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Suket State - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 31°32′N 76°53′E / 31.53°N 76.88°E

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Kingdom of Suket

765–1948

Flag

Coat of arms

Detail of the territory of Suket State from a map of the various Hill States of the Punjab Hills region, copied in 1852

Area

• 1931

1,088 km² (420 sq mi)

Population

• 1931

58,408

History

• Established

765

• Accession in
Dominion of India

15 April 1948

Succeeded by

Dominion of India

Today part of

Himachal Pradesh,
Republic of India

Suket State was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj.^[1] The capital of the state was Pangna. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 April 1948. Formerly it belonged to the States of the Punjab Hills and currently, it is part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The present-day Mandi district was formed with the merger of the two princely states of Mandi and Suket.

History

According to tradition the predecessor state was founded about 765^[2] by Bira Sen (Vir Sen), claimed to be a son of a Sena dynasty King of Bengal, however such a Early Sena Dynasty is not Known. The early history of Suket was marred by constant warfare against other principalities, especially against the Kingdom of Kullu. At the time of Raja Bikram Sen, Kullu was under the overlordship of Suket State and was reduced to paying tribute to Suket. Raja Madan Sen's reign was the golden age of Suket, when its ruler reduced into submission the neighboring smaller states. During the reign of Raja Udai Sen Suket came under the influence of the Mughal Empire who were content with merely exacting tribute.

At the time of Raja Bikram Sen II, Sukket survived the invasion of the Gurkhas of Nepal (1803 to 1815) and the ensuing brief period of Sikh dominance thanks to the Raja's diplomatic skills. In 1845, when war broke out between the Sikhs and the British, the Rajas of Suket and Mandi took the side of the British, signing a Treaty of Alliance in Bilaspur in 1846. In the same year a sanad was granted to Raja Ugar Sen II confirming him and his heirs in the possession of the Suket territories.^[3]

The family goddess (kuldevi) or hut devi of the Rajas of Suket is at Jaidevi (known as rajrajeswari maa kamaksha). which is about 8 miles from Sundarnagar. All religious ceremonies in the royal family, e.g., Jarolan (hair-cutting ceremony), zanarbandi (the ceremony of investment with the sacred thread), etc., are performed at Jaidevi in the temple of the goddess. The Raja goes in a procession to the temple and offers bhel to the goddess on the occasion of these ceremonies.

Rulers

The rulers of Suket bore the title Raja.^{[citation needed]} The clan name of the royal lineage was 'Suketi' or 'Suketr'.^[4]^{[page needed]}


Name	Reign start	Reign end	Notes
Raja Jit Sen	1663	1721	-
Raja Garur Sen	1721	1748	-
Raja Bhikam Sen	1748	1762	During his reign, there were Afghan invasions
Raja Ranjit Sen	1762	1791	-
Raja Bikram Sen II	1791	1838	-
Raja Ugar Sen II	1838	1876	-
Raja Rudra Sen	1876	Apr 1878	-
Raja Arimardan Sen	1878	1879	-
Raja Dasht Nikandan Sen	29 Mar 1879	27 May 1908	-
Raja Bhim Sen	27 May 1908	12 Oct 1919	-
Raja Lakshman Sen	13 Oct 1919	15 Aug 1947	-

Demographics

Religious groups in Suket State (British Punjab province era)
Religious group	1901^[5]		1911^[6]^[7]		1921^[8]		1931^[9]		1941^[10]
Religious group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Hinduism ^[a]	54,005	98.77%	54,268	98.8%	53,625	98.71%	57,616	98.64%	69,974	98.43%
Islam	665	1.22%	587	1.07%	659	1.21%	733	1.25%	884	1.24%
Sikhism	6	0.01%	71	0.13%	44	0.08%	44	0.08%	234	0.33%
Christianity	0	0%	2	0%	0	0%	1	0%	0	0%
Buddhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	14	0.02%	0	0%
Jainism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Zoroastrianism	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%	0	0%
Total population	54,676	100%	54,928	100%	54,328	100%	58,408	100%	71,092	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.

Notes

^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

References

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Punjab" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ Princely states of India
^ Mark Brentnall, ed. The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh. p. 94
^ B. R. Beotra, ed. Gazetteer of the Suket State. (1927)
^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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