PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The predecessor state was founded
about 765AD by Raja Vira Sen, a son of a Sena Raja of Bengal. The state
ranked 15th in precedence in the Punjab Darbar (1890). Rulers
were.....
- Raja ARJUN SEN,
35th Raja
of Suket 1540/1560, married and had issue.
- Raja UDAI SEN,
36th Raja
of Suket 1560/1590, married and had issue.
- Raja DEEP SEN,
37th Raja
of Suket ca1590/ca1620, married and had issue.
- Raja Shyam Sen (qv)
- Mian Naurang Singh
- Raja SHYAM SEN,
38th Raja
of Suket ca1620/ca1650, married (a), a Princess of
Guler, married (b), a
Princess
of Bashahr, and had issue.
- Raja Ram Sen (by 1st wife) (qv)
- Duthain Prithi Singh (by 1st wife),
Heir-Presumptive.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by 1st wife), married Raja
Kalyan Chand of Bilaspur.
- Mian Hari Singh (by 2nd wife), married and had issue.
- Mian Gopal Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja Garur Sen (qv)
- Mian Rudra Singh
- Mian Pir Singh
- Raja RAM SEN, 39th
Raja
of Suket ca1650/1663, recognized as Tikka
(Heir-Apparent); married and had issue.
- Raja JIT SEN, 40th
Raja
of Suket 1663/1721, died sp in 1721.
- Raja GARUR SEN,
41st Raja
of Suket 1721/1748, born 1693, married (amongst
others), a
daughter
of the Rana of Himli, and had issue. He died 1748.
- Raja Bhikam Sen (qv)
- Mian Bahadur Singh
- Raja BHIKAM SEN,
42nd Raja
of Suket 1748/1762, married a Rani from Nalagarh,
and had issue. He died
1762.
- Raja Ranjit Sen (qv)
- Mian Kishan Singh, married and had issue. He died after
1775.
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his first
wife), Raja Sansar Chand
II of Kangra, and had issue.
- Mian Bishan Singh, married and had issue.
- Mian Narendar Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari Dakno, married Maharaja Sher
Singh of Lahore, and had issue.
- Raja RANJIT SEN,
43rd Raja
of Suket 1762/1791, married (a), a daughter of Raja
Kirat Prakash of Sirmur, married (b), Rani
from
Guler, and had issue. He died 1791.
- Raja Bikram Sen II (by Sirmur Rani)
- Mian Amar Singh (by Guler Rani), died young.
- Mian Dhian Singh (by Guler Rani), died young.
- Raja BIKRAM SEN II,
44th Raja
of Suket 1791/1838, married and had issue. He
died 1838.
- Raja Ugar Sen II (qv)
- Mian Jagat Singh, exiled to Kullu in 1843, married and
had issue.
- Mian Prakram Singh, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Mahendra Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari Sarla Devi, married Maharajkumar Bijaya
Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana from Nepal, and had issue.
- Kanwar Hemendra Singh Sen, married Kanwarani Kushal
Sen of Reh (see Nurpur), and had issue.
He died 25th March 1976.
- Kumari Kusum Kumari, born 8th October 1945,
married Kunwar Devendra Singh of Dholbaha, and has issue, one son and
one daughter.
- Kumari Neera Dadhwal, married 24th
September 1990, the Thakursaheb of Gugleher, and has issue.
- Kunwar Sanjay Singh Dadhwal, married
Kunwarani Dr. Leena Dadhwal, and has issue.
- Kumari Kamakshi Dadhwal
- Kunwar Chaitanya Dadhwal
- Kumari Usha Devi
- Kumari Sneh Devi
- Kumari Karuna Kumari [HH Rani Karuna Kumari of
Bilaspur],
married HH
Raja
Kirti Chand of Bilaspur, and has
issue,
a son and daughter.
- Kunwar Brijendra Singh, married Kunwarani Hena
Devi of Kullu, and has issue, two sons.
- Colonel (ret'd.) Kanwar Karunendra Singh Sen,
born 15th August 1955 in Kullu, M.Sc. Defence Studies (Indian
Army), he retired as Colonel from 2/5 G.R. (FF); married 1st December
1984 in New Delhi, Kanwarani Disha Singh Sen, and has issue, one son
and one daughter.
- Kumari Kritika Singh Sen
- Kanwar Kritarth Singh Sen
- Kanwarani Hemawati Kanwar, married Kanwar Baldev
Singh of Kumharsain, and had issue.
- Kunwar Virendra Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari Padmawati, married Kunwar Bharat Singh of Koti.
- Kumari Sidhawati, married Kunwar Ravi Singh [?Rabi
Singh] of Mandi.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Bhir Singh,
Raja of Nurpur.
- Raja UGAR SEN II,
45th Raja
of Suket 1838/1876, married (a), married Rani
Jamwali from
Jammu, married (b), 1846, a daughter of Thakur Kishan Singh of Kunihar,
married
(c), Rani Patialawali from Patiala, and had issue, he
also left four
natural
sons.
He died 1876.
- Raja Rudra Sen Bahadur (by Jamwali Rani) (qv)
- Mian Shiv Singh (by Kunihari Rani)
- Mian Ram Singh (by Kunihari Rani)
- Rani Sarda Devi (by Kunihari Rani), married 1853, Raja
Sri Singh of Chamba.
- Mian Narain Singh (by Patiala Rani)
- Mian Gobardhan Singh (by a concubine)
- Mian Raghbir Singh (by a concubine)
- Mian Bhikam Singh (by a concubine)
- Mian Jowala Singh (by a concubine), married the natural
daughter of
Raja
Balbir Sen of Mandi, and had issue.
- Raja RUDRA SEN
Bahadur, 46th Raja
of Suket 1876/1879 (deposed), born 1828,
married (a),
1843, Rani
Katochniji, married (b), 1853, Rani Garhwali, married (c), 1853, Rani
Bilaspuri, married (d), 1864, a daughter
of Rana Shiv Sharan Singh of Baghal,
married (e), a daughter of Mian Jai Singh of Baghal,
and had
issue, as well as further issue by khawasis. He died November
1886 or 1887 at
Hoshiarpur.
- Raja Arimardan Sen Bahadur (by Garhwali Rani) (qv)
- Kumari (name unknown), born 1865, married 1883,
Raja
Surendra Bikram Prakash
of Sirmur, and had issue.
- HH Raja Dasht Nikandan Sen Bahadur (qv)
- Mian Shatrujit Singh
- Mian Bhagat Singh
- Mian Jamijit Singh
- Raja ARIMARDAN SEN Bahadur,
47th Raja
of Suket in 1879 (one month), born 1863, married a
daughter
of Raja Ran Singh of Jaswan. He died sp
in 1879.
- HH Raja DASHT NIKANDAN SEN
Bahadur,
48th Raja
of Suket 1879/1908, born 1865,
succeeded 29th
March 1879 (#1), married 1881, a daughter
of
Mian Jai Singh of Baghal, and had
issue, as well as further issue by khawasis. He died 27th May
1908.
- HH Raja Bhim Sen Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumari Haripriya Devi
- Rajkumari Sundarpriya Devi
- HH Raja Lakshman Sen Bahadur (qv)
- Kanwar Prithvi Singh (by a khawasi)
- Kanwar Shamsher Singh (by a khawasi)
- HH Raja Sir BHIM SEN
Bahadur, 49th Raja
of Suket 1908/1919, born 26th November
1885,
K.C.I.E. [cr.1.1.1918], married 1stly, Kumari Padmawati Devi [HH Rani
Padmawati Devi of Suket], died May 1959, daughter of Kanwar Surat Singh
of Sirmur, married 2ndly,
Rajkumari
Radha Devi [HH Rani Radha Devi of Suket], daughter of Rana Raghubir
Chand
of Koti, died June 1939, married
3rdly, Kumari Tuleshwari Devi [HH Rani Tuleshwari Devi of
Suket], daughter of Mian Kajan Singh of Mohanpur in Koti. He died spm
on 13th October 1919.
- Rajkumari (name unknown)
(by Rani Radha Devi), died aged
six months.
- HH Raja LAKSHMAN SEN
Bahadur, 50th Raja
of Suket 1919/1970 , born 14th August
1895,
succeeded
13th October 1919, educated at Aitchison Chiefs' College, Lahore,
married
1925, HH Rani Kalawati Devi, daughter of Kanwar Guman Singh of Koti, and his second wife, a Kumari
of Mahilog, and had issue. He died 30th
July 1970 at Suket.
- HH Raja Lalit Sen Bahadur (qv)
- Rani Bhavna Kumari, born 1934, married 19th November
1961, Raja Dig
Vijay
Singh, Raja of Jagdishpur, and has
issue.
- Rajkumar Shanti Kumar Singh
- Rajkumar Kamal Singh, born 11th February 1938 in Delhi,
educated at Bishop Cotton School, Simla, earned his B.A. from
Hoshiarpur in Punjab and his M.A.and L.L.B. from Kolkota, West Bengal;
married 10th December 1960, Kumari Laxmi Devi, daughter of Kanwar
Randip Singh of Sirmur, and his wife,
Kanwarani Kalawati Kumari, and has issue, three
children. (England,
U.K.)
- Kumari Karuna Kumari, born 22nd April 1963 in Assam,
educated at Welham Girls' School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, gained a
Diploma in Textile Designing from South Delhi Polytechnic; owns a
restaurant in New Delhi called "Memories of China", married (div.),
Thakur Sahib of Bankara, a Jagir near Dungarpur State in Rajasthan.
- Kanwar Brij Raj Singh, born 17th November 1963 at
Assam, educated at the Mayo College, Ajmer in Rajasthan, earned his
B.A. from St.Stephen's College, Delhi University, and his M.B.A. from
Dartmouth College, U.S.A.; married Kanwarani Piyali [Gitanjali] Roy
Singh, and has issue,
two
children. (Dubai, U.A.E.)
- Uday Raj Singh, born 4th June 1994.
- Kumari Oona Raj Singh, born 11th September 1997.
- Kumari Geetika Devi, born 7th May 1968 at Assam,
educated at Pratt Memorial College in Kolkota, West Bengal and at St.
Bede's College, Simla, Himachal Pradesh; married 21st May 1996, Kanwar
Anirudh
Chand Katoch, son of Kanwar Vijay Chand Katoch of Bijapur, and has
issue, one daughter.
- Kumari Jahanavi Katoch, born 24th October 2001.
- Rajkumar Rameshwar Singh, born 15th July 1939, married
22nd August 1968,
Rajkumar-Rani Sheela Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Prem Singh of Jodhpur, and his wife, Rani Gulab Kanwar,
daughter of Thakur Devi Singh of Doongri, and had issue.
- Yuvrani Kalpana Devi, born 9th August 1969, married 4th
January 1996 in
Delhi, Yuvaraj Ijyaraj Singh of Kotah,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Jai Singh, born 21st September 1971, married
1999, Rajkumari
Mriganka
Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Shri Dalip Singhji Sahib of Jodhpur, and his wife, Rani
Madhu
Devi, and has issue.
- Kumari Indrani Devi, born 1st December 2001 in Delhi.
- Bhanwar Yashasvi Aryaman Singh
- Rajkumari Rama Devi, born 4th July 1943 in Suket, married
1stly, 6th May 1967
in Sitamau, Kunwar Brijraj Sinh of Sitamau,
married 2ndly (div.), Prof. Nagpal, married 3rdly, 6th November 1982 in
Washington, Dr. Shivnath Singh Chauhan, and has issue (by third
husband).
- Shri Karan Singh Chauhan, born 19th September
1983 in Washington.
- Rajkumar Tulendra Singh, born 5th October 1948 in Suket,
married 1977, Rajkumar-Rani Radha Kumari, and has issue.
- Kanwar Vikram Singh, born 1978.
- Kanwar Aditya Singh, born 1987.
- HH Raja LALIT SEN
Bahadur, 51st Raja
of Suket 1970/1985, born 21st April 1932
in
Shimla, married
21st
February 1951, HH Rani Krishna Kumari, daughter of HH Rai-i-Rayan
Maharawal Shri Sir Lakshman Singhji Bahadur of Dungarpur,
and his second wife, HH Maharani Manhar Kanwarba Sahiba, and had issue.
He died 18th October 1985 in Delhi.
- HH Raja Hari Sen Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumari Shailaja Devi, born 13th November 1966.
- HH Raja HARI SEN
Bahadur, 52nd Raja
of Suket (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- a son of a Raja of Suket, married and had issue.
- Kanwarani Leelawati
Kumari, married Kanwar Harnam Singh of Sirmur,
and had issue.
- Mian Surat Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown),
married (as his second wife), Raja Bhawani Sen, Raja of Mandi.
- Kanwarani Padma Devi, married Kanwar Ajit Singh of Keonthal, and had issue.
- Thakurani Krishna Devi, married (as his fifth wife), Thakur
Randhir Chand, Thakur of Madhan, and
had issue.
- Kanwar Diwan Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari Padam Prabha, married (as his first wife), Mian
Shyam Singh of Sangri, and had issue.
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