| Nabha State | |||||||||||
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| Princely State | |||||||||||
| 1763–1947 | |||||||||||
 Flag  Coat of arms | |||||||||||
 Nabha State in a 1911 map of Ludhiana district | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1901 | 2,502 km2 (966 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1901 | 297,949 | ||||||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||
• Established | 1763 | ||||||||||
• Accession to the Dominion of India | 1947 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||
Nabha State, [1] with its capital at Nabha, was one of the Phulkian princely states of Punjab during the British Raj in India. [2] Nabha was ruled by Jat Sikhs of the Sidhu clan. [3]
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The ruling house of Nabha belonged to the Phulkian dynasty, sharing a common ancestor named Tiloka with the Jind rulers. Tiloka (r. 1652–1687) was the eldest son of Phul Sidhu of the Phulkian dynasty. [a] [4] The Nabha rulers descend from Gurditta (Gurdit Singh; r. 1687–1754), the elder son of Tiloka. [4] Gurditta was the founder of the localities of Dhanaula and Sangrur. Sangrur was the headquarters of the state till it was captured by Jind State. Gurditta died in 1754. [4] His only son Surat (or Suratya) Singh had died two years earlier in 1752, leaving his grandson, Hamir Singh, as the next in line. [4] Hamir Singh was the founder of the locality of Nabha and the first ruler of Nabha State. [5]
The locality of Nabha was founded by Hamir Singh of the Phulkian dynasty in 1755, whilst the state itself was founded slightly after in 1763 by Hamir Singh. [6] The state at that period of time was composed of twelve scattered territories. [6] Hamir Singh died in 1783 and was succeeded by Jaswant Singh. [4] However, a regency was in-place between 1783–1790. [4] Jaswant Singh assumed full control on 1790 and ruled until 1840. [4]
Between 1807–08, the ruler of Nabha was afforded British protection from the threat posed by Ranjit Singh and his encroaching Lahore State. [6] Nabha State was loyal to the British during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, earning territory grants as a reward due to this. [6] In 1911, Hira Singh took-on the maharaja title. [4] Ripudaman Singh abdicated the throne of Nabha on 8 July 1923. [4]
In the happenings of Indian independence in 1947, Nabha was one of the five Phulkian states that merged to become P.E.P.S.U., which itself was gradually merged into Punjab state. [6]
The Nabha State Force consisted of a 500-strong infantry unit, including the Nabha Akal Infantry. [7]
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Reign | Enthronement | Ref. |
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| Sardars | |||||
| 1 | Hamir Singh (died 1783) |  | 1763 – 1783 | ? | [5] [6] [4] |
| Rajas | |||||
| 2 | Jaswant Singh (1775 – 22 May 1840) |  | 1783 – 1840 | ? | [5] [4] |
| 3 | Devinder Singh (5 September 1822 – 14/15 November 1865) |  | 1840 – 1846 | 15 October 1840 | [5] [4] |
| 4 | Bharpur Singh (5 October 1840 – 9 November 1863) |  | 1846 – November 1863 | ? | [5] [4] |
| 5 | Bhagwan Singh (30 November 1842 – 31 May 1871) |  | 1863 – 1871 | 17 February 1864 | [5] [4] |
| Maharajas | |||||
| 6 | Hira Singh (19 December 1843 – 24 December 1911) |  | 1871 – 1911 | 10 August 1871 | [5] [4] |
| 7 | Ripudaman Singh (4 March 1883 – 14 December 1942) |  | 1911 – 1923 | 24 January 1912 | [5] [4] |
| 8 | Pratap Singh (21 September 1919 – 22 July 1995) |  | 1923 – 1948 | [5] [4] | |
| Religious group | 1901 [8] | 1911 [9] [10] | 1921 [11] | 1931 [12] | 1941 [13] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Hinduism  [b] | 160,553 | 53.89% | 126,414 | 50.79% | 133,870 | 50.84% | 132,354 | 46.02% | 146,518 | 43.09% |
Sikhism  | 78,361 | 26.3% | 76,198 | 30.62% | 78,389 | 29.77% | 97,452 | 33.89% | 122,451 | 36.01% |
Islam  | 58,550 | 19.65% | 46,032 | 18.5% | 50,756 | 19.27% | 57,393 | 19.96% | 70,373 | 20.7% |
Jainism  | 476 | 0.16% | 238 | 0.1% | 278 | 0.11% | 309 | 0.11% | 480 | 0.14% |
Christianity  | 7 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 41 | 0.02% | 66 | 0.02% | 221 | 0.06% |
Zoroastrianism  | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Buddhism  | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Judaism  | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| Total population | 297,949 | 100% | 248,887 | 100% | 263,334 | 100% | 287,574 | 100% | 340,044 | 100% |
| Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. | ||||||||||
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