PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: Founded in 1170 by Raja Purab Chand, a
scion of the Kangra Royal
Family. Rulers were....
- Raja PURAB CHAND,
1st Raja of Jaswan 1170/-
- Raja PARAB CHAND,
2nd Raja of Jaswan
- Raja BISWA CHAND,
3rd Raja of Jaswan
- Raja GOPAL CHAND,
4th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja SIRBAHK CHAND,
5th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja DHULA CHAND,
6th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja SULACHAN CHAND,
7th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja AUKI CHAND,
8th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja UDHAM CHAND,
9th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja NIRPAT CHAND,
10th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja UDHARN CHAND,
11th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja BHIKH CHAND,
12th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja SIRKAR CHAND,
13th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja MUBARAK CHAND,
14th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja GOVIND CHAND,
15th Raja of Jaswan fl.1572, he defended the fort of
Kangra from the Mughal Emperor Akbar, in the absence
of his kinsman Raja Jai Chand Katoch of Kangra.
- Raja BIKRAM CHAND,
16th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja ANIRUDH CHAND,
17th Raja of Jaswan fl.1589, he joined a general
revolt of the hill-states against the Mughals led by
his kinsman Raja Bidhi Chand of Kangra.
- Raja SAMIR CHAND,
18th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja MAN SINGH,
19th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja AJAB SINGH,
20th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja RAM SINGH,
21st Raja of Jaswan
- Raja AJIT SINGH,
22nd Raja of Jaswan
- Raja JAGHAR SINGH,
23rd Raja of Jaswan
- Raja ABHIRAI SINGH,
24th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja JAGRUP SINGH,
25th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja PRIT SINGH,
26th Raja of Jaswan
- Raja UMMED SINGH,
27th and last independent Raja of Jaswan 1800/1849,
born about 1781, in 1815, Maharaja Ranjit Singh
summoned all his forces, to assemble at Sialkot, but
the Raja of Jaswan failed to obey the summons and a
fine fixed beyond his resources was imposed.
Submitting quietly to his fate Raja Ummed Singh
resigned his state and accepted a jagir of 12,000Rs
p.a., he joined unsuccessfully in a revolt against the
British in 1848, his property was confiscated and he
was exiled to Almora; he married and had issue. He
died 1849 at Almora.
 Raja JAI SINGH, 28th Raja of Jaswan
1849/1863, joined in the revolt in 1848 and joined his
father in exile, married and had issue. He died 1863
at Almora. Title of "Raja" not recognized by the
imperial British authorities.
- Raja Ran Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Prithi Singh
- Raja RAN SINGH,
29th Raja of Jaswan 1863/1892, born 1833, received the
jagir of Ramkot in Jammu when he married the Princess
of Jammu. Title of "Raja" not recognized by the
British. In 1877 the jagir in Jaswan, consisting of 21
villages in the Jaswan Dun was restored to the Raja,
as well as the family garden at Amb and buildings at
Rajpura, married 1stly, a (?grand) daughter of the
Raja of Baghal, married 2ndly, a grand-daughter of HH
Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu
and Kashmir, and had issue. He died 1892.
- Raja Raghunath Singh (qv)
- Kumari (name unknown), married Tikka
Arimardan Sen of Suket.
 Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH,
30th Raja of Jaswan 1892/1918, born 1852, he was
granted the personal title of "Raja" on
account of his ancient lineage and marriage connection
with the Maharajas of Jammu & Kashmir. The title
did not grant him the right to administer law and
order in his jagir, and such title could not be passed
on by inheritance. His property was divided among six
children, married 1stly, 1871, a daughter of HH
Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu
and Kashmir, married 2ndly, 1871, another
daughter of HH Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir,
married 3rdly, Rani (name unknown) [? a
daughter of Raja Kishan Singh, Raja of Baghal], married 4thly,
1901, a daughter of Raja Ram Palji of Kutlehar, and had
issue. He died 1918. (#1)
- Kumari (name unknown) (by a Jammu Rani),
married HH Raja Shyam Singh of Chamba.
- HH Rani Dharam Deiji Saheba (by a Jammu Rani),
married HH Raja Ram Singh of Chamba. She died in
1980.
- Raja Lakshman Singh (by the 4th Rani) (qv)
- Rajkumar Santdev Singh (by the 4th Rani), born
1907, he was mentally unsound and was looked after
by his younger brother, Rajkumar Shivdev Singh. He
died sp in 1960.
- Rajkumar Hardev Singh (by the 3rd Rani), born
1909, married and had issue. He died 1970.
- Rajkumar Shivdev Singh (by the 4th Rani), born
1910, he served in the administration of Maharaja
Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir and retired as
Chairman of independent India's Union Public Service
Commission, married and had issue. He died 1998. (Jammu, India)
- Kunwar Rameshwar Singh, married Kunwarani Kamla
Kumari of Bhikamkor in Rajasthan, and had issue.
He died 16th August 2009 in Jammu.
- Kumari Kaushalya Devi
- Kunwar Baldev Singh
- Kunwar Brijender Singh
- Kumari Vina Kumari, died 2001.
- Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH,
31st Raja of Jaswan 1918/1945, born 1904, Head of the
Royal family of Jaswan, resided at Ramkot; married
1stly, Rani Tottan Dei, daughter of Raja Kedar Chand
of Chenani, married
2ndly, a daughter of Maj. Kunwar Ishar Singh Jamwal,
and had issue. He died 4th June 1945 in Ramkot and was
cremated at Khoon, seven kilometres from Ramkot.
- Rajkumari Hemlata Kumari (by Rani Tottan Dei),
born October 1923, married Tikka (later Raja)
Udaibhan Chand of Datarpur,
and had issue. She died 2000.
- Raja Chain Singh (by Rani Tottan Dei)(qv)
- Rajkumar Devinder Singh (by 2nd Rani), married
Rajkumar-Rani Sonia Kumari of Guler, and has issue.
- Kanwar Aaditya Singh Jaswal, born 13th December
1968, married Kanwarani Bhawani Jamwal, born 28th
December 1975, daughter of Commandant V. S.
Jamwal, and has issue, one son.
- Zorawar Singh Jaswal, born 24th November 2004.
- Rajkumari Krishna Kumari (by 2nd Rani), married
Rai Sahib Karan Singh of Kathlour, Punjab.
- Raja CHAIN SINGH,
32nd Raja of Jaswan (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kanwar Inder Singh, married Kumari Uttam Dei,
daughter of Kanwar Saheb Shri Nihal Singhji of Chamba, and his first
wife, Kanwarani Leela Devi, and had issue, one son and
four daughters.
- Kumari Nina Devi
- Kumari Nitta Devi
- Kumari Nima Devi
- Kumari Neeru Devi, married Kanwar Vijay Singh of Sirmur, and has issue.
- Col. Vijay Singh, married and has issue.
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