PRESENT HEAD OF FAMILY: NONE

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The estate was founded by Bhai Gurbakhsh Singh, a great grandson (or descendant) of Bhai Bhagatu, and grandson of Gaura, who was a brave warrior and who became the chief of Virijhu, near Bathinda. On the death of Bhai Udai Singh without heirs in 1843, the state lapsed, though a part of it devolved on Bhai Gulab Singh of Arnauli and the rest of it escheated to the Government. Estate holders were...

• Bhai Gurbaksh Singh, he was an enterprising warrior, and developed a friendship with Baba Ala Singh, the founder of the princely house of Patiala, together they made many conquests; together in 1754, they defeated Sardar Jodh Singh of Bathinda and in 1756, they defeated the chiefs of Buhai and Buloda, leaving Gurbakhsh Singh in possession of Bathinda and Buloda, married and had issue, six sons. He died 1760 or 1766 or 1764 when his territory was divided amongst his sons.

  • Bhai Budha Singh, born 1725, a great warrior, he seized the districts of Thanesar and Pihowah, and built himself a strong fort at Kahod, which he made his head-quarters, he later lost Thanesar to Sardar Bhanga Singh, married and had issue (see Jhamba). He died 1774.

  • Bhai Dhana Singh, married and had issue.

    • Bhai Karam Singh, married Mai Bhagbari, she died in April 1818, and had issue, three daughters. He died 1810.

      • Bhai Hardas Singh, married Rani Rattan Kaur. He died vpsp.

      • Bibiji Rattan Kaur, eldest daughter

      • Rani Sahib Kaur, second daughter, married Sardar Gulab Singh of Thanesar.

      • Rani Chand Kaur, third daughter, married Sardar Hamir Singh of Manimajra, and had issue.

        • Sardar Goverdhan Singh

        • Sardar Amar Singh, born about 1807, married a daughter of the Balchappar family.

    • Bhai Charat Singh, he died spm.

  • Bhai Gurdas Singh, died 1781.

  • Bhai Desa Singh (qv)

  • Bhai Takhat Singh, born 1758, married Mai Sukha, and had issue.

    • Bhai Dal Singh, born 1779.

  • Bhai Sukha Singh, born 1760, married and had issue, the Sardars of Arnauli (now in Haryana).

• Bhai DESA SINGH, 1st Bhai of Kaithal 1767/1781, after his father's death, he collected a force, and, advancing from Bhuchcho, marched straight to Kaithal and defeated the two Afghan brothers in possession of Kaithal, and established himself there as an independent chief sometime around 1767; he began to further extend his territories and seized the town of Thanesar with one of its two forts, this excited the jealousy of another Sikh chief, Mit Singh, who seized the second fort at Thanesar, and after his death, his son, Bhanga Singh, evicted Desu Singh's forces from that town, his second son rebelled against him and had to be confined in prison, married and had issue. He died 1781 at Kaithal.

  • Bhai Bahal Singh (qv)

  • Bhai Lal Singh (qv)

• Bhai BEHAL SINGH, 2nd Bhai of Kaithal 1781/1785, he was killed by his brother spm in 1785.

• Bhai LAL SINGH, 3rd Bhai of Kaithal 1785/1818, he escaped from prison, killed his brother and took possession all the estates of his father which he much enlarged by new acquisitions, at the time of the British advance northwards, in 1809, he was the most powerfal Cis-Sutlej Chief, after the Raja of Patiala, he was a very able man, though utterly untrustworthy, and so violent and unscrupulous that the English authorities had the greatest difficulty in persuading him to maintain anything like order, in 1819, the Government allowed him to succeed to the share of the estate held by Mai Bhagbari, the widow of his first cousin Bhai Karam Singh, married and had issue. He died 1818.

  • Bhai Pratap Singh (qv)

  • Bhai Udai Singh (qv)

• Bhai PRATAP SINGH, 4th Bhai of Kaithal 1819/1824, died spm in 1824.

• Bhai UDAI SINGH, 5th and last Bhai of Kaithal 1824/1843, born 1802, died sp on 14th March 1843.