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18^th Apr, 2022

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Raja Shri BRIJESH CHAND, Raja Saheb of Guler since 1959, married Rani Raju Kumari, and has issue.

Tikka Praduman Singh, born 8^th October 1979 in Calcutta.

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Founded in 1415 with the capital at Haripur. Rulers were...

Raja HARI CHAND, 1^st Raja of Guler 1415/-, he was originally the Raja of Kangra to 1415, but whilst hunting one day, he fell into a dry well, and was presumed dead, his brother was then named Raja of Kangra; he was eventually discovered, but rather than fight over his rights, he founded the town of Haripur on the flat below the fort, on the Banganga River; married and had issue.
Raja BHAUN CHAND, 2^nd Raja of Guler
Raja SUVARN CHAND, 3^rd Raja of Guler
Raja UDHYAN CHAND, 4^th Raja of Guler
Raja NARINDAR CHAND, 5^th Raja of Guler
Raja UDHARN CHAND, 6^th Raja of Guler
Raja RATAN CHAND, 7^th Raja of Guler
Raja NAND CHAND, 8^th Raja of Guler
Raja GARUDA CHAND, 9^th Raja of Guler
Raja GAMBHIR CHAND, 10^th Raja of Guler
Raja ABHAYA CHAND, 11^th Raja of Guler
Raja UTTAM CHAND, 12^th Raja of Guler
Raja PRITHVI CHAND, 13^th Raja of Guler
Raja KARAN CHAND, 14^th Raja of Guler
Raja RAM CHAND, 15^th Raja of Guler, married and had issue. fl.1540
- Raja Jagdish Chand (qv)
Raja JAGDISH CHAND, 16^th Raja of Guler 1570/1605, married and had issue.
- Raja Vijaya Chand (qv)
- Raja Rup Chand Bahadur (qv)
Raja VIJAYA CHAND, 17^th Raja of Guler 1605/1610
Raja RUP CHAND Bahadur, 18^th Raja of Guler 1610/1635, he was granted the title of Bahadur by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, as well as a khilat, married and had issue. He died 1635.
- Raja Man Singh (qv)
Raja MAN SINGH, 19^th Raja of Guler 1635/1660 (abdicated), first to use Singh as a family name, conferred on him by the Mughal Emperor, built the fort of Mangarh, married (amongst others), Rani Kalyan Devi, and had issue. He died 1661 at Benares.
- Raja Bikram Singh (qv)
- Mian Gopal Singh, Wazir of Guler, married and had issue.
  - Mian (name unknown), married and had issue.
    - Mian (name unknown), married and had issue.
      - Mian Dhian Singh, Wazir of Guler, he established his own state of Kotla in 1785.
      - Mian Kishan Singh, he succeeded his brother in Kotla.
        
        Gulab Singh
        
        Mallu Singh
        
        Sunder Singh, served as Captain in British Army.
        
        Karan Bhadhur Singh (Colonel in Indian Army)
        
        Rameshwar Singh (Ex Sarpanch of Mirthal)
        
        Charanjeet Singh
        
        Inder Singh, served as Captain in British Army, married Rattan Devi Mankotia had issues, four sons.
        
        Baldev Singh, well known Political figure of his time, married to Bholan Devi and had issues, three sons.
        
        Kewal Singh
        
        Saroop Singh, Hon. Captain in Indian Army
        
        Anoop Singh
        
        Kanwar Yudhvir Singh, British Army officer and later well known political figure in District Gurdaspur, married to Shushila Kumari and had issues, three sons.
        
        Kunwar Brijmohan Singh, Ex. Sarpanch and Zilla Parishad Member of Mukerian constituency, married to Uma Sambyal and has issues, one son and a daughter.
        
        Jung Bhadhur Singh, married to Suman Soharu.
        
        Meenakshi Guleria, married to Dr Deepek Minhas.
        
        Kunwar Vijay Singh, married to Beeloma Pathania of Nagrota Bhagwan and has issues, one son and a daughter.
        
        Daneshwar Singh, Engineer in Australia, married to Isha Guleria
        
        Kunwar Beraj Singh
        
        Bharti Singh Guleria, married to Aman Singh Rana
        
        Jagmohan Singh, Colonel in Indian Army, married to Anita Soharu, daughter of Mr KS Soharu of Hamirpur and has issues, one son and a daughter.
        
        Yashvardhan Singh
        
        Sanshrita Guleria
        
        Kanwar Balbir Singh
        
        Krishn Singh, Senior Engineer in HP Electricity Board.
Raja BIKRAM SINGH, 20^th Raja of Guler 1660/1675, Emperor Aurangzeb conferred a mansab of 2500, with valuable khilats and made him Thanadar of the Kangra Hills, married Rani Shyam Devi, and had issue. He died 1675 at Chauntra.
- Raja Raj Singh (qv)
Raja RAJ SINGH, 21^st Raja of Guler 1675/1695, married Rani Bilas Devi, Regent of Guler 1695/1705, and had issue. He died 1695.
- Raja Dalip Singh (qv)
Raja DALIP SINGH, 22^nd Raja of Guler 1695/1741, born 1688, married 1^stly, Rani (name unknown), married 2^ndly, Rani Kalyan Devi, and had issue. He died 1741.
- Mian Bishan Singh (by 1^st Rani)
- Mian Mahipat Singh (by 1^st Rani)
- Raja Govardhan Singh (by Rani Kalyan Devi)(qv)
- Mian Basant Singh (by Rani Kalyan Devi)
- Kumari (name unknown) (by Rani Kalyan Devi), married Raja Medini Pal of Basohli, and had issue.
Raja GOVARDHAN CHAND, 23^rd Raja of Guler 1741/1773, born 1713, Regent of Guler 1730/1741; married (amongst others), a daughter of Raja Dhiraj Pal of Basohli, and had issue. He died 1773.
- Raja Prakash Chand (qv)
- Mian Prakaram Chand, married and had issue.
  - Mian Jagat Chand, married and had issue.
    - Mian Badan Chand, married and had issue.
      - Mian Ram Singh, married and had issue.
        
        Kanwar Mohar Singh
      - Mian Jawahar Singh, married and had issue.
        
        Kanwar Purab Singh, married and had issue.
        
        Kanwar Bhagwan Singh
        
        Kanwar Jodh Singh
        
        Kanwar Budhi Singh
  - Mian Devi Chand
Raja PRAKASH CHAND, 24^th Raja of Guler 1773/1790 (abdicated), born 1748, married 1^stly, Rani Ananta Devi, daughter of Raja Umed Singh of Chamba, married 2^ndly, a daughter of Raja Shamsher Singh of Mandi, and had issue. He died 1820.
- Raja Bhup Singh (by Rani Ananta Devi) (qv)
Raja BHUP SINGH, 25^th and last Sovereign Raja of Guler 1790/1826, born 1765, last ruling Chief of Guler, the state was annexed in 1813, he was granted 20,000Rs for the maintenance of his female household, married 12 Ranis, including a daughter of Rana Bhup Chand of Baghal, and had issue. He died 1826.
- Raja Shamsher Singh (qv)
- Raja Jai Singh (qv)
Raja SHAMSHER SINGH, 26^th Raja of Guler 1826/1877, born 1820, he received the fort of Haripur, married and had issue. He died spm in 1877 without male heirs and the state lapsed.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Gopal Singh of Chamba, and had issue.
Raja JAI SINGH, 27^th Raja of Guler 1878/1884, born 1822, he was allowed to succeed after a year and was also granted the title of Raja, as a Hereditary distinction on 28^th February 1878; married a daughter of Rai Ratan Chand of Babhaur, and had issue. He died 1884.
- Raja Raghunath Singh (by the Babhaur Rani) (qv)
- Kunwar Hardit Singh, born 1866, married and had issue. He died 1900.
  - Kunwar Bhagwant Singh, born 1893, married Kunwarani Chandrika Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Rudra Singh of Koti, and had issue,
    - Kunwar Ramesh Chand Guleria
    - Kunwar Suresh Chand Guleria
    - Kunwar Mahesh Chand Guleria
    - Kunwar Dhanesh Chand Guleria
    - Kunwar Jagroop Chand Guleria
  - Kunwar Ajit Singh, born 1894, married and had issue.
    - Kunwar Nagendra Singh
    - Kunwar Bajrendra Singh
    - Kunwar Shailendra Singh
    - Kunwar Girender Singh
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Bijai Sen of Mandi.
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his first wife) 1900, Raja Bijey Sen of Keonthal, and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his second wife) 1900, Raja Bijey Sen of Keonthal, and had issue. (cf. below)
Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH, 28^th Raja of Guler 1884/1920, born 1865 (or 1860), the title of Raja was conferred as a hereditary distinction on 15^th March 1909 by the Viceroy, married and had issue. He died 9^th March 1920.
- Raja Baldev Chand (qv)
- Kumari (name unknown) [Rani Guleriya of Tehri-Garhwal], married Raja Pratap Shah of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his second wife) 1900, Raja Bijey Sen of Keonthal. She died sp. (cf. above)
- Kumari (name unknown), married Mian Shiv Singh of Bilaspur, and had issue, one daughter.
Raja BALDEV CHAND, 29^th Raja of Guler 1920/1959, born 1884, 1^st Viceregal Darbari in Kangra District, exercises criminal and civil powers within his jagir; married the daughter of Raja Pratap Shah of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue. He died 1959.
- Tikka Shri Nardev Chand, born December 1922, married Tikka Rani Sanyukta Kumari, and had issue. He died vp in 1958.
  - Raja Shri Brijesh Chand (qv)
  - Rajkumari Ravinder Kumari, married Kunwar Sujan Singh, and has issue.
  - Rajkumari Pradeep Kumari, married Kunwar Surjeet Singh, and has issue.
Raja Shri BRIJESH CHAND, 30^th Raja of Guler (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

Mian Ajab Singh of Guler, married and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his second wife), Raja Pradyuman Shah of Garhwal.
Mian Ranjit Singh Guleria of Poprola, married and had issue.
- HH Maharani Harbans Kaur, married 16^th April 1886 (as his first wife), Col. HH Farzand i-Dilband Rasikhul-Itiqad Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singhji Bahadur of Kapurthala, and had issue.
Kumari (name unknown) [Rani Guleriya of Suket], married Raja Ranjit Sen of Suket, and had issue.
Kanwarani Madhvi Kumari, married (as his first wife), Kanwar Baldev Singh of Sirmur.
Kumari (name unknown), sister of Mian Kishen Singh of Guler, married (as his fourth wife), Raja Bijai Sen, Raja of Mandi.
Kumari Sonia Kumari, married Rajkumar Devinder Singh of Jaswan, and has issue.
Balvinder Singh Guleria, married Kumari Anjana, daughter of Kunwar Sohan Singh of Nadaun, and his wife, Kunwarani Durga Devi, and has issue.
Sardar Bahadur Captain Inder Singh Guleria, married at Sidhpur Ghar (Bharmad) near Jawali with Rattan Devi of Mankotia family.
- Kunwar Baldev Singh Guleria
- Kunwar Yudhvir Singh Guleria, married, Kunwarani Sushila Kumari of Mirthal, and has issue.
  - Kunwarani Chitter Rekha Kumari, married 5^th December 1981 at Mukerian, Punjab, Kunwar Kiran Dev Pal Singh Chauhan, born 4^th July 1957 at Agra, M.A. (English, Honours), currently holding the office of Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Department of Excise and Taxation, Government of Himachal Pradesh, and has issue (see Nadaun).
- Kunwar Balbir Singh Guleria
- Kunwar Kishan Singh Guleria