Faridkot State

Faridkot was one of the Sikh princely states in the then belonging to Punjab foothills of the Himalayas in British India. Kapura, a descendant of the founder of Jaisalmer, founded in 1643, the Principality Kotkapura, which was divided in 1743, which was created Faridkot. 1807 occupied the Sikhs of Lahore, both states, but had to Faridkot in 1809, the British protectorate was ( until 1947 ), return. The Sardars of Faridkot supported the British during the First Sikh War in 1846 and got Kotkapura back, plus confiscated territories of the Raja of Nabha. They supported the British in 1857 during the great Indian uprising and were collected in 1858 to Rajas. The rulers of Faridkot was a 11- schüssiger salute to the Durbar.

The Principality of 1941 had an area of ​​1652 km ² and 188,000 inhabitants. Raja Harindar Singh (1918-1956) joined on 15 July 1948, the Patiala and East Punjab States Union ( PEPSU ) and took place on 20 August 1948, after India. On November 1, 1956 all princely states were dissolved and PEPSU part of the state of Punjab.

Faridkot 1878-1901 had its own country with its own postal stamps. In 1887 a postal convention concluded with the British-Indian post and you used the stamps with overprint of the country name ( also on postal stationery of Arms).

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