PRESENT RULER: Raja Shri BRIJESH CHAND, Raja Saheb of Guler since 1959.

married Rani Raju Kumari, and has issue.

• Tikka Praduman Singh, born 8th October 1979 in Calcutta.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1415 with the capital at Haripur. Rulers were...

1. Raja HARI CHAND 1415/-, he was originally the Raja of Kangra to 1415, but whilst hunting one day, he fell into a dry well, and was presumed dead, his brother was then named Raja of Kangra; he was eventually discovered, but rather than fight over his rights, he founded the town of Haripur on the flat below the fort, on the Banganga River; married and had issue.

2. Raja BHAUN CHAND

3. Raja SUVARN CHAND

4. Raja UDHYAN CHAND

5. Raja NARINDAR CHAND

6. Raja UDHARN CHAND

7. Raja RATAN CHAND

8. Raja NAND CHAND

9. Raja GARUDA CHAND

10. Raja GAMBHIR CHAND

11. Raja ABHAYA CHAND

12. Raja UTTAM CHAND

13. Raja PRITHVI CHANDK

14. Raja KARAN CHAND

15. Raja RAM CHAND fl.1540, 15th Raja of Guler, married and had issue.

    • Raja JAGDISH CHAND (qv)

16. Raja JAGDISH CHAND 1570/1605, married and had issue.

    • Raja VIJAYA CHAND (qv)

    • Raja RUP CHAND Bahadur (qv)

17. Raja VIJAYA CHAND 1605/1610

18. Raja RUP CHAND Bahadur 1610/1635, granted the title of Bahadur by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, as well as a khilat, married and had issue.

    • Raja MAN SINGH (qv)

19. Raja MAN SINGH 1635/1660 (abdicated), first to use Singh as a family name, conferred on him by the Mughal Emperor, built the fort of Mangarh, married Rani Kalyan Devi, and had issue. He died 1661 at Benares.

    • Raja BIKRAM SINGH (qv)

    • Mian Gopal Singh, Wazir of Guler, married and had issue.

      • Mian (name unknown), married and had issue.

        • Mian (name unknown), married and had issue.

          • Mian Dhian Singh, Wazir of Guler, he established his own state of Kotla in 1785 (not to be confused with Kotla and Maler-Kotla).

          • Mian Kishan Singh, he succeeded his brother in Kotla.

20. Raja BIKRAM SINGH 1660/1675, Emperor Aurangzeb conferred a mansab of 2500, with valuable khilats and made him Thanadar of the Kangra Hills, married Rani Shyam Devi, and had issue. He died 1675 at Chauntra.

    • Raja RAJ SINGH (qv)

21. Raja RAJ SINGH 1675/1695, married Rani Bilas Devi, Regent of Guler 1695/1705, and had issue. He died 1695.

    • Raja DALIP SINGH (qv)

22. Raja DALIP SINGH 1695/1741, born 1688, married 1stly, Rani (name unknown), married 2ndly, Rani Kalyan Devi, and had issue. He died 1741.

    • Mian Bishan Singh (by 1st Rani)

    • Mian Mahipat Singh (by 1st Rani)

    • Raja GOVARDHAN SINGH (by Rani Kalyan Devi)(qv)

    • Mian Basant Singh (by Rani Kalyan Devi)

    • Kumari (name unknown) (by Rani Kalyan Devi), married Raja Medini Pal of Basohli, and had issue.

23. Raja GOVARDHAN CHAND 1741/1773, born 1713, Regent of Guler 1730/1741; married (amongst others), a daughter of Raja Dhiraj Pal of Basohli, and had issue. He died 1773.

    • Raja PRAKASH CHAND (qv)

    • Mian Prakaram Chand

24. Raja PRAKASH CHAND 1773/1790 (abdicated), born 1748, married 1stly, Rani Ananta Devi, daughter of Raja Umed Singh of Chamba, married 2ndly, a daughter of Raja SHAMSHER SINGH of Mandi, and had issue. He died 1820.

    • Raja BHUP SINGH (by Rani Ananta Devi) (qv)

25. Raja BHUP SINGH 1790/1826, born 1765, last ruling Chief of Guler, the state was annexed in 1813, he was granted 20,000Rs for the maintenance of his female household, married 12 Ranis, including a daughter of Rana Bhup Chand of Baghal, and had issue. He died 1826.

    • Raja SHAMSHER SINGH (qv)

    • Raja JAI SINGH (qv)

26. Raja SHAMSHER SINGH 1826/1877, born 1820, he received the fort of Haripur, married and had issue. He died 1877 without male heirs and the state lapsed.

    • Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Gopal Singh of Chamba.

27. Raja JAI SINGH 1878/1884, born 1822, Raja [cr.1878] (Hereditary), married a daughter of Rai Ratan Chand of Babhaur, and had issue. He died 1884.

    • Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH (by the Babhaur Rani) (qv)

    • Kunwar Hardit Singh, born 1866, married and had issue. He died 1900.

      • Kunwar Bhagwant Singh, born 1893.

      • Kunwar Ajit Singh, born 1894.

    • Kumari (name unknown), married (as his first wife) 1900, Raja Bijey Sen of Keonthal, and had issue.

    • Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Bijai Sen of Mandi.

28. Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH ^(#1) 1884/1920, born 1865 (or 1860), the title of Raja was conferred as a hereditary distinction on 15th March 1909 by the Viceroy, married and had issue. He died 9th March 1920.

    • Raja BALDEV CHAND (qv)

    • Kumari (name unknown) [Rani Guleriya of Tehri-Garhwal], married Raja Pratap Shah of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.

    • Kumari (name unknown), married (as his second wife) 1900, Raja Bijey Sen of Keonthal. She died sp.

29. Raja BALDEV CHAND 1920/1959, born 1884, 1st Viceregal Darbari in Kangra District, exercises criminal and civil powers within his jagir; married the daughter of Raja Pratap Shah of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue. He died 1959.

    • Tikka Shri Nardev Chand, born December 1922, married Tikka Rani Sanyukta Kumari, and had issue. He died vp 1958.

      • Raja Shri BRIJESH CHAND (qv)

      • Rajkumari Ravinder Kumari, married Kunwar Sujan Singh, and has issue.

      • Rajkumari Pradeep Kumari, married Kunwar Surjeet Singh, and has issue.

30. Raja Shri BRIJESH CHAND (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Mian Ajab Singh of Guler, married and had issue.

  • Kumari (name unknown), married (as his second wife), Raja Pradyuman Shah of Garhwal.

• Mian Ranjit Singh Guleria of Poprola, married and had issue.

  • HH Maharani Harbans Kaur, married 16th April 1886 (as his first wife), Col. HH Farzand i-Dilband Rasikhul-Itiqad Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singhji Bahadur of Kapurthala, and had issue.

• Kumari (name unknown) [Rani Guleriya of Suket], married Raja Ranjit Sen of Suket, and had issue.