PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Originally
part of Bashahr, but was taken from that state by Raja Man Singh of
Kullu
in about 1703, but only remained in his possession until his death in
1719,
when Bashahr regained possession. In 1803 it was seized by the Gurkhas
of Nepal but restored in 1815 to Raja Bikram Singh of Kullu. When Kullu
was annexed in 1841, Raja Thakur Singh continued as titular Raja and
Mian
Jaggar Singh remained in possession of Sangri. Rulers were......
- Raja BIKRAM SINGH,
Raja of Kullu -/1816, married and had
issue by a khawás lady. He died spl in October
1816.
- Raja AJIT SINGH,
last
independent
Raja
of Kullu 1816/1841, born 19th December 1810, married 1stly, the
Katochni Rani, she adopted her nephew, Mian
Hira
Singh (see below), married 2ndly, the Keonthali Rani. He died sp
in September 1841 at Sangri.
- Thakur RANBIR SINGH,
Raja of Kullu 1841/1842, died young in 1842.
- Thakur JAGAT SINGH
[Mian Jaggar Singh], Thakur of Sangri 1842/1876, fourth
son of Raja Pritam
Singh of Kullu, overlooked in the
succession
after the death of Raja Ajit Singh, due to being blind, his eldest son
was chosen instead, he remained in possession of Sangri when Kullu was
annexed
in 1846, married and had issue. He died 1876.
- Thakur Ranbir Singh (see above)
- Rai Mian Hira Singh (qv)
- Mian Sansar Singh, born 1851, married and had issue.
- Mian Lal Singh, born 1872.
- Mian Keshri Singh, born 1888.
- Mian Hari Singh [Pratap Singh]
- Rai Mian HIRA SINGH,
Rai of Sangri 1876/1927, born 24th February 1849,
succeeded
30th September 1876 (#1), he was adopted
by the
Senior
Rani of Raja Ajit Singh and succeeded to her jagir of Seoraj on her
death; he was
granted the title of Rai as a hereditary distinction in 1887; married
1stly, a Rani from Mandi, married 2ndly, another Rani from Mandi
(sister of the first), and
had issue. He died 15th March 1927.
- Mian Dharam Singh, born 1882.
- Rai Mian Raghubir Singh (by 1st Rani) (qv)
- Mian Shyam Singh (by 2nd Rani), born 1909, married 1stly,
Kumari Padam Prabha, daughter of Kanwar Diwan Singh of Suket, married
2ndly, Kumari Tiwawati, daughter of Baragaon, and
had issue. He
died 1961.
- Kumari Chandra Kala, married Thakur Swarup Chand from
Kangra, and had issue.
- Rai Mian Digvijay Singh (qv)
- Kumari Sita Devi, married Rana Surendra
Singh of Kumharsain, and has issue.
- Mian Virbhadra Singh, born in July 1947, married
Kanwarani Bhuvaneshwari from Baghal (Arki), and has issue,
- Mian Ram Singh
- Rajkumari Laxmi Devi [Rani Laxmi Devi of Baghal], married
Raja Surinder
Singh of Baghal, and had issue,
six
children.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Padam Singh of
Bashahr.
- Kumari (name unknown), married a Kanwar Saheb of
Nalagarh.
- Rai Mian RAGHUBIR SINGH,
Rai of Sangri 1927/1962, born 1908, married
1stly, Rani Saraswati Kumari, daughter of Rana Jai Singh of Kotkhai,
and his wife, Rani Kamla Devi, married 2ndly, Rani Sharda Devi,
daughter
of Thakur Amog Chand
of Khaneti., [?married 3rdly, Rani
Chitra Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Mangal Singh of Koti, and his wife, Kanwarani
Padmawati], [?married 4thly, Rani Krishna Kumari, daughter of Kanwar
Indar
Singh of Koti, and his wife,
Kanwarani Sita Devi]. He died sp in
January 1962.
- Rai Mian DIGVIJAY SINGH,
Rai of Sangri 1962/1990, born 1955, married Rani
Dayavati Kumari, daughter of Thakur Pratap Singh of Kotgarh, and had
issue, two daughters. He died 1990.
- Kumari Samriti Kumari
- Kumari Samridhi Kumari
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