Patiala State
Patiala was the largest of the Sikh princely states in the then belonging to Punjab foothills of the Himalayas in British India.
History
The state founder Ala Singh came at the battle near the former capital Barnala, which was destroyed in the sack, in captivity and had to Ahmad Shah Durrani pay Rs 400,000 ransom. After the destruction of Sarhand he made the new capital of Patiala built. In 1762 he received the title of Raja. 1763 divided the Federation of the Sikhs Sirhind province among themselves. Amar Singh ( 1765-81 ) was increased in 1767 to Raja Bahadur, at the same time he received as a sign of sovereignty, a flag and drum.
His successor, Amar Singh was given the title of Raja Ahmad Shah -e Rajgan and extended the Principality through conquest. Sahib Singh sought in the fight against the Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab British protection. Emperor Akbar II awarded to British recommendation in 1810 the title of Maharaja. Patiala was then British protectorate 1809-1947.
The principality consisted of several separate parts of territories and in 1941 had an area of 15,389 km ² and 1.9 million inhabitants. The Maharaja joined on 15 July 1948, the Patiala and East Punjab States Union ( PEPSU ) and took place on 20 August 1948, after India. Maharajadhiraja Sir Yavendra Mahendra Singhji Bahadur was Rajpramukh (Head of State ) of the PEPSU. On November 1, 1956 all princely states were dissolved and PEPSU part of the state of Punjab. The southern part of Narnaul came in 1966 to the state of Haryana.
Patiala had a separate State 1884-1950 mail; due to postal convention with the British Indian postal British Indian stamps were used with imprint of country name.
Pedigree of the dynasty
The dynasty is derived from the royal Rajputs from whose forefather Jaisal, founder of Jaisalmer, and whose descendant Sidhu ( Sidhu Jat clan ) is also the progenitor of the dynasties of the States Faridkot, Atari, Kaithal, Gumbha, Sidhuwal and Aranauli ( hence the entire eastern Punjab ) is. From the house of Phul, come the ruling families of several princely states.
Phul († 1652), whose sons (* = main site):
The three youngest together form the ancestors of the houses of Laudgharia.
The son Yadavindras, Amarinder Singh (* 1948) 2002-07 was Chief Minister of Punjab. The Moti Bagh Palace, which was a railway siding for his private train under Bhupinder Singh, is now a museum.