 1832/1864, born about 1821, married and had issue. He died 1864.
- Raja Saheb Shri Ram Pal Bahadur (qv)
- Kanwar Gopal Pal, born 1854, married and had issue. He died 1909.
  - Kanwar Kalyan Pal, born 1874.
Raja Saheb Shri RAM PAL Bahadur C.S.I., Raja of Kutlehar 1864/1927, born 1849, he was appointed an Honorary Judge and a 1^st class Magistrate and an Honorary Deputy Commissioner by the British, later he was granted the title of Raja as a hereditary distinction on 15^th March 1909 by the Viceroy, C.S.I. [cr.1904], married 1^stly, a Kumari from Bashahr, she died sp, married 2^ndly, a Kumari from Keonthal, and had issue. He died 21^st November 1927.
- Raja Saheb Shri Rajendra Pal Bahadur (by Rani Keonthali) (qv)
- Kumari (name unknown), married 1901, Raja Raghunath Singh of Jaswan, and had issue.
Raja Saheb Shri RAJENDRA PAL Bahadur, Raja of Kutlehar 1927/1928, born 1874, educated privately and at the Chiefs' College in Lahore; he was appointed a Deputy Commissioner in the Punjab and was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind medal; married the eldest daughter of Raja Jagdish Singh of Mankot, she died 1925, she was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind medal, and had issue. He died 14^th February 1928.
- Raja Saheb Shri Brijmohan Pal Bahadur (qv)
- Kanwar Hari Pal, born 1893, educated privately and at the Chiefs' College in Lahore; he served with the Punjab Police; married and had issue.
  - Kanwar Krishan Pal
- Kanwar Shiv Pal B.Sc., I.F.S., born 1901, educated privately and at the Chiefs' College in Lahore; he served for a time as Prime Minister of Mandi State; married 1^stly, March 1919, Kanwarani Dhanwati, daughter of Raja Bhawani Sen of Mandi, married 2^ndly, 194x, and had issue.
  - Kumari Shanta Devi (by Kanwarani Dhanwati), born 1920/1921, married into Rajpipla.
  - Kumar Ravender Pal, born 1948, married 7^th December 1978, Raj Kumari Veereshwari Kumari, born 8^th January 1958 at Snowdon Hospital, Simla; daughter of Thakur Krishan Chand of Theog, and his wife, Thakurani Vidya Devi, and has issue, one daughter and one son.
- Raja Bansidhar Pal
  - Raja Tamradwaj Pal
    - Raja Vinod Pal
      - Prince Pal
Raja Saheb Shri BRIJMOHAN PAL Bahadur, Raja of Kutlehar 1928/1937, born 1890, educated privately and at the Chiefs' College in Lahore; 5^th Viceregal Darbari in Kangra District, married 1911, Rani Saheb Shrimati Rattan Deiji, eldest daughter of HH Raja Saheb Shri Sir Bhuri Singh, Raja of Chamba, and had issue. He died 1937.
- Raja Saheb Shri Mahendra Palji Bahadur (qv)
Raja Saheb Shri MAHENDRA PALJI Bahadur, Raja of Kutlehar 1937/2014, born 4^th July 1934 in Hari Kothi, Dharamsala, died 20^th July 2014, married 1^stly on 13^th April 1955 to Rani Lalita Devi, born 29^th March 1933, daughter of Raja Surinder Singh of Baghal, and his wife, Rani Laxmi Devi, and has issue, two sons and two daughters; married 2^ndly on 8^th December 1964 to Rani Kamal Devi, daughter of Kanwar Nihal Singh of Chamba and had issue, one son form second marriage.
- Tikka Budhishwar Palji Bahadur (by the 1^st marriage) (qv)
- Kumari Divya Kumari (by the 1^st marriage), born 5^th November 1957 in Delhi, married 24^th February 1976, Brigadier Karanjit Singh of Jaswan, born 18^th November 1953, and has issue, two sons.
  - Vikram Singh Jaswal, born 19^th September 1976, married 2^nd February 2005, Kuvarani Padmini Pundeer, born 1984, daughter of the late Chowdhary Bijendra Singh Pundeer of Kanwali Estate.
  - Dushyant Singh Jaswal, born 5^th May 1986.
- Kumari Rajeshwari Kumari [later Kunwarani Sahiba of Tehri Garhwal] (by the 1^st marriage), born March 1959, married 19^th April 1980, Late Rajkumar Nirbhey Shah, younger son of Maharajkumar Balendu Shah of Tehri Garhwal, and has issue.
  - Kumari Roopangana Shah, born 1982.
  - Kanwar Leeneshwar Vikram Shah, born 9^th February 1984.
- Kanwar Yudhishter Palji (by the 1^st marriage), born 12^th April 1960, married Kumari Shalini Devi, daughter of Kanwar Sachindra Singh of Doonga Estate in U.P., and has issue.
  - Kanwar Akshay Pal, born 1985, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, married to Brinda Kumari of Sardargarh, he is presently working in Capgemini, New York as a Senior Consultant.
  - Kanwar Abhimanyu Pal, born 25^th March 1991 in Chandigarh, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, he is presently working as a lawyer in Delhi.
- Rajkumar Saheb Shri Rupendra Palji (by the 2^nd marriage) (qv)