PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: After
the
defeat
of
Zain
Khan, the last Muhammadan Governor of Sirhind, by the
joint forces of the several misldars, Sardar Gurbaksh
Singh, a Sandhu jat of Kalsia (a village in Kasur Tahsil
of Lahore District, now in Pakistan) of the Karora Singhia
Misl, occupied a large number of villages of the Parganas
of Chhachhrauli in Ambala District, Dera Bassi in Patiala
District and Chirak in Faridkot District in 1763. The
state ranked 16th in the Punjab Darbar (1890). The Sardar
maintains a military force of 48 cavalry, 181 infantry and
3 guns (as of 1892). Rulers were...
- Sardar GURBAKSH SINGH, 1st Sardar Sahib of
Kalsia 1763/1785, a leading member of the Karora-Singhia
misl and commander of troops, at the time of
the conquest of Sirhind in January 1764, he seized the
parganah of Chhachhrauli, now in Jagadhari tahsil of
Haryana, comprising 114 villages, and founded an
independent principality called Kalsia after the name
of his native village; he captured Bambeli parganah in
Hoshiarpur district and amassed considerable wealth;
along with several other Sikh chiefs, he attempted to
form an alliance with the English against Mahadji
Scindia in 1785; married and had issue. He died 1785.
- Sardar JODH SINGH, 2nd Sardar Sahib of Kalsia
1785/1818, born 1751, a man of great ability, he
greatly extended the area of the estate, he captured
Dehra Bassi from Sardar Khajan Singh and also acquired
the territories of Lohal and Achrak, Maharaja Ranjit
Singh presented him with the territories of Badala,
Kameri and Chhabbal in recognition of his service; he
succeeded to the command of the Karora-Singhia misl,
married and had issue. He died 1818 of his wounds
received in battle at Multan.
- Sardar Sobha Singh (qv)
- Sardar Hari Singh, married 1803, Sardarni Karm
Kaur, daughter of Maharaja Sahib Singh of Patiala, and had
issue. He died 1816.
- Sardar Dewa Singh, married and had issue. He
died 1837.
- Sardar Umrao Singh, died 1844.
- Sardar Karam Singh
- Sardar SOBHA SINGH, 3rd Sardar Sahib of
Kalsia 1818/1858, after the annexation of the Punjab
in 1849, the Sardar was granted a number of privileges
denied to other chiefs in the Punjab; he married and
had issue, two sons. He died 1858.
- Sardar Lahna Singh (qv)
- Sardar Man Singh, married and had issue, two sons.
He died 1890.
- Sardar LAHNA SINGH, 4th Sardar Sahib of
Kalsia 1858/1869, he fully supported the British in
Delhi in crushing the revolt of 1857, as a result,
that in 1858, when he assumed power, the Kalsia was
intact as a British protectorate. He died
1869.
- Sardar BISHEN SINGH, 5th Sardar Sahib of
Kalsia 1869/1883, born 1854, married April 1865, the
daughter of HH Raja Raghubir Singh of Jind, and had issue. He
died 1883.
- Sardar Jagjit Singh (qv)
- Sardar Ranjit Singh Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- Sardar JAGJIT SINGH, 6th Sardar Sahib of
Kalsia 1883/1886, born 1880, died a minor 1886.
- Sardar RANJIT SINGH Sahib Bahadur, 7th Sardar
Sahib of Kalsia 1886/1908, born 1881, he succeeded to
the gadi as
a minor on 28th August 1886 (#1), he built
several public utility buildings, including a charity
hospital and schools; married and had issue. He died
1908.
- Raja Ravi Sher Singh (qv)
- Raja RAVI SHER SINGH Sahib Bahadur, 8th Raja
Sahib of Kalsia 1908/1947, born 30th October 1902 and
succeeded 25th July 1908, Investiture held 6th April
1922 (#2), Raja
[cr.1916], educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College,
Lahore; Member of the Chamber of Princes; a man of
exemplary qualities and a popular ruler amongst his
subjects, he constructed a number of buildings
including the Raja Ravi Sher Kalsia Hospital in 1910;
he also composed a number of poems; married 16th
February 1925, Rani Bibi Amrit Kaur, daughter of HH
Maharaja Ripudaman Singh Malvinder Bahadur of Nabha, and his first
wife, HH Maharani Bibi Jagdhish Kaur, and had issue.
He died 4th January 1947.
- Rajkumar Janak Sher Singh, born 1931.
- Raja Karan Sher Singh Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- Raja KARAN SHER SINGH Sahib Bahadur, 9th Raja
Sahib of Kalsia 1947/1961, born 1933, married and had
issue. He died 19th January 1961.
- Raja Himmat Sher Singh Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- Raja HIMMAT SHER SINGH Sahib Bahadur, 10th
Raja Sahib of Kalsia (see above)
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